Fire Protection Engineer

About the Team

OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization delivers the infrastructure that powers frontier AI models. Within Infrastructure Delivery, we turn engineering concepts into safe, reliable, and operational AI campuses by working across design, construction, utilities, commissioning, operations, and external partners.

The fire protection function establishes the life-safety and property-protection strategy for these campuses. The team connects code requirements and engineering standards to practical design, construction, testing, incident readiness, and long-term operations.

About the Role

We are seeking a Fire Protection Engineer to lead owner-side fire and life-safety engineering across large-scale data center programs. You will establish design criteria, review complex fire protection systems, coordinate with authorities and delivery partners, and ensure that fire and life-safety requirements remain clear from early design through construction, commissioning, and operational handover.

This role requires strong technical judgment across detection, alarm, suppression, smoke control, water supply, emergency response, and code compliance. You will work closely with engineering, construction, safety, security, commissioning, and operations teams to resolve r