Two new full-time roles posted 2026-09-02 — 'Hardware Exploratory' in the Consumer Devices / Hardware Engineering team and 'Operations Exploratory' in the Consumer Devices / Manufacturing & Ops team, both located in Singapore — indicate OpenAI is actively scoping hardware device development and manufacturing capability outside the US. The 'exploratory' framing and the Manufacturing & Ops pairing suggest early-stage supply-chain groundwork, relevant to any thesis on OpenAI consumer hardware and its readiness to compete in device markets.
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| department | ∅ | Consumer Devices |
| employment_type | ∅ | FullTime |
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| location | ∅ | Singapore |
| provider | ∅ | openai |
| published_at | ∅ | 2026-09-02T23:24:09.446+00:00 |
| team | ∅ | Hardware Engineering |
| title | ∅ | Hardware Exploratory |
| updated_at | ∅ | ∅ |
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| department | ∅ | Consumer Devices |
| employment_type | ∅ | FullTime |
| job_id | ∅ | 9d26d55c-6989-4607-99be-1fa44cb94983 |
| location | ∅ | Singapore |
| provider | ∅ | openai |
| published_at | ∅ | 2026-09-02T23:24:36.790+00:00 |
| team | ∅ | Manufacturing & Ops |
| title | ∅ | Operations Exploratory |
| updated_at | ∅ | ∅ |
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