Systems Integration Manager | Consumer Devices

The role

You will lead a team responsible for device validation infrastructure, test automation, developer tooling, and lab operations. You will set technical and operational direction to support products from prototype through launch.

What you will do

• Hire, manage, mentor, and develop engineers and lab operations staff.
• Define systems, processes, release criteria, metrics, and escalation mechanisms for reliability and readiness.
• Guide the development of testing platforms, automated frameworks, and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Ensure large-scale device fleets, test rigs, and lab infrastructure remain reliable.
• Develop processes, documentation, ownership models, and vendor partnerships.
• Balance near-term release needs with long-term infrastructure and automation investments.
• Partner with hardware, embedded systems, QA, reliability, and release teams.
• Aggregate test reports and advise on product launch readiness.

Required qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for systems integration, test infrastructure, developer tooling, device quality, or hardware-software validation.
• Strong technical background in software engineering, embedded systems, test automation, or systems engineering.
• Extensive background in consumer hardware products and understanding the challenges of validating software, firmware, and physical devices together.

Nice to have

• Successfully operated or scaled automated testing and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Comfortable using data and quality signals to make release decisions and prioritize engineering investments.
• Experience managing engineers while partnering closely with lab technicians, QA teams, vendors, or hardware operations teams.
• Ability to move between technical architecture, operational problems, people management, and cross-functional execution.
• Ability to build strong teams and create an environment where engineers can execute quickly.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance to new employees

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. OpenAI Consumer Devices is building the next generation of products that bring powerful AI into people’s everyday lives.