Materials Manager: AI-Compute Hardware Sourcing

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI in Austin, TX. We seek a candidate to own the networking hardware category, negotiate with OEMs, and manage dual-sourcing across switches, routers, and DPUs to keep builds on schedule.

You will drive supply-chain speed with hands-on sourcing at scale, ensure smooth lifecycle transitions, and align hardware plans with engineering roadmaps to land hardware when needed.

Qualifications

• You've sourced networking hardware at scale from major OEMs.
• You've handled end‑life and generation transitions without stranding inventory or stalling builds.
• You understand enough of the technology (optics, ASICs, port speeds) to negotiate credibly with product teams.
• You keep firmware, licensing, and support terms from becoming the expensive surprise later.

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.

Skills

Networking hardware sourcing

Vendor negotiations

Supply chain planning

Dual-sourcing

Firmware/licensing management

Job description

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI in Austin, TX. We seek a candidate to own the networking hardware category, negotiate with OEMs, and manage dual-sourcing across switches, routers, and DPUs to keep builds on schedule.

You will drive supply-chain speed with hands-on sourcing at scale, ensure smooth lifecycle transitions, and align hardware plans with engineering roadmaps to land hardware when needed.