Deployment Lead, Semiconductors- SF

The role

You will define how OpenAI delivers complex systems to Semiconductor customers. You will own the technical delivery plan, manage engineering execution, and embed with customers to drive adoption of AI capabilities.

What you will do

• Own the technical delivery plan for multiple interdependent work streams.
• Run day-to-day engineering execution by tracking and driving delivery.
• Embed with Semiconductor customer teams to land production deployments.
• Shape production deployments that integrate with customer infrastructure and toolchains.
• Partner with Product and Research to support deployment goals.
• Codify solution patterns and evals.
• Own value cases and ROI by setting impact hypotheses and KPIs.
• Help define how OpenAI engages Semiconductor customers.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of customer-facing technical delivery leadership.
• Deep expertise in Semiconductor workflows, including RTL design, verification, EDA tooling, and physical implementation.
• Track record of leading large, complex, high-stakes customer engagements.
• Ability to move between system level understanding and execution level detail.
• Strong technical fluency and sharp sequencing instincts.
• Shipped AI/LLM systems.

Nice to have

• Ideally involving AI

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.