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About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations: San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX or NYC About the role What you'll do As the Marketing Strategy and Operations Lead, you will be the strategic right hand to the Chief Marketing Officer and a senior operator for the entire marketing organization. You will design and own the operating system that allows a global marketing function to move with speed, alignment, and accountability — setting the strategic agenda, running the planning

A Test Program Manager (or Test Engineering Program Manager) leads cross-functional teams to define, plan, and execute product testing strategies, ensuring quality from development to launch. They manage test schedules, budgets, and vendor relations while driving bug resolution and reporting status to leadership. Apple +4 Key Responsibilities Strategy & Planning: Define comprehensive end-to-end testing strategies, covering functional, regression, and system testing. Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinate with software, hardware, and RF test engineers to align testing with product development. Execution & Monitoring: Drive test readiness reviews, monitor test execution, and manage defect reporting. Vendor & Budget Management: Manage test suppliers, vendors, and development budgets. Risk Management: Proactively identify project risks, inter-dependencies, and bottlenecks to ensure on-time delivery. Apple +6 Required Skills & Qualifications Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with test technologies, CICD, and automation tools. Project Management: Experience with software development lifecycles (SDLC) and complex product testing. Communication: Excellent leadership, presentation, and conflict-resolution skills. Education/Experience: Often requires a degree in Engineering (Software/Electrical) and experience in testing or program management. Apple +4

About the Team OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. In partnership with leading cloud providers, hardware manufacturers, utilities, construction partners, and internal engineering organizations, we are delivering hyperscale AI campuses that power the next generation of frontier AI models. Infrastructure Delivery Operations sits at the center of this effort. Our team develops the operating model that connects infrastructure strategy, supply planning, manufacturing operations, and delivery into a single, integrated system that enables OpenAI to deploy AI infrastructure predictably at scale. We partner across Hardware Engineering, Network Engineering, Capacity Delivery, Hardware Operations, Security, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, and external infrastructure partners to create a single, integrated view of program health. Through governance, operational analytics, executive reporting, and scalable operating mechanisms, we enable leaders to proactively manage risk, optimize capacity, and deliver infrastructure predictably at Industrial Compute speed. About the Role We are seeking a Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery Operations to drive integrated strategy and delivery across OpenAI's rapidly expanding AI infrastructure portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure strategy, New Product Introduction (NPI), supply planning, manufacturing operations, and infrastructure delivery. You will lead highly cross-functional programs spanning engineering, supply planning, manufacturing, logistics, construction, commissioning, and operations, ensuring technical and operational dependencies remain synchronized from planning through production readiness. Beyond driving program execution, you will leverage operational insights to improve capacity planning, infrastructure strategy, and deployment readiness. You will also help operationalize new technologies and suppliers by partnering w

About the Team The Stargate organization is responsible for building and scaling the physical infrastructure systems that power OpenAI’s next generation of AI training and inference platforms. This includes the manufacturing, deployment, and operational execution required to bring large-scale compute infrastructure online globally. The team operates at the intersection of data center infrastructure, hardware manufacturing, supply chain, deployment operations, and systems planning. We partner closely across Infrastructure Strategy, Manufacturing Operations, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain, Deployment, and Engineering to execute one of the largest infrastructure scale-outs in the industry. About the Role We are seeking a Technical Program Manager, Rack Delivery to drive operational execution across rack manufacturing, site readiness, and deployment coordination for Stargate infrastructure programs. This role will serve as a key connective layer between manufacturing partners, deployment teams, and infrastructure readiness programs to ensure rack production and delivery timelines remain aligned with site availability and deployment sequencing. You will help manage operational execution across contract manufacturers (CMs), support build planning and RCCA processes, and coordinate deployment readiness across multiple concurrent infrastructure programs. You will also partner closely with Demand Planning teams to translate strategic planning inputs into actionable SKU-level manufacturing and delivery schedules. This role is ideal for someone who thrives operating across ambiguity, manufacturing operations, infrastructure deployment, and large-scale cross-functional execution. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation support. Key Responsibilities Drive cross-functional coordination between rack manufacturing, deployment operations, and site readiness programs. Manage operational execution acros

