OpenAI
Data Engineer, Hardware & Consumer Devices
$295K–$445K
San Francisco · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
About the job
Build and scale data infrastructure connecting hardware development, manufacturing, device performance, and customer operations.
What you'll do
- Build reliable, scalable pipelines, platforms, and reusable datasets.
- Integrate manufacturing, factory operations, device telemetry, quality assurance, and customer operations data.
- Partner across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and Data Science to shape data architecture and engineering practices.
What they ask for
- Exceptional Data Engineering fundamentals and a track record designing, building, and operating complex data systems.
- Strong technical judgment in data architecture, distributed systems, data modeling, reliability, and scalability.
- Experience developing production-grade pipelines and infrastructure across heterogeneous data sources.
Nice to have
- Experience with hardware, consumer electronics, connected devices, or IoT.
- Experience in manufacturing, factory operations, supply-chain systems, device telemetry, reliability, product quality, failure analysis, customer operations, or scaling data platforms.
Pay
$295K – $445K USD base salary
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