# Global Sourcing Manager, Networking & Hardware

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $239k – $278k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Supply Chain Management, networking hardware, switches, routers, dpus, oem negotiation, dual sourcing, optics, asics, port speeds, firmware management, licensing, hpc fabric, white-box switching, odm switching
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Own sourcing for networking hardware (switches, routers, DPUs) at massive scale for AI compute clusters. Negotiate OEM agreements on price/lead time/roadmaps, dual-source platforms, align with engineering, and manage transitions without inventory issues.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
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.

## Responsibilities
- Supply tens of gigawatts of compute, the largest build out of compute in history.
- Qualify and dual-source across every critical equipment category, with lead-time and capacity thresholds tied directly to the forward build pipeline.
- Make supply chain the reason we build faster than anyone. Our modular build redefines speed in this industry, and it lives or dies on supply chain.
- Keep procurement permanently off the critical path so schedule compression stays our advantage, not our constraint.
- Build the most accurate supply chain prediction modelling that exists. Use the frontier of AI to forecast lead times, demand, and disruption with a precision the industry has never had, and turn that foresight into a structural edge.

## Requirements
- You've sourced networking hardware at scale from major OEMs.
- You've handled end-of-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.

## Nice-to-Haves
- AI/HPC fabric hardware.
- White-box and ODM switching.
- Optics supply chains.
- Vendor financing structures.

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