Director, Compute & GPU Infrastructure Economics

Octopyd; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 280,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in startup

Partnership with leadership

Challenging AI infra role

Competitive compensation

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Cognichip seeks a Director of Infrastructure Operations to own compute economics and long-range capacity strategy at its US HQ in Redwood City. You will drive end-to-end economic models, evaluate investment options, and align Finance with Engineering on infrastructure economics.

Responsibilities include multi-year capacity planning, unit-economics, CapEx/OpEx translation, and dashboards for visibility. Competitive equity is offered in this fast-growing AI semiconductor company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data-center economics, capacity planning, or cost engineering.
• Background in large-scale compute, cloud, AI/ML, GPU, semiconductor, or data-center environments.
• Strong grasp of unit economics, CapEx/COGS modeling, and depreciation.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets modeling skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-year GPU capacity planning and demand forecasting.
• Build fully loaded cost models and unit-economics metrics for compute infrastructure.
• Evaluate buy/lease/cloud infrastructure decisions and build supporting business cases.
• Translate capacity needs into CapEx/OpEx and cost-of-goods impacts.
• Partner with Finance on operating plans and long-range forecasts.
• Build models and dashboards for capacity, utilization, and cost visibility.
• Serve as the key liaison between Engineering and Finance on infrastructure economics.

Job description

Cognichip seeks a Director of Infrastructure Operations to own compute economics and long-range capacity strategy at its US HQ in Redwood City. You will drive end-to-end economic models, evaluate investment options, and align Finance with Engineering on infrastructure economics.

Responsibilities include multi-year capacity planning, unit-economics, CapEx/OpEx translation, and dashboards for visibility. Competitive equity is offered in this fast-growing AI semiconductor company.