Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Networking)

Crusoe; Sunnyvale, San Francisco (CA, CA); On-site; USD 285,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted Stock Units

Paid time off

Comprehensive health, dental & vision

Employer contributions to HSA

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Professional development & tuition Re-

Mental health & wellness support

Commuter benefits

Cell phone stipend

401(k) with company match 4%

Volunteer time off

Global travel insurance & emergency

Daily meals allowance

Location-specific perks

Job summary

Crusoe is seeking a seasoned Senior Product Manager for Networking Foundations in Sunnyvale. You will define the 2-4 year vision, own vendor strategy, and set targets for performance, cost, and scalability across the distributed network powering AI workloads.

You will collaborate with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture to align roadmaps, evaluate new hardware, and translate complex tradeoffs into clear leadership narratives. Strong networking and econ acumen required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE/CS or related field.
• 8+ years in technical product management or infrastructure engineering with architecture ownership.
• Subject matter expertise in networking at scale.
• Experience with fleet-wide network architecture and topology design.
• Vendor strategy experience for long-term network investments.
• Strong grasp of infrastructure economics and capacity planning.
• Analytical, data-driven decision making for multi-year infra decisions.
• Excellent communication to engineering leadership and executives.
• Direct experience with RDMA fabrics and GPU cluster networking.

Responsibilities

• Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe’s networking foundation.
• Own vendor management strategy and capital allocation for the network.
• Set performance, reliability, scalability, and cost targets for the network.
• Own cross-DC and multi-site connectivity strategy and topology design.
• Drive networking technology strategy and evaluate new hardware/vendors.
• Identify structural architecture limitations and prioritize long-term investments.
• Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on tradeoffs and requirements.
• Represent networking in leadership reviews with clear decision docs.

Skills

Networking expertise

Fleet-wide architecture

Vendor strategy

Data-driven

RDMA fabrics

GPU networking

Communication skills

Infrastructure economics

Analytical mindset

Product management

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or related field

Tools

InfiniBand

RoCE

Job description

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world’s most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We’re in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We’re solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We’re looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

About the Role:

• Long-term vision: Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe’s networking foundation, from fleet-wide architecture to fabric design.
• Vendor management strategy: Own Crusoe’s long-term vendor management strategy for the network, including defining our cost structure and capital allocation.
• Platform targets: Set the performance, reliability, scalability, and cost targets the network must hit, including network cost per GPU and per server.
• Connectivity architecture: Own cross-DC and multi-site connectivity strategy, network topology, and failure-domain design.
• Technology strategy: Drive NIC, DPU, switch, and networking technology strategy, including evaluating new hardware generations and vendors.
• Structural investment: Identify structural limitations in the current architecture and prioritize the long-term investments that resolve them.
• Engineering partnership: Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on major technical tradeoffs, and define the product requirements and business rationale behind foundational investments.
• Executive communication: Represent networking foundations in leadership reviews, translating architecture and vendor tradeoffs into clear decision docs.

What You’ll Be Working On:

• Long-term vision: Define the 2-4 year vision and roadmap for Crusoe’s networking foundation, from fleet-wide architecture to fabric design.
• Vendor management strategy: Own Crusoe’s long-term vendor management strategy for the network, including defining our cost structure and capital allocation.
• Platform targets: Set the performance, reliability, scalability, and cost targets the network must hit, including network cost per GPU and per server.
• Connectivity architecture: Own cross-DC and multi-site connectivity strategy, network topology, and failure-domain design.
• Technology strategy: Drive NIC, DPU, switch, and networking technology strategy, including evaluating new hardware generations and vendors.
• Structural investment: Identify structural limitations in the current architecture and prioritize the long-term investments that resolve them.
• Engineering partnership: Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on major technical tradeoffs, and define the product requirements and business rationale behind foundational investments.
• Executive communication: Represent networking foundations in leadership reviews, translating architecture and vendor tradeoffs into clear decision docs.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of technical product management experience, or product-minded infrastructure engineering experience, with a track record of owning architecture-level outcomes at Principal or equivalent scope.
• Subject matter expertise in networking, with the credibility to operate as a peer to senior infrastructure engineers and architects.
• Direct experience with fleet-wide network architecture, topology design, and failure-domain strategy at scale.
• Experience managing long-term vendor strategy and vetting in-house software engineering investment for core networking infrastructure.
• A strong grasp of infrastructure economics at scale, including cost per unit and capacity planning.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to inform multi-year infrastructure decisions.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate technical tradeoffs into clear narratives for engineering leadership and executives.
• Direct experience with RDMA fabrics such as InfiniBand or RoCE, and with GPU cluster networking for AI training or inference.

Bonus Points

• Experience with data center network design, including cross-DC and multi-site connectivity.
• Familiarity with the current landscape of networking silicon, NICs, and switch vendors serving AI infrastructure.
• Experience managing or mentoring other product managers.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $285,000-$335,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.