About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments. Working across the full model and systems stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the physical constraints of real-world systems to improve people’s lives. About the Role We are looking for a PCB Layout Engineer to design high-density electronics for next-generation robotic systems. You will own PCB layout from floor planning through fabrication release, working closely with electrical, SI/PI, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. This role is based in San Francisco and requires in-person presence four days per week. In this role, you will: Own PCB layout, component placement, routing, and fabrication release for complex robotic systems. Collaborate with SI/PI engineers to refine layouts based on simulation results. Implement high-speed routing, controlled impedance, power distribution, decoupling, grounding, EMI/EMC, thermal, and mechanical-integration requirements. Work directly with fabricators and assembly partners to define stack-ups, establish design rules, drive DFM/DFA/DFT reviews, and close findings before release. Prepare fabrication and assembly documentation, including drawings, ODB++, drill files, stack-up tables, and manufacturing notes. Inspect newly received PCBAs and participate in board-level manufacturing failure analysis. Contribute to reusable design constraints and layout workflows, and maintain component-library assets such as symbols, footprints, and 3D models. You might thrive in this role if you: Have 6+ years of experience designing complex, multilayer PCBs. Are fluent in Cadence Allegro PCB Designer and Constraint Manager. Have strong HDI design experience, including fine-pitch BGAs, microvias, blind and buried vias, via-in-pad, and sequential lamination.

About Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments. Working across the full model and systems stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the physical constraints of real-world systems to improve people’s lives. About Role We are building a supply-chain organization capable of supporting our transition from laboratory-scale development to factory-scale operations. We are looking for an Inventory Manager to build and operate our inventory function from the ground up. This is a highly hands-on role. In the near term, you may start with an empty room and be responsible for determining what racks, shelving, bins, labels, scanners, workflows, and systems are needed to turn it into a functional stockroom. You will receive material, organize inventory, perform counts, move parts between buildings, resolve discrepancies, and establish the processes others will eventually follow. As we grow, you will have the opportunity to develop this foundation into a full-scale, multi-site factory inventory operation. You may hire and manage contractors or onsite inventory administrators, but this role will initially have a significant individual-contributor component and will remain accountable for day-to-day execution. This role owns inventory and internal logistics. It does not own purchasing, production planning, or inbound and outbound supplier logistics. This role is based in San Francisco, CA and requires in-person presence 5 days a week. In this role you will: Build inventory operations from the ground up across various OpenAI facilities. Design and set up stockrooms, receiving areas, and material-storage locations, including selecting racks, shelving, bins, carts, labeling equipment, scanners, and other infrastructure. Personally execute core inventory

About the Team OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. Through a combination of strategic partnerships and self-built campuses, we are scaling the compute, storage, and networking platforms that power frontier AI training and inference. The Scaling Analytics team builds the data and software systems that help Industrial Compute understand, plan, and operate infrastructure at global scale. We work across capacity, hardware, storage, infrastructure software, and operational systems to connect fragmented sources of infrastructure data and make that information reliable and usable for engineering and planning. As OpenAI's infrastructure footprint grows, CPU and storage data increasingly spans internal platforms, vendor systems, APIs, databases, object storage, capacity management systems, and operational tooling. Building reliable connections across these environments is critical to understanding available capacity, utilization, fleet state, and infrastructure growth. About the Role We are seeking a Data Engineer to build the data systems and integrations that connect OpenAI's CPU, storage, and supporting infrastructure platforms. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering and backend software engineering. Rather than focusing primarily on traditional analytical pipelines, you will build the software and integrations required to collect, normalize, and make infrastructure data available across a heterogeneous set of systems. CPU and storage data may originate from internal infrastructure platforms, vendor APIs, databases, object storage, capacity systems, and operational services. You will determine how to reliably connect these systems and where those integrations should live—whether within an existing infrastructure service, an orchestration framework, a scheduled workload, or a purpose-built application. You will work closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Capacity Engineering, Storage,

