Principal Hardware Product Manager - Spark

I. Physical Module Roadmap & Design Requirements

• Hardware Roadmap Ownership: Own and maintain the multi-year Spark hardware roadmap.
• Hardware PRD Authorship: Author precise Spark PRDs for physical modules, translating compute needs into concrete structural, thermal, and electrical specifications.
• Compute-to-Hardware Translation: Receive Cloud Product’s GPU, server, and rack requirements and translate them into modular physical configurations - power envelopes/distribution, rack weights, fluid specs. Partner with Cloud Product leads and own the facility-side interface: power distribution to racks, fluid flow, rack weight and floor loadings etc.
• Physical Version Management: Manage hardware generation transitions. Define cut-in criteria, retrofit rules, module-side accommodation of rack footprint, loading, and cooling interface per Cloud Product’s rack specifications., and documentation required for manufacturing release.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Physical Infrastructure Roadmap Expertise: 10-15 years owning multi-year physical product roadmaps, with a proven track record shipping complex hardware or heavy mechanical/electrical infrastructure.
• Disciplined Hardware PRD Management: Expertise in writing clear hardware product requirements (PRDs) for physical systems and requisite sub-systems separating product requirements from engineering requirements, and designing to requirements supplied by an upstream customer or platform team.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Track record driving alignment across mechanical, electrical, structural, thermal, and manufacturing teams during first-of-a-kind builds.
• Clear Technical Communication: Exceptional written communication with emphasis on precise engineering trade-off documentation and executive-level clarity.

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or a related physical engineering discipline.
• Strongly Preferred: Master’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) and/or an active Professional Engineer (PE) license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• DLC & Advanced Thermal Design: Experience specifying liquid cooling loops, CDUs, or secondary fluid loops for high-density compute environments.
• Data Center Infrastructure: Product experience in physical data center infrastructure, high-voltage distribution, industrial cooling, or heavy modular/prefab hardware.
• Advanced Power Distribution: Experience specifying 800V DC or medium-to-low voltage data center power topologies.
• Modular Construction / Offsite Fabrication: Hands-on experience with modular/prefab construction, containerized enclosures, or advanced offsite manufacturing.
• Tooling Fluency: Familiarity with CAD/BIM platforms (Revit, SolidWorks), electrical single-line diagrams (SLDs), or CFD/thermal simulation workflows.

This Role Is Not a Good Fit If

• You’ve owned physical infrastructure products end to end: You have defined, built, and shipped complex mechanical enclosures, power distribution products, or industrial systems, and you’re energized by designing steel, piping, pumps, and power distribution where next-gen compute runs inside.
• You turn upstream requirements into buildable design: You’re comfortable receiving requirements from a platform or customer team and translating them into precise structural, thermal, and electrical specifications, with clear trade-offs documented.
• You’d rather define the design than run the schedule: You want to set physical design requirements and make the trade-offs that shape the module, and you partner with TPMs and engineering leads who run the schedule and program logistics.

How This Role Works with Cloud Product

Cloud Product defines what the compute needs: GPU, server, and rack requirements, along with the software stack that runs on them. This role defines the physical module that houses and powers that compute: structure, piping, cooling, and power distribution.

• Requirements flow in: Cloud Product provides compute, rack, and server requirements. You translate them into physical capabilities (kW per rack, fluid flow, rack loading) and commit to what the module can deliver.
• Roadmaps stay in sync: Spark Module generations are sequenced to Cloud Product’s compute roadmap. Cloud Product owns the GPU, server, and storage roadmap; you own the physical module roadmap.
• Customer-facing cloud offerings, pricing, packaging, go-to-market, and software built on Spark are owned by Cloud Product. This role owns the physical module only.

• Spark Hardware TPM Alignment: Work in lockstep with Spark Hardware TPMs and engineering discipline leads (Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, Thermal) to guide physical development from concept to build.
• Requirements Discipline: Set clear product hardware requirements (module power distribution capacity, thermal capacity, transportability) and hold hardware engineering teams accountable without prescribing detailed sub-component implementation.
• Design Partner Leadership: Serve as the primary design contact for external architecture, engineering, and modular design firms.
• Requirements intake from Cloud Product: Collaborate with Cloud Product teams to ensure that the physical Spark module hardware supports the GPU & rack-level architecture needs. Translate GPU/rack compute needs directly into physical facility capabilities (fluid flow rates, power specs, structural building and frame requirements).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation 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.

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. 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.

We'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.