Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center Equipment

About the Team

OpenAI and its capital and technology partners are building a global network of data centers for demanding AI workloads. The Infrastructure Quality team sets and verifies quality, reliability, and performance requirements for equipment across that network.

We work with manufacturing partners, general contractors, engineers, and operations staff from supplier qualification through commissioning. Together, we verify that equipment arrives ready for installation, startup, and long-term service.

About the Role

As a Manufacturing Quality Engineer, you will oversee the quality of data center equipment at supplier factories. You will use production data, audits, and test results to identify systemic, recurring, or safety-related issues and work with suppliers to address them through Closed Loop Learning (CLL).

You will work with suppliers and internal teams to define inspections and factory tests for each type of equipment. You will coordinate issue resolution before shipment and manage deviations across multiple suppliers and project sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or industrial engineering.

• At least 10 years of data center industry experience spanning quality engineering and project management.

• Experience coordinating FAT and FWT with suppliers and resolving equipment quality issues.

• Ability to develop test checklists, define CTQs, review test results, and maintain auditable quality records.

• Experience monitoring supplier production, auditing products and processes during and after production, and using scorecards to improve supplier and product quality. Experience managing controlled documents and deviations.

• Ability to coordinate supplier schedules and plan inspections and tests across multiple pieces of equipment.

• Ability to communicate quality requirements and coordinate decisions across suppliers, engineering, commissioning, sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, quality, and construction teams.

• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 40–60% of the time to supplier manufacturing facilities and data center project sites.

Preferred Skills

• Technical knowledge of data center infrastructure, including mechanical, electrical, and controls systems.

• Experience in supplier performance management for mission-critical facilities.

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Manager, or Quality Auditor.

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.

• Experience in industrial or high-volume manufacturing environments.