About the Team: Compute Infrastructure builds the platform that turns enormous amounts of compute into a reliable engine for frontier AI. We design, provision, schedule, operate, and optimize the systems that connect accelerators, CPUs, networks, storage, data centers, orchestration software, agent infrastructure, developer tools, and observability into one coherent experience for researchers and product teams. Our work spans the entire stack: capacity planning and cluster lifecycle, bare-metal automation, distributed systems, Kubernetes and scheduling, deep system optimization, high-performance networking, storage, fleet health, reliability, workload profiling, benchmarking, and the developer experience that lets teams use enormous compute systems with confidence. At this scale, small improvements to communication, scheduling, hardware efficiency, or debugging workflows can compound into meaningful research velocity. We are hiring across Compute Infrastructure rather than for a single narrow team, and we use this opening to match strong engineers to the problems where they can have the most leverage. About the Role We are looking for engineers who want to build the compute platform behind OpenAI's research and products. You may not be the strongest in low-level systems, high-performance computing, distributed infrastructure, reliability, CaaS, agent infrastructure, developer platforms, tooling, or the user experience around infrastructure. What matters is that you can reason carefully about complex systems, write durable software, and raise the quality and velocity of the people around you. Depending on your background and interests, you might work close to hardware, close to users, on CaaS and agent infrastructure, or on the control planes and data planes in between. You could help bring new supercomputing capacity online, optimize training workloads from profiler traces and benchmarks, improve NCCL and collective communication behavior, reason about GPUs, NICs, t

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Data and analytics are at the heart of Lyft's products and decision-making. As a member of the Lyft Urban Solutions team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of bike & scooter share by leveraging data to improve the performance of our bikeshare and scooter markets across America. A successful candidate thrives in a dynamic and collaborative environment, has a natural curiosity, and isn’t afraid to dive deep. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Operations, Hardware, Software, Product and Finance teams to identify opportunities and gaps in performance. You will work in a fast-paced environment where your analytical insights will directly impact strategic decisions around hardware product development, staffing, and product changes, ultimately driving better performance and long-term investments in micromobility infrastructure. We’re looking for a passionate and driven Data Analyst to tackle some of the most complex and impactful challenges in micromobility. If you’re excited about shaping the future of urban mobility through data, we’d love to hear from you. Responsibilities: Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science & Analytics, Operations, Finance and other cross-functional stakeholders on initiatives to improve operational performance Develop frameworks and scalable processes to streamline reporting, drive decision-making and prioritization Forecast operational requirements needed to maintain high service levels and meet contractual and financial targets Work with our bike & scooter share markets to deliver ongoing support and deep dive analyses on performance; monitor and diagnose performance and present findings to key stakeholders Collaborate with cross-functional teammates to tackle complex problems including: asset maintenance, system health and labor for

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. About the Role We're seeking a Security Engineer to join our First-Party Hardware team. In this role, you will own the end-to-end security foundation for OpenAI's first-party AI hardware systems, working across hardware security, embedded security, system security, and practical deployment at data center scale. You will partner with silicon, hardware, firmware, infrastructure, manufacturing, operations, and security teams to define and deliver system-level device trust. This includes boot integrity, device identity, provisioning, attestation, management-plane security, storage encryption, debug controls, firmware update and recovery, RMA, and decommissioning. You will be accountable for turning threat models into requirements, requirements into implementation, and implementation into validation evidence that can support launch decisions. Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite) Relocation assistance available. In this role, you will: Own security requirements, threat models, validation strategy, and launch-readiness evidence for first-party hardware platforms from early design through production deployment. Design and review secure boot, measured boot, roots of trust, platform firmware resilience, firmware signing, recovery, and anti-rollback strategies across heterogeneous devices. Own device identity, provisioning, enrollment, attestation, certificate lifecycle, and key-management requirements across manufacturing and data center bring-up. Harden management

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. About the Role We're seeking a System Software Engineer to join our First-Party Hardware team. In this role, you will design, build, integrate, and validate low-level system software for the manageability and health of OpenAI's first-party AI hardware systems. You will work across BMC, Linux, firmware interfaces, automation infra, boot and recovery, hardware diagnostics, telemetry, host and platform drivers, network software interfaces, and manufacturing and fleet readiness. A major part of this role is owning the acceptance path for partner-delivered system software: defining requirements, reviewing code and artifacts, reproducing builds, building tests, pushing fixes, and producing the evidence needed for launch decisions. This role is hands-on and high-ownership. You will write and review low-level software, debug issues across hardware and software boundaries, build infra and automation to test and manage devices in lab, guide partner deliverables, build validation evidence, and help carry platforms from bring-up through production deployment. Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite) Relocation assistance available. In this role, you will: Design, develop, and maintain low-level firmware and system software for first-party AI hardware manageability, including BMC software, Redfish services, gNMI telemetry, firmware update and recovery flows, BIOS/UEFI interactions, platform drivers, and hardware diagnostics. Own integration and acceptance of partner and ve

