# Manufacturing Engineer, Motors & Actuators **Company**: OpenAI **Location**: San Francisco **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: Full time **Salary**: $225K - $318K **Category**: Manufacturing **Industry**: Technology **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186 **Apply**: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/56aafd17-7db9-473a-b3b4-957b6d926cdf?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_531d558c-4bc ## Description ## Compensation The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this role is $225K – $318K, with generous equity, performance-related bonuses, and the following benefits: - Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts - Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) - 401(k) retirement plan with employer match - Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) - Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees - 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time - Mental health and wellness support - Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage - Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth - Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible - Relocation support for eligible employees - Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends ## About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. We integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. ## About the Role We are seeking Manufacturing Engineers to lead the development of processes, tooling, and prototype builds for custom motors and actuators. You will own a primary area as a Stator Process / Manufacturing Engineer, Tooling / Fixture Engineer, or Prototype Manufacturing Engineer, taking that work from early development through validation and repeatable execution in close partnership with mechanical, electromagnetic, electrical, test, quality, and supplier teams. ## Responsibilities - Develop and validate stacking, winding, termination, and potting processes - Establish process parameters, work instructions, and defect controls that produce consistent results across trained operators - Design and deliver winding tools, assembly fixtures, inspection gauges, and bench equipment - Plan and execute builds of existing actuator designs - Integrate and troubleshoot equipment within your specialty - Resolve defects and bottlenecks through measurements and controlled trials - Release clear process and tooling documentation, maintain revisions, and train technicians and operators - Work with mechanical designers to improve manufacturability while preserving approved magnetic, electrical, and safety requirements ## Requirements - Personally developed, built, or improved manufacturing processes, tooling, or electromechanical assemblies - Comfortable moving between hands-on troubleshooting, technical analysis, and working with technicians, operators, and suppliers - Experience with measurements and experiments to distinguish part variation, tooling problems, process settings, and operator effects - Sound judgment about production rate, flexibility, cost, safety, and maintainability - Practical build or development priorities, communication of blockers early, and collaboration across design, controls, test, quality, and operations ## Preferred Qualifications - Relevant experience in stator process, tooling, or prototype manufacturing - Experience with automated assembly, inline inspection, end-of-line testing, or equipment fault recovery - Familiarity with sensors, PLCs, I/O, or pneumatics - Knowledge of process capability, measurement-system studies, and structured experiments - Interest in using AI to simplify repetitive engineering work ## Skills ### Required - manufacturing processes - tooling design - electromechanical assemblies - troubleshooting - technical analysis ### Nice to have - automated assembly - inline inspection - end-of-line testing - equipment fault recovery - sensors - PLCs - I/O - pneumatics --- Source: [Apply at jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/56aafd17-7db9-473a-b3b4-957b6d926cdf?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)