Technical Program Manager, AI Accelerator Software

OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform.

About the role

As an AI Accelerator Systems Software Technical Program Manager at OpenAI, you will help bring our chips/system hardware roadmap to life, navigating an array of technical and partnership challenges. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end software development from design to implementation for our AI acceleration systems, working across technical, cross-functional, and external stakeholders.
• Lead planning and scheduling of AI system software designs with our strategic partners and vendors.
• Coordinate and lead internal resources and communication for efficient interaction with partners and vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience as a software technical program manager for data center system products (server, GPU, TPU, networking, storage, etc.) taking products from concept to volume in a data center environment, ensuring the systems scale with high quality.
• Knowledge of end-to-end software development program management techniques from concept, design, production, and deployment into the data center.
• Desire to help design some of the world’s largest supercomputing systems, working at the edge of complex hardware challenges.
• Enjoy working with and enabling world-class AI Researchers and Engineers.
• Passion for the technical program function, and enjoy independently owning and delivering on your team’s goals and cutting-edge problems in AI compute.

To comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidates for this role may need to meet certain legal status requirements as provided in those laws and regulations.

Pay

Compensation range: $302K - $445K