OpenAI
Technical Program Manager, Actuators
$207K–$285K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
About the job
Own actuator development and integration from system goals through production readiness, coordinating engineering teams and driving technical decisions, validation, and delivery.
What you'll do
- Drive actuator programs end-to-end, aligning scope, milestones, interfaces, dependencies, and exit criteria.
- Coordinate actuator development across motors, gears, sensing, electronics, and firmware, including interfaces with the broader robot.
- Lead validation planning through reliability testing and production readiness; manage tradeoffs, risks, and manufacturing readiness.
What they ask for
- Experience leading complex electromechanical hardware programs from development through manufacturing.
- Ability to reason about actuator architecture and system integration through PCBAs, connectors, and cables.
- Ability to work across mechanical and electrical engineering, firmware, harnesses, controls, test, reliability, manufacturing, and supply chain.
- Understanding of hardware development, including prototypes, long-lead parts, suppliers, testing, design changes, and production ramp.
Pay
$207K – $285K USD base salary
Tools
motors, gears, sensing, electronics, firmware, PCBAs, connectors, cables
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