OpenAI
Hardware Systems Planning Lead (1P)
$257K–$344K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- Significant experience; no number of years stated.
About the job
Owns the integrated demand, supply, and deployment plan for OpenAI’s 1P hardware systems, ensuring plans are executable and risks have recovery actions.
What you'll do
- Connect system demand and deployment timing with site and power readiness, configurations, XPU needs, and supply commitments.
- Lead weekly deployment and supply reviews, maintain change and gap reporting, and drive recovery plans with accountable owners.
- Coordinate cross-functional planning, pressure-test supplier and manufacturing commitments, and brief leadership on risks and decisions.
What they ask for
- Significant experience in hardware systems planning, supply planning, program management, operations, or a related role supporting complex, high-volume technology products or infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of dependencies among hardware demand, component supply, manufacturing capacity, configurations, site readiness, power availability, and deployment schedules.
- Experience building and managing integrated demand-and-supply plans at weekly granularity, including forecast changes, supply commits, gaps, scenarios, and recovery actions.
- Strong analytical, program leadership, and cross-functional communication skills, including assessing plan executability and communicating with senior leadership.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, or accelerator systems.
- Experience with semiconductors, server or rack manufacturing, or complex hardware supply chains.
Pay
$257K – $344K USD base salary
AI focus
Planning AI infrastructure hardware systems, including XPU requirements and deployment.
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