Facilities Operations Lead - Stargate · OpenAI

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:21:11 GMT
Engineering

OpenAI · San Francisco · $159K – $240K · onsite

We are seeking a Facilities Operations Lead to support the commissioning, deployment, and long-term operation of our next-generation AI data centers. This role bridges the interface between data center construction and hardware landing, ensuring seamless integration of mission-critical infrastructure with hardware deployment timelines.

You will define and execute commissioning plans, support infrastructure bring-up, and take ownership of operations and maintenance for cutting-edge, large-scale, AI data centers.

Key Responsibilities:

Define and execute sequences of operations, commissioning steps, and bring-up processes for mission-critical data center facilities.

Interface with the design and hardware teams to define deployment procedures tailored to each data center and hardware configuration.

Oversee installation, commissioning, and operational readiness of large-scale data center campuses.

Manage monitoring, maintenance, and quality control of the data center infrastructure, including high-performance liquid cooling systems.

Develop on-site operations staffing strategy.

Develop and enforce procedures for planned and unplanned downtime and SLAs for critical facility components.

Qualifications:

Have 10+ years of experience in large-scale data center facility operations, commissioning, or critical infrastructure engineering.

Are deeply familiar with liquid-cooled IT systems, including CDU and in-rack/in-row manifold design, bring-up, and servicing.

Enjoy defining and improving infrastructure processes at the intersection of construction, hardware, and operations.

Are comfortable owning infrastructure from deployment to long-term maintenance and failure recovery.

Have experience responding to field issues and managing reliability through well-defined operational processes.