About this role
OpenAI has a vacancy for the role of Power Generation Design Engineer, Electrical & Mechanical in San Francisco. This is a full-time position. The listing was posted on Nov 12, 2026. PakkiNaukri collects this listing from the employer's own posting and re-checks it — the employer's full description and the application itself are on the original listing, linked from this page.
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About the Team
OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital and delivery partners, is building the infrastructure required to support frontier AI systems. The Data Center Engineering team defines repeatable technical standards and carries them through design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. The team works across data center facilities, power generation, compute infrastructure, construction, procurement, and operations to deliver reliable capacity at unprecedented scale and speed.
About the Role
We are seeking a Power Generation Design Engineer to help design and integrate generation plants and balance-of-plant systems for large AI data center campuses. This role spans electrical and mechanical systems, including generation equipment, campus and grid interfaces, fuel and auxiliary systems, cooling, controls, and data center loads.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in either electrical or mechanical engineering, along with the cross-disciplinary judgment to evaluate how the full plant operates as an integrated system.