Manufacturing Test Engineer

The role

This person will own and drive manufacturing test strategy, development, and execution for complex AI hardware systems. They will define and implement test coverage across the product lifecycle for boards, trays, and system-level hardware assemblies.

What you will do

• Define and drive the manufacturing test strategy for boards, trays, and system-level hardware assemblies.
• Develop and manage test coverage for ICT, FCT, tray-level, and system-level tests.
• Partner with electrical, system, and diagnostic/software teams to define test requirements.
• Translate engineering requirements into practical, scalable manufacturing test plans.
• Collaborate with system integrators, JDMs, contract manufacturers, and equipment vendors.
• Review and analyze manufacturing test results, yield trends, and failure paretos.
• Lead or support debug of manufacturing test failures.
• Drive continuous improvement of test processes.
• Ensure manufacturing test readiness for new product introduction.
• Help establish scalable standards and best practices for manufacturing test development.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing test engineering, product test, NPI test development, or related hardware test roles.
• Experience with one or more of the following on servers and/or AI Accelerators: ICT or structural board test, Board-level functional test development, Tray, chassis, or system-level manufacturing test
• Experience working with contract manufacturers, JDMs, system integrators, or test equipment vendors to deploy and sustain production test solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience reviewing test data, yield, failure trends, and manufacturing metrics.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with hardware engineering, diagnostics/software, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with server and AI accelerators plus networking, power, or data center hardware systems.
• Experience reviewing or developing manufacturing test automation, Python/Bash or similar scripts, Linux-based diagnostics, data pipelines, CI/release controls, and test software frameworks.
• Experience supporting high-volume production ramps and factory bring-up in Asia or other global manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of DFT principles.
• Experience with failure analysis, root-cause investigations, and corrective action processes in a manufacturing environment.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for advanced AI workloads.