3P系统架构师
3P Systems Architect
关于团队
OpenAI 的硬件部门开发针对先进 AI 工作负载需求的系统和基础设施解决方案。我们从芯片到系统集成，跨整个技术栈工作，与内部团队和外部供应商紧密合作，定义并交付下一代 AI 基础设施。
我们的团队专注于定义可扩展、高性能的系统架构和参考设计，在快速发展的技术中平衡性能、成本和运营效率。
关于职位
我们正在寻找一名 3P 架构师，与外部合作伙伴协作，定义和推动机架和集群级别的参考设计。该职位负责将工作负载需求和系统级目标转化为具体的架构，与合作伙伴在关键设计属性上达成一致，并确保供应商的产品路线图满足我们的基础设施需求。
你将与性能建模和内部架构团队密切合作，评估权衡方案，同时负责第三方系统设计的端到端定义和执行。这包括识别当前技术的不足，推动供应商开发，并塑造未来的基础设施能力。
该职位需要强大的系统直觉、跨职能领导力，以及在内部团队和外部生态系统中有效运作的能力。
该职位位于加利福尼亚州旧金山。我们采用每周三天在办公室的混合办公模式，并提供搬迁协助。
主要职责
- 为 AI 基础设施部署定义机架和集群级别的参考架构。
- 将工作负载需求转化为清晰的系统设计规范和合作伙伴交付物。
- 与性能建模团队合作，评估架构权衡和系统行为。
- 与内部利益相关者和外部合作伙伴在关键系统属性（性能、成本、功耗、可靠性、可扩展性）上达成一致。
- 识别当前技术产品的不足，并推动供应商（ODM/JDM、芯片、网络）填补这些差距。
- 影响和塑造供应商的产品路线图，以满足未来的基础设施需求。
- 跟踪新兴技术并评估其在 AI 系统中的适用性。
- 定义并领导概念验证（PoC）工作，以验证新架构和技术。
- 作为 OpenAI 与外部合作伙伴之间的关键接口，确保按照设计意图执行。
资格要求
- 具有丰富的经验在
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About the Team
OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops system and infrastructure solutions tailored to the demands of advanced AI workloads. We work across the full stack—from silicon to system integration—partnering closely with internal teams and external vendors to define and deliver next-generation AI infrastructure.
Our team focuses on defining scalable, high-performance system architectures and reference designs that balance performance, cost, and operational efficiency across rapidly evolving technologies.
About the Role
We are seeking a 3P Architect to define and drive rack- and cluster-level reference designs in collaboration with external partners. This role is responsible for translating workload requirements and system-level goals into concrete architectures, aligning partners on critical design attributes, and ensuring vendor roadmaps meet our infrastructure needs.
You will work closely with performance modeling and internal architecture teams to evaluate tradeoffs, while owning the end-to-end definition and execution of third-party system designs. This includes identifying gaps in current technologies, driving vendor development, and shaping future infrastructure capabilities.
This role requires strong system intuition, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to operate effectively across internal teams and external ecosystems.
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 assistance.
Key Responsibilities
- Define rack- and cluster-level reference architectures for AI infrastructure deployments.
- Translate workload requirements into clear system design specifications and partner deliverables.
- Collaborate with performance modeling teams to evaluate architectural tradeoffs and system behaviors.
- Align internal stakeholders and external partners on critical system attributes (performance, cost, power, reliability, scalability).
- Identify gaps in current technology offerings and drive vendors (ODM/JDM, silicon, networking) to close those gaps.
- Influence and shape vendor roadmaps to meet future infrastructure needs.
- Track emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to AI systems.
- Define and lead proof-of-concept (PoC) efforts to validate new architectures and technologies.
- Act as a key interface between OpenAI and external partners, ensuring execution against design intent.
Qualifications
- Have strong experience in system architecture for large-scale infrastructure or data center environments.
- Understand AI workload characteristics and how they map to system-level design decisions.
- Are comfortable working with performance modeling outputs to inform architectural direction.
- Have experience working with or managing hardware vendors (ODM/JDM, silicon, networking).
- Can drive alignment across multiple stakeholders with competing constraints.
- Have a track record of turning ambiguous requirements into clear, executable system designs.
- Are proactive in identifying gaps and driving solutions across organizational boundaries.
Preferred Skills
- Experience defining rack- or cluster-level systems for hyperscale or AI workloads.
- Familiarity with accelerators (GPUs/ASICs), interconnects, and data center networking architectures.
- Experience influencing vendor roadmaps and reference designs.
- Background in infrastructure deployment, hardware engineering, or systems integration.
- Experience leading PoCs or early-stage hardware validation efforts.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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