About the Team: OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. In this role you will: As a Hardware Test Engineer, you will work on Machine Learning/AI hardware system projects to craft the solutions for current and future data center deployments. You will bring a strong understanding of hardware system testing, excellent project management skills, and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams to ensure efficient lab operations. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive test plans that ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our supercomputing hardware systems. You will develop detailed test plans and methodologies tailored to hardware components, including processors, memory modules, custom accelerators and interconnects. You will collaborate with hardware design, manufacturing, firmware teams and vendors to identify, analyze, and resolve issues affecting hardware, power, thermal and high-speed interconnects. You will perform in-depth debugging on the hardware system Excellent analytical skills to diagnose hardware issues, troubleshoot problems, and propose solutions. Ability to interpret complex test data, identify trends, and draw meaningful conclusions. High-speed links, with a focus on SerDes (Serializer/Deserializer) technology to assess signal integrity, error rates, and overall link performance. You will collaborate with the lab manager to maintain the equipment and hardware systems, including oscilloscopes, thermal test chambers, liquid cooling systems, and other mea

About the Team The Consumer Products team at OpenAI builds the hardware that brings advanced AI technology directly into people’s hands. We design, engineer, and manufacture next-generation consumer devices that combine elegant design, robust engineering, and cutting-edge AI. Our team spans mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering — partnering closely with industrial design, operations, and software to create seamless, high-quality experiences that make AI more accessible and useful. About the Role As a Hardware Engineer on the Consumer Products team, you’ll contribute to the design, development, and integration of complex hardware systems for new AI-driven devices. You’ll work across disciplines to translate early product concepts into reliable, scalable, and beautifully crafted products ready for mass production. This role is based in Singapore. We follow a hybrid model (four days per week in the office) and offer relocation support for new employees. Occasional travel to manufacturing partners may be required. In this role, you will: Design, prototype, and validate mechanical and electrical subsystems from early development through mass production. Collaborate closely with design, operations, and manufacturing teams to ensure quality, reliability, and scalability. Drive DFM/DFA reviews, design iterations, and bring-up of prototype and pilot builds. Debug complex system-level issues and lead root-cause investigations and resolutions. Partner with global suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure flawless execution from concept to launch. You might thrive in this role if you: Have 6+ years of experience in consumer hardware, consumer electronics, or advanced product development. Bring deep technical fluency in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering (cross-disciplinary experience a plus). Have taken at least one consumer product from concept to mass production. Are energized by hands-on problem solving, iteration, and building in fast-paced enviro

About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products. We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI. Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture. About the Role Trusted Computing and Cryptography is a core security team at OpenAI focused on deploying high-performance cryptography at scale, secure key management, and trusted hardware enclaves—from boot measurements to GPU confidential computation. As a Hardware Platform Security Architect, you’ll own hardware platform security at OpenAI. In this role, you will: Co-Architect Secure Silicon: Collaborate with cross-functional silicon teams (Silicon Design, DV, FW) and silicon partners (silicon test facilities, foundries) to develop secure silicon that meets the end-to-end system requirements. Co-Architect Secure Hardware: Collaborate with hardware vendors and cross-functional teams (kernel, compiler, infra) to design secure hardware that meets performance and security needs. Co-Architect Secure Systems: Architect and deploy systems using TPM2, Secure Boot, Nitro Enclaves, Intel SGX, AMD-SEV, and other secure hardware technologies. Drive Innovation: Engage with internal and external partners to align hardware innovations with OpenAI’s trusted computing and cryptographic requirements. You might thrive in this role if you have: 10+ years of industry experience in hardware security or hardware–software co-design. Proven expertise in deploying secure hardware systems at scale and integrating secure hardware primitives. Strong coding skills in Rust and/or C/C++, with proficiency in Python. Proven ability to collaborate across teams, architect solutions,

Who We Are Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides. Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles. With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected. Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors. About the Role Nuro is looking for a Head of Systems Engineering to own the systems backbone that enables the Nuro Driver to scale safely and commercially. This leader will own the end-to-end systems engineering function across autonomy, software and hardware systems, technical parts of the safety case, requirements, system architecture, validation strategy and execution, system performance, and deployment readiness. The role sits at the center of Nuro’s technical and commercial execution, connecting product, functional and safety goals, autonomy capabilities, hardware constraints, the operational design domain, and commercial milestones into one coherent system strategy. This is a critical role for Nuro’s next phase of growth. As we scale toward larger commercial launches, new geographies, new vehicle platforms, and broader deployment environments, this leader will help define what the system must do, how we know it works, what evidence