# Thermal Engineer

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops silicon and system-level solutions designed for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. The team is responsible for building the next generation of AI-native silicon while working closely with software and research partners to co-design hardware tightly integrated with AI models. In addition to delivering production-grade silicon for OpenAI’s supercomputing infrastructure, the team also creates custom design tools and methodologies that accelerate innovation and enable hardware optimized specifically for AI. About the Role We are looking for an experienced Thermal Engineer with 7+ years of experience in thermal management of IT hardware from chip/package to system levels. You’ll work alongside experts in thermal, mechanical, electrical, software, and systems engineering to support the design, analysis, and validation of thermal solutions that ensure the reliability, efficiency, and longevity of mission-critical hardware. This position requires strong analytical skills, hands-on testing experience, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-disciplinary environment. Key Responsibilities Design and optimize thermal solut

- **Id**: 4217790
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/openai-thermal-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T22:43:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T03:22:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Conversational AI, Code Intelligence, Foundation Models, AI Research Labs

## Company

- **Id**: 2
- **Name**: OpenAI
- **Domain**: openai.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/openai>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 214
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.78
- **Repost share**: 0.009
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 51
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 266000
- **Max**: 445000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 445000

## Technologies

- **OpenAI** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T03:22:58Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 262 · green card filings: 3; Filings 12m: 262

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 51
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T04:27:23Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 445000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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