Manufacturing Test Engineer, AI Compute Infrastructure - Stargate

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As a Manufacturing Test Engineer, you will develop manufacturing test strategies and tools for critical AI infrastructure hardware, ensuring that the hardware is testable and production-ready. This role involves collaboration with hardware engineering, manufacturing partners, and deployment teams to maintain high-quality standards in production.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy manufacturing test solutions in collaboration with OpenAI’s global manufacturing partners
• Define test requirements with NPI, hardware, and systems teams; drive Design for Test (DFT) to ensure testability and manufacturability
• Maintain stable test operations for sustaining products, including deployment of software, firmware, and hardware updates to manufacturing test systems
• Build and maintain automated test scripts to support functional testing, diagnostics, and new feature validation
• Lead initiatives to improve test coverage, reduce test time, and lower manufacturing cost while maintaining product quality
• Identify, analyze, and resolve manufacturing yield issues and field escapes; drive root cause and corrective actions to closure
• Design, validate, and deploy test stations, fixtures, and tooling required for scalable production testing
• Partner with NPI, manufacturing and supplier teams to ensure consistent and reliable test execution across sites
• Develop and maintain documentation for test processes, procedures, and system configurations to ensure standardized practices

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience in hardware engineering or manufacturing test engineering
• Experience developing and integrating manufacturing test systems using custom electronics, fixturing, and instrumentation
• Experience managing test systems and processes to improve manufacturability and production quality
• Experience testing server, networking, or data center hardware, including board and system-level functional testing in manufacturing
• Experience with Python or Shell scripting, and familiarity with Linux-based environments
• Knowledge of test station bring-up and validation methodologies (e.g., gage R&R, correlation, calibration)
• Ability to develop comprehensive test plans based on product specifications and execute structured test procedures
• Experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing and system-level issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams