Supplier Development Engineer

About the role

Fluidstack exists to make humanity more free by 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. How we operate: be a barrel – full autonomy, own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role; insane urgency; reason from first principles; love of the game; build something that actually matters.

Responsibilities

• Develop supplier capability hands‑on: process audits, capability studies, and improvement plans executed at supplier sites.
• Qualify new suppliers and parts: first articles, PPAP‑style approvals, and launch support through ramp.
• Attack supplier quality issues at root cause, on their floor, with their team.
• Build supplier capacity ahead of demand: bottlenecks found and fixed before they gate our line.

Requirements

• You've done supplier quality or development engineering in manufacturing.
• You audit processes for real: capability, controls, and culture.
• You've fixed a supplier problem at their site that others managed by email.
• You run first articles and PPAP with rigor and speed together.
• You improve suppliers without doing their job for them.
• Bonus: experience with weld and fabrication suppliers, machining and coatings, core tools (SPC, MSA, FMEA).
• Travel‑heavy role.

Pay

Compensation Range: $155K – $199K. We are committed to pay equity and transparency.