Product Cost Management Lead - AI Infrastructure

Skills

About the Role

You will own the official costed BOM and system/pod cost baseline, build platform-to-platform TCO comparisons, quantify the cost impact of engineering changes, and develop cost-reduction and second-source opportunities. You'll analyze variances, run scenario analyses, validate savings, lead cost reviews, and build scalable models and reporting. This is an individual contributor role in San Francisco.

Requirements

• Significant experience in hardware product costing, cost engineering, supply chain finance or manufacturing cost analysis
• Experience building multi-level costed BOMs, system cost roll-ups and TCO models
• Strong understanding of hardware cost drivers
• Ability to evaluate engineering changes and cost-reduction opportunities
• Advanced spreadsheet and quantitative modeling skills
• Strong cross-functional influence and communication skills
• Preferred: AI infrastructure, data center, custom silicon or rack-scale experience
• Preferred: ERP, MRP, PLM experience

Responsibilities

• Own the official costed BOM and system/pod roll-up
• Publish and maintain the system/pod cost and price baseline
• Build platform-to-platform TCO comparisons
• Integrate housing and site cost inputs into product economics
• Quantify cost impact of ECOs/ECNs and design changes
• Develop cost-reduction, value-engineering and second-source opportunity funnel
• Analyze actual, forecast and quoted costs against baseline and explain variances
• Build sensitivity and scenario analyses
• Validate savings and cost avoidance with Finance
• Establish cost-data definitions, BOM hierarchy and change-control processes
• Lead recurring product-cost and TCO reviews
• Build scalable models, reporting and data workflows

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
• Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
• Flexible PTO
• 13+ paid company holidays and office closures
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
• Relocation support
• Equity
• Performance-related bonus
• Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends