Optical Interconnect System Engineer

OpenAI's Hardware organization develops silicon and system-level solutions for advanced AI workloads, building next-generation AI-native silicon and co-designing hardware with software and research partners.

We're looking for an Optical Interconnect System Engineer to design, qualify, and deploy scalable optical connectivity for large-scale AI infrastructure. This role spans fiber-system architecture, optical-mechanical integration, validation, reliability, deployment, and serviceability. You will work with optical, mechanical, electrical, networking, manufacturing, reliability, and data-center teams to translate system needs into practical interconnect solutions.

• Define optical interconnect architectures and requirements across hardware platforms and rack-level systems.
• Design high-density fiber systems for performance, density, reliability, installation, and serviceability.
• Lead optical-mechanical integration and cross-functional design reviews.
• Develop test and qualification plans for optical components, modules, switching platforms, and integrated systems.
• Own optical loss budgets, routing guidelines, handling requirements, and serviceability criteria.
• Support system bring-up, deployment, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and reliability improvement.
• Create reusable design guidelines, interface requirements, and qualification methods.

• Experience designing and deploying large-scale optical systems, including cross-rack integration.
• Experience with high-density fiber architecture, routing, installation, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on optical-mechanical design and system-integration experience.
• Experience qualifying fiber assemblies and optical interconnect systems for performance and reliability.
• Validation experience across optical modules, switching platforms, and integrated hardware systems.
• Strong system-level problem solving and cross-functional communication skills.

• Experience developing optical connectivity for large-scale compute or network systems.
• Experience with scalable fiber infrastructure and modular interconnect design.
• Knowledge of network architecture and topology.
• Experience developing reusable optical-interconnect standards and qualification methods.

Salary range: $342K – $445K. Offers Equity.

Apply via the OpenAI careers portal.