Technical Program Manager, Robotics Data Acquisition

Technical Program Manager

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.

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to own and scale the systems that power robotic data acquisition across our development and evaluation environments. This role sits at the intersection of Robotics Engineering, Operations, and Infrastructure, ensuring that DAQ stations and associated workflows reliably produce high-quality data for model training and evaluation.

You will drive end-to-end execution of complex, cross-functional programs that integrate robotic platforms, sensing systems, operator tooling, and data pipelines into cohesive, production-ready systems. Success in this role requires strong systems thinking, operational rigor, and the ability to translate ambiguous research needs into scalable infrastructure.

In This Role You Will:

• Own DAQ Program Delivery
• Drive Cross-Functional Integration
• Operationalize Data Collection Systems
• System Readiness & Deployment
• Program Execution & Risk Management
• Capacity & Throughput Planning
• Quality & Data Integrity Oversight
• Continuous Improvement

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or operations in hardware, robotics, or infrastructure-heavy environments
• Have strong systems-level thinking across hardware, software, and operational workflows
• Have proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs with high ambiguity
• Have experience scaling physical systems (labs, factories, robotics fleets, or test infrastructure)
• Are comfortable working close to hardware and debugging real-world system issues
• Have strong analytical skills; able to model capacity, throughput, and system performance
• Have excellent communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.