NPI Materials Manager, Compute, Storage & Networking Platforms

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $220k - $240k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔗 Supply Chain

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IREN

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201 - 500 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Energy

IREN is a provider of purpose-built, high-performance AI data centers and GPU cloud services across North America. IREN develops, owns and operates large, power-dense facilities designed for demanding AI training and inference workloads, offering turnkey data centers, colocations for customer hardware, and managed GPU cloud access. The company emphasizes vertical integration, 24/7 onsite support, and powering its facilities with 100% renewable energy (including RECs). IREN currently lists six North American locations (including Sweetwater, Childress, Oklahoma, Prince George, Mackenzie, and Canal Flats), with secured power capacity of about 5 GW, several hundred to thousands of MW per site in operational, under-construction, and in-development stages, and roughly 4,900 acres of secured land for AI infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Own the end-to-end materials plan for NPI programs covering GPU and CPU servers, storage platforms, network switches, NICs, optics and transceivers, cabling, racks, PDUs, spares, test fixtures, and ancillary equipment • Translate test, qualification, and validation plans into material requirements, quantities, configurations, and need-by dates • Drive supplier engagement and material readiness for sample, early-access, and pre-production hardware across OEMs, ODMs, and distributors • Negotiate and manage loaner and evaluation-unit agreements, extensions, returns, and conversion paths • Build and own NPI materials schedules across concurrent programs • Surface risks and drive mitigation when lead times slip, allocations shift, or configurations change • Coordinate inbound logistics, receiving, inspection, asset tagging, staging, and hand-off for rack and installation • Maintain serial-level inventory of NPI assets across sites, including chain of custody, location, and disposition • Manage engineering change requests affecting materials in flight and synchronize BOMs with physical inventory • Collaborate with Technical Sourcing, Procurement, and Finance on quotes, purchase orders, budgets, and evaluation-to-purchase conversions • Serve as day-to-day contact for OEM, ODM, and silicon-vendor logistics and account teams regarding shipments, RMAs, and firmware or component swaps • Establish and improve NPI materials processes, templates, and dashboards • Define and report metrics such as on-time material availability and program readiness • Capture lessons learned and feed them into sourcing strategy, standard configurations, and production procurement

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in materials management, NPI, supply chain, or hardware program operations • Direct experience supporting hardware engineering in a data center, hyperscale, cloud, AI/HPC, or server OEM/ODM environment • Hands-on familiarity with GPU and CPU server platforms, storage systems, network switches, optics, and power, including configuration, racking, cabling, and deployment • Proven experience managing BOMs, purchase orders, and multi-site inventory in an ERP or asset management system • Experience coordinating across Engineering, Program Management, Sourcing, and Operations across several concurrent programs with shifting priorities • Experience working with vendors on sample and evaluation hardware, lead times, allocations, RMAs, and loaner terms • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including serial-level accuracy across hundreds of assets • Clear written and verbal communication • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience • Experience supporting early-access or pre-release hardware programs with major silicon, server, or networking vendors • Background in a lab or test environment involving fixtures, cabling, optics, and ancillary equipment • Familiarity with import/export, customs, and multi-site logistics across the US and Canada • Experience building dashboards or light tooling using spreadsheets, BI tools, or scripting

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual performance incentives • Equity programs / long-term incentive • Relocation or living-out allowance / per diem, as applicable • 100% company-paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for employees • 75% company-paid coverage for dependents • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance • Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with the High Deductible Health Plan • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Financial planning and legal services • Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays • Internal skills training and advancement pathways • Professional development for certifications, continuing education, or role-related training • Company events and team-building activities