Principal Hardware Product Manager (Spark)

• Spark™ is Crusoe’s modular AI data center product line, and we’re looking for an experienced and versatile Product Manager to own the Spark roadmap and product requirements
• You will author the Spark PRD, set the multi-year product roadmap, and make the calls that define what the next generation of Spark looks like
• This role sits at the intersection of physical product management and high-performance computing
• You will have the opportunity to partner with experts from across the organization - from Cloud Product, Sales, Manufacturing, Construction, and Field Ops - to synthesize must-haves and nice-to-haves into a cohesive
• Roadmap Ownership: Own and maintain the multi-year Spark modular data center product roadmap
• PRD Authorship: Author the Spark Product Requirements Document, translating stakeholder inputs into clear, prioritized, and testable product-level requirements
• Architecture-Level Product Recommendations: Analyze, recommend, and defend product-defining decisions
• GPU & Rack-Scale Fluency: Stay conversant in AI compute roadmaps and rack-scale architecture trends to make sound Spark product decisions and to partner effectively with the Group Product Manager, Edge Compute where the two roadmaps intersect
• Customer Voice: Research, interview, and synthesize the inputs from the various “customers” of the Spark modular data center
• The PM / TPM Partnership: Work in lockstep with the Spark Technical Project Management team to coordinate the roadmap to project execution hand-off
• Requirements Discipline: Understand and enforce the distinction between market, product, and engineering requirements
• Engineering Partnership: Work directly with electrical, mechanical, and network engineering leads to pressure-test feasibility against product intent, and quantify tradeoffs
• Edge Compute Alignment: Partner with the Group Product Manager, Edge Compute, to keep the Spark hardware roadmap and edge product strategy in sync, particularly around GPU generation cut-ins and rack architecture choices that affect both
• Phase Gate Partnership: Support the Spark Business Unit and Project Management team in bringing phase gate rigor to development programs, providing the product perspective at each milestone review
• Acceptance Criteria: Define the product-level acceptance criteria that a new Spark generation must hit before it ships
• Field Feedback Loop: Track how deployed Spark units perform against their product intent (cost/MW, deployment velocity, reliability) and feed those learnings back into the roadmap
• Narrative & Advocacy: Serve as Spark’s internal and external champion, pitching the product vision to customers, partners, and executive stakeholders
• Customer-Facing Requirements: Sit in on customer and field conversations, converting real deployment feedback directly into PRD-level requirements
• Pricing & Unit Economics: Own pricing and packaging inputs for Spark, balancing deployment economics, customer flexibility, and long-term returns

Benefits

• Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
• Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
• 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
• Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life’s challenges

• GPU & Rack-Scale Literacy: Fluency in GPU roadmaps and rack-scale architecture
• Product roadmap expertise: A track record of owning progressively complex and cutting edge multi-year product roadmaps and multiple wins bringing novel products to market
• A Passion for Good Requirements: A genuine passion for writing excellent product requirements, and a clear understanding of the distinction between market, product, and engineering requirements, and how they should cascade from one to the next
• Exceptional Communication: The ability to write with clarity and precision, and to influence senior stakeholders and executives on product direction
• High-Performance Compute Experience: Direct experience with high-performance compute, data center, or similarly demanding compute infrastructure
• Cross-Functional Leadership: A track record of tight, effective partnership with technical program/project managers and hardware engineering leads on first-of-a-kind builds
• Direct experience specifying or making tradeoffs on data center electrical architecture
• Experience in modular/prefab construction, distributed energy, or advanced manufacturing product lines
• Background operating a formal MRD / PRD / ERD stage-gate process at a company developing first-of-a-kind products and technologies
• Advanced degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field