Materials Manager, Networking & Hardware

About the Company

We exist to make humanity more free. Technology has historically given people more time for the things they want to do, instead of things they have to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built—but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them—with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space and operate with extreme ownership, velocity, and first principles thinking. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time, and we push it forward with high intensity.

About the Team

The Supply Chain Team is working on key problems such as:

• Supplying tens of gigawatts of compute, the largest build-out of compute in history.
• Qualifying and dual-sourcing across every critical equipment category, with lead-time and capacity thresholds tied directly to the forward build pipeline.
• Ensuring supply chain enables our modular build to redefine speed in the industry, keeping procurement off the critical path.
• Building the most accurate supply chain prediction modeling using AI to forecast lead times, demand, and disruption with unprecedented precision.

Responsibilities

• Own the networking hardware category: switches, routers, and DPUs for fabrics connecting 100k+ accelerator clusters.
• Negotiate supply agreements with networking OEMs covering price, lead time, and roadmap access.
• Dual-source critical switch platforms and manage the qualification burden that dual-sourcing creates.
• Align buy plans with network engineering roadmaps so hardware generations land when designs need them, not after.

Requirements

• Experience sourcing networking hardware at scale from major OEMs.
• Handled end-of-life and generation transitions without stranding inventory or stalling builds.
• Understanding of networking technology (optics, ASICs, port speeds) to negotiate credibly with product teams.
• Ability to manage firmware, licensing, and support terms to avoid costly surprises.

Bonus skills: AI/HPC fabric hardware, white-box and ODM switching, optics supply chains, vendor financing structures.

Pay

Compensation Range: $155K - $199K