Principal New Product Introduction Engineering Manager (Spark)

Join Crusoe, a vertically integrated AI Factory company on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the Director of New Product Introduction (NPI), you will prime the entire Crusoe system for Spark, driving the program execution and ensuring readiness across all functions. You will own the five-phase Spark NPI framework, hold design freeze and production release decisions, and maintain a readiness scorecard. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the AI and energy sectors.

• Diriger l'ensemble du système Crusoe pour le produit Spark, en veillant à ce que toutes les fonctions soient prêtes à le livrer.
• Posséder le cadre de phase NPI Spark, définir les critères d'entrée et de sortie, et diriger chaque revue de porte.
• Assurer la responsabilité de la conception et des décisions de production, en maintenant un scorecard de préparation.

• We'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
• If 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
• Required: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related discipline
• Hands-on execution of validation and pilot builds, not just program reporting on them
• 10 to 15 years in new product introduction, manufacturing engineering, or hardware program management, including one generation carried from concept through ramp under a formal phase gate framework
• Experience priming both an internal factory and an external contract manufacturer for the same product
• Demonstrated ownership of gate and release decisions, including holding a gate closed under schedule pressure and what it cost
• Track record driving readiness across organizations you do not control, with credibility in engineering and manufacturing alike
• Supply Chain: Long lead and single source risk, supplier qualification timing, and tooling commitments
• NPI Methodology: Phase gate frameworks, gate entry and exit criteria, readiness assessment, and EVT, DVT, and PVT execution
• Quality & Risk: Design FMEA, first article inspection, non-conformance and corrective action, and factory acceptance testing
• Configuration & Change Management: PLM, indented BOM, revision control, ECO and ECN workflow, and change control board leadership
• Design for Excellence: DFM, DFA, and DFT applied before design freeze
• Product Fluency: Enough command of electrical, mechanical, and thermal systems to judge whether a modular power and compute package is releasable
• Familiarity with liquid cooled data center hardware, including CDU and rack level cooling interfaces
• Experience with modular, containerized, or prefabricated infrastructure products
• Mountaineer Spirit: The discipline to hold a gate closed when the schedule says otherwise, and the judgment to know when the risk is worth taking anyway