Senior Director, Fleet Management

The role

You will own and scale GPU and data center infrastructure for a neocloud platform. This role involves leading teams in building validation platforms, lifecycle automation, and orchestration services while managing firmware, hardware security, and data center operations.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day fleet operations and greenfield deployments.
• Build the pipeline to qualify and track firmware releases.
• Consolidate hardware automation pipelines into a single platform.
• Own power, cooling, networking fabrics, and physical security.
• Own the strategy for trusted, tamper-evident hardware.
• Define operational KPIs and establish runbooks and on-call models.
• Partner on GPU and hardware sourcing and budget ownership.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing engineering team.

Required qualifications

• 18+ years of experience in infrastructure, data center operations, or fleet management, including 6+ years in a senior leadership role
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep hands-on expertise with GPU infrastructure, including NVIDIA or AMD accelerator platforms
• A genuine blend of software and hardware leadership
• Experience operating or scaling data center infrastructure in a high-growth environment such as a neocloud, hyperscaler, or large enterprise
• Strong command of DC fundamentals: power distribution, cooling systems, networking fabrics, and physical security
• Proven ability to manage vendor relationships and negotiate large-scale infrastructure contracts ($50M+)
• Ability to own large CapEx budgets in partnership with Finance and Procurement
• Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

• Prior experience at a neocloud or AI infrastructure company
• Familiarity with GPU failure modes and auto-remediation techniques
• Hands-on experience with firmware qualification, BMC/OpenBMC development, or hardware attestation (TPM, secure boot, remote attestation)
• Familiarity with InfiniBand, RoCE, or other high-performance networking fabrics at scale
• Experience building validation/burn-in platforms and multi-node performance benchmarking
• Exposure to DCIM, asset management/RFID, or lifecycle automation and fleet orchestration tools (e.g., NetBox, Temporal)
• Background in sustainability initiatives such as renewable energy procurement

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

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. The company uses an energy-first approach to build AI infrastructure.