Director, Sustaining Engineering - Spark
Core
Own the installed base of deployed Spark modular power and compute infrastructure, managing fleet reliability, field failures, configuration control, and obsolescence to feed design improvements back to Product Management and NPI.
Role type
Director, Sustaining Engineering (Hardware/Infrastructure)
Builds
Modular power and compute infrastructure (Spark) for AI workloads
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Data Center Hardware / Energy
Required skills
fleet reliability management, root cause analysis (FRACAS), change control, configuration management, obsolescence management, lifecycle management, service economics, liquid cooling systems fluency, modular infrastructure experience
Preferred skills
experience with containerized/prefabricated infrastructure, experience standing up functions from scratch
Technologies
PLM, FRACAS, liquid cooling systems, modular data center hardware
Responsibilities
Establish failure review boards and root cause evidence standards, define spares and repair policies, manage engineering changes and configuration baselines for fielded units, model last-time buys and qualify alternates for obsolescence, convert fleet failure data into design requirements for next generations, verify retrofit effectiveness and serviceability.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with team building responsibilities
