Metrology & Display Test Engineer, Consumer Products

Join OpenAI’s Consumer Products team to develop, validate, and scale advanced display modules. We’re looking for a hands-on Metrology & Display Test Engineer who will own display component and system-level metrology, act as the primary technical interface to suppliers, and coordinate across optical, electrical, mechanical, and panel design disciplines to take displays from concept through production.

What you’ll do

• Develop and utilize advanced metrology tools to measure and assess display performance.

• Lead characterization and precision measurement of display, focusing on key performance metrics.

• Manage and oversee display test operations, including test plan execution, lab workflows, and test data pipelines.

• Develop display module specifications in collaboration with internal and external partners.

• Lead cross-functional technical efforts spanning optical, electrical, mechanical, process and panel design specialists.

• Serve as the primary technical contact for display suppliers and manage supplier engineering activities.

• Characterize both device and full-module display performance to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

• Optimize display quality by ensuring color accuracy, brightness uniformity, and other imaging performance goals.

• Hands-on characterization of electro-optical performance, data analysis and image processing, and scripting for lab-level measurement automation.

• Run and coordinate failure analysis with vendors and internal teams; identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

• Review and validate vendor test data and system integration results to ensure spec compliance.

• Identify, prioritize, document, and drive closure of engineering issues to meet program timelines.

• Support engineering builds and initial mass production: resolve ramp issues, handle field returns related to displays, and qualify solutions for production.

• Travel internationally to supplier sites and partners as required.

An average day might include

• Benchtop electro-optical measurements and precision metrology work.

• Building or adapting metrology setups and automating measurement sequences (Python, LabVIEW).

• Statistical analysis of test results and presenting findings to multi-functional teams.

• Coordinating failure investigations with suppliers and cross-functional reviewers.

• Preparing technical documentation and presentations for program reviews.

Minimum qualifications

• MS in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.

• Minimum 5 years relevant industry experience.

• Hands-on experience with benchtop and industry-standard optical measurement systems (characterization, test, validation).

• Technical experience in one or more of: optical design/characterization, human visual/optical physics, semiconductor optoelectronics, display technologies, optical sensors, or circuits.

• Experience with programming for data acquisition and lab automation (e.g., Python, LabVIEW).

• Experience with statistical analysis tools (JMP, MATLAB) and/or optical simulation tools (e.g., LightTools).

Preferred qualifications

• PhD degree in a relevant discipline.

• Demonstrated experience connecting optical device performance to process outcomes through failure analysis.

• Prior experience with module engineering and mass production processes.

• Deep knowledge of display-specific optics and metrology best practices.

• Experience leading and scaling test operations and lab infrastructure.

• Strong project management, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

About OpenAI

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. 

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Compensation

$380K – $460K + Offers Equity