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As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack - from electrons to tokens - to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.\nWe're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that - with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.\nWe're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved - people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.\nIf you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.\nAbout the Role:\nCrusoe is a vertically integrated AI Factory accelerating energy and compute infrastructure. We are seeking a New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineering Leader in the Spark Business Unit to bridge Spark Hardware Design with enterprise execution.\nIn this role, “hardware” and “product” refers to the physical infrastructure of the Spark module: structural steel modules, RPPs, DLC cooling loops, CDUs, chillers, piping headers, electrical and mechanical systems, and power distribution gear. Compute hardware (servers, GPUs, storage, networking, and rack specifications) is owned by Cloud Product. Sitting on the Spark Hardware product team, you are the single-threaded owner ensuring the physical module is fully verified for handoff to manufacturing. You gather and lead everything needed to introduce Spark hardware modules into the Crusoe ecosystem, orchestrating the NPI phase-gate process to turn the design team’s output into one complete NPI packet. You don’t run manufacturing. You equip and support Manufacturing and Supply Chain with clean design baselines, complete documentation, and qualified inputs to build at scale.\nWhat You'll Be Working On:\nI. Gate Framework & Hardware Release Authority\nFramework Ownership: Own the Spark hardware NPI framework (Concept to Launch) within the Spark BU to align design engineering progress with enterprise release readiness.\n\nRelease Authority: Define design release readiness for physical Spark modules. Ensure design freeze and production gates clear only when product specs, subsystem verification tests, and manufacturing handoff criteria are fully met.\n\nDesign Package Quality: Enforce gate discipline to resolve design, thermal interface, and electrical interference issues in engineering well before drawings and BOMs reach manufacturing, such that manufacturing receives a clean and complete NPI packet.\n\nProduct Readiness Scorecard: Maintain an objective hardware readiness scorecard (modeled on MRL/PRR standards) providing clear product maturity visibility to leadership and manufacturing.\n\nDesign Baseline & Change Control: Manage engineering baseline transitions into production. Support ECO/ECN workflows in PLM so Supply Chain and Manufacturing operate against clear, unambiguous release states.\n\nHandoff Package Completeness: Deliver complete hardware release packages to downstream teams, including CAD models, structural drawings, electrical single-lines, fluid schematics, multi-level BOMs, and factory acceptance test (FAT) criteria.\n\nII. Enterprise Enablement & Subsystem Integration\nCross-Functional Alignment: Translate Spark hardware roadmaps into actionable handoff schedules for Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, and Construction well ahead of production builds.\n\nValidation Campaigns: Plan and orchestrate first-of-a-kind (FOAK) prototype builds. Participate on the shop floor during validation runs to feed design-for-manufacturability (DFM) insights back to engineering.\n\nManufacturing Enablement: Partner directly with Manufacturing, ensuring their engineering team has the documentation, assembly instructions, tooling access, and test specs for a smooth line setup.\n\nSupply Chain Synchronization: Partner with Supply Chain early to identify long-lead electrical and thermal components, ensuring supplier vetting before design freeze.\n\nSubsystem Hardware Integration: Ensure core physical elements (mechanical shells, structural frames, Direct-to-Chip cooling loops, 800V DC distribution, and rack interfaces) are validated as a cohesive package prior to release.\n\nDownstream Deployment Handoff: Ensure released packages include clear interface control documents (ICDs) usable by site engineering, civil construction, and commissioning teams.\n\nIII. Launch & Continuous Improvement\nRamp Support: Partner closely with Manufacturing during initial production ramps to resolve design friction or supply exceptions and protect schedules.\n\nSingle Source of Truth: Provide executive stakeholders and Spark BU leadership unified visibility into release readiness, subsystem risks, and manufacturing enablement.\n\nClosed-Loop Feedback: Lead post-launch reviews following build campaigns to capture field and factory feedback, continually refining release standards for future hardware generations.\n\nWhat You'll Bring to the Team:\nEducation\nRequired: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Systems Engineering, or a related physical engineering discipline.\n\nExperience\n10 to 15 years in hardware NPI, technical program management, or systems engineering within a physical hardware organization.\n\nDirect experience holding release authority and guiding complex hardware programs from concept through transfer-to-manufacturing.\n\nFluent in Level of Development (LOD) frameworks (i.e. LOD 100-400).\n\nProven track record equipping manufacturing, supply chain, and field teams with high-quality release packages.\n\nTechnical Depth\nNPI & Handoff Methodology: Mastery of phase-gate frameworks, hardware verification, and formal transfer-to-manufacturing processes.\nPLM & Configuration Management: Expertise in PLM systems, multi-level hardware BOMs, revision control, and structured ECO/ECN workflows.\n\nDesign for Excellence (DFX): Practical knowledge of DFM, DFA, and DFT principles to optimize design packages for assembly and testing prior to release.\n\nQuality & Validation: FMEA, First Article Inspection (FAI), hydrostatic leak testing, and electrical high-pot testing standards.\n\nBonus Points\nExperience with modular, containerized, or prefabricated infrastructure product lines.\n\nFamiliarity with high-density data center physical requirements (fluid manifolds, heat exchangers, heavy electrical equipment).\n\nA collaborative approach combining rigorous design package standards with a commitment to cross-functional empowerment.\n\nBenefits:\nCompetitive compensation and equity packages\n\nRestricted Stock Units\n\nPaid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs\n\nComprehensive health, dental & vision insurance\n\nEmployer contributions to HSA account\n\nPaid parental leave\n\nPaid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability\n\nProfessional development & tuition reimbursement\n\nMental health & wellness support\n\nCommuter benefits (parking & transit)\n\nCell phone stipend\n\n401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary\n\nVolunteer time off\n\nGlobal travel insurance & emergency assistance\n\nDaily meals allowance\n\nAdditional perks & programs specific to location\n\nCompensation Range\nCompensation will be paid in the range of up to $225,000 - $255,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.\nCrusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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