Fluidstack
Supply Chain
SupplierQualityEngineer,Lead
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“Supplier Quality Engineer, Lead at Fluidstack. Skills: Supplier quality, Manufacturing quality, Construction quality, Team leadership. Lead, mentor, and grow a team. Set team priorities”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure the highest standards across our in-house manufacturing operations and external data center construction projects; Own quality from supplier selection through delivery; Drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement; Develop and manage KPI's and Metrics; Support customer executive business reviews; Define and track supplier KPIs (defect rates, on-time delivery, audit scores); Remediate underperforming suppliers
Industry & Context.
Drive root cause analysis; Corrective/preventive action (CAPA) processes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or construction quality engineering experience, at least 2 years in a lead or management role, Demonstrated experience managing and developing engineering teams, Experience conducting supplier audits and managing corrective action workflows, Proven ability to influence without authority across suppliers, contractors, and internal teams
Nice to Have
Familiarity with data center infrastructure (MEP systems, structural, electrical) strongly preferred, Experience in hyperscale or cloud infrastructure environments, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Six Sigma certification (Black Belt preferred), First principles mentality
What You'll Do.
Manage workload distribution
Drive a culture of quality
Serve as SME on supplier quality
Represent supplier quality function
Develop and manage KPI's
Support customer executive business reviews
Lead supplier qualification
Manage supplier performance
Enforce quality control plans
Establish quality expectations
Drive root cause analysis
Manage corrective/preventive action
Define and track supplier KPIs
Remediate underperforming suppliers
Collaborate with procurement
Collaborate with engineering
Support tier-two supplier development
Maintain quality documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Guidance to cross-functional stakeholders including procurement, engineering, and construction teams; Represent the supplier quality function in leadership reviews, program planning, and executive escalations; Partner with external data center general contractors and subcontractors; Collaborate with procurement and engineering teams
Communication Scope
Communication at the founder level will be required
Process & Methodology
Manage workload distribution, Program planning
Full Job Description
ABOUT FLUIDSTACK At Fluidstack, we build the compute, data centers, and power that will fuel artificial superintelligence. We supply GWs of compute capabilities to the world’s biggest AI Labs at industry-defining speeds. Our team is small, fast, and obsessed with quality. We own outcomes end-to-end, challenge assumptions, and treat our customers' problems as our own. No task is beneath anyone here. There are a few thousand people who will shape the trajectory of superintelligence. Come and be one of them. About the Role We are looking for a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure the highest standards across our in-house manufacturing operations and external data center construction projects. As a people manager and subject matter expert, you will build and lead a team of quality engineers while sitting at the intersection of manufacturing production and large-scale infrastructure, owning quality from supplier selection through delivery. Responsibilities Leadership & Management - Lead, mentor, and grow a team of supplier quality engineers across manufacturing and data center infrastructure disciplines - Set team priorities, manage workload distribution, and drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement - Serve as the organizational subject matter expert (SME) on supplier quality, providing guidance to cross-functional stakeholders including procurement, engineering, and construction teams - Represent the supplier quality function in leadership reviews, program planning, and executive escalations - Develop and manage KPI's and Metrics - Support customer executive business reviews - Role reports to VP, supply chain. Communication at the founder level will be required. Supplier Quality & Operations - Lead supplier qualification, audits, and ongoing performance management for both manufactured components and data center building materials/systems - Develop and enforce quality control plans, inspection criteria, and acceptance standards for in-house production l
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