Data Center Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer
Core
Own the end-to-end data-center hardware quality and reliability loop for OpenAI's 3P infrastructure and 1P current and next-gen platforms, turning field failures into quantified risk and upstream changes.
Role type
Senior IC hardware reliability engineer (data center)
Builds
Data-center hardware systems (servers, racks, infrastructure)
Domain
Data center infrastructure / Hardware reliability
Required skills
Hardware/system architecture, Reliability statistics (Weibull/Poisson/MTBF), FMEA/FTA, 8D/CAPA, Root cause analysis, SQL, Python/R
Preferred skills
GPU/AI server platforms, Liquid cooling, High-power delivery, Linux/BMC/IPMI/Redfish logs, ODM/CM supplier experience, Leadership of cross-generation reliability programs
Technologies
SQL, Python, R, Linux, BMC, IPMI, Redfish
Responsibilities
Build and govern field-quality data models; Define reliability metrics (AFR, MTBF, etc.); Lead systemic field-failure triage and failure analysis; Develop spare-demand projections; Partner with MQE/NPI to convert field mechanisms into manufacturing-test coverage; Run the cross-functional reliability council.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
