Civil Engineer

OpenAI, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

US - Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• We are seeking a Civil Engineer to lead civil engineering strategy across Industrial Compute's self-build data center portfolio.
• This role will own the technical direction for site development and structural engineering while partnering closely with external engineering consultants, construction partners, and internal infrastructure teams to continuously improve how our campuses are designed and built.
• Rather than simply reviewing consultant deliverables, you will drive engineering optimization across site grading, foundations, structural systems, utility coordination, and constructability.
• You will challenge traditional design assumptions, identify opportunities to reduce schedule and cost, and help establish standardized, modular engineering approaches that accelerate future deployments.
• Working closely with Mechanical, Electrical, Power, Cooling, and Infrastructure Delivery teams, you will ensure civil infrastructure supports the demanding requirements of next-generation AI compute while enabling Industrial Compute to scale globally.
• Key Responsibilities include leading civil engineering strategy, partnering with engineering consultants and EPC firms, driving continuous improvement of site design standards, optimizing grading, earthwork, drainage, foundations, utility routing, and constructability, developing structural standards, establishing modular and prefabricated civil engineering approaches, coordinating closely with Mechanical, Electrical, Power Generation, Cooling, and Infrastructure Delivery teams, reviewing engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, and consultant deliverables, supporting geotechnical investigations, constructability reviews, value engineering, and design optimization initiatives, evaluating emerging construction methodologies and engineering technologies, supporting engineering throughout construction, commissioning, and operational handoff, and helping establish global civil engineering standards for future Industrial Compute campuses.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience designing large-scale industrial, mission-critical, manufacturing, energy, or data center facilities.
• Strong understanding of site development, grading, drainage, foundations, structural systems, utility coordination, and constructability.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams through design and construction.
• Experience reviewing engineering calculations, drawings, and consultant deliverables.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience designing hyperscale data centers or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience with modular construction or prefabricated infrastructure systems.
• Familiarity with geotechnical engineering and heavy equipment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Skills & Technologies

Remote

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About OpenAI, Inc.

OpenAI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015. It develops large-scale AI models such as GPT, DALL-E, and Codex, providing cloud APIs and consumer applications like ChatGPT. Originally established as a non-profit, it later created a capped-profit subsidiary to attract capital while maintaining its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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