Component and Product Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own quality for advanced interconnect components including high-speed connectors, copper cables, cable cartridges, and patch panels
• Drive quality-by-design through design reviews, DFM/DFx, and tolerance stack analysis
• Define and track quality metrics such as DPPM, yield, and RMA trends
• Build and execute qualification strategies for mechanical, environmental, and electrical reliability
• Manage supplier and contract manufacturer performance through audits and scorecards
• Lead root-cause investigations using 8D, 5-Whys, and Ishikawa methods
• Partner with SI/PI teams to correlate electrical performance issues with manufacturing drivers
• Support the integration and deployment of supercompute racks in lab and data center environments

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in quality engineering or reliability for interconnects or high-speed hardware
• Hands-on experience with high-speed copper interconnect products and cable assemblies
• Proficiency with quality tools including 8D, PFMEA, SPC, and MSA
• Ability to interpret mechanical drawings, GD&T, and electrical specifications
• Experience driving supplier improvements and managing nonconformance workflows
• Knowledge of cable manufacturing processes like welding, crimping, and overmolding
• Experience with optical interconnects and fiber termination quality standards
• Ability to travel internationally to work with supplier partners

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 to power the next generation of frontier models.