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Director, Sustaining Engineering - Spark

Denver, CO - USFull-time$225k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10
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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