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Technical Commodity Manager - Robotics

About TeamOur 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 hardwar

Company

OpenAI

Location

San Francisco

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-10T22:54:47.012+00:00

OpenAI's Robotics team needs a technical commodity manager to build hardware supply chain from scratch. The person sources components during R&D, qualifies vendors, turns around quotes and samples, evaluates lead times and supplier capability, and works with engineering, quality, legal and finance. Later work covers new product introduction — DFM feedback, first-article inspection, pilot builds — then production-grade suppliers and contract manufacturers. The posting wants supply chain fundamentals, comfort with ambiguity, and some hardware supply chain exposure. San Francisco, four days a week in person, up to 30% travel.