Rack Cost Manager - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Own and drive end-to-end rack-level cost modeling, forecasting, and optimization for datacenter rack and infrastructure products.
About the role
This role involves owning and driving end-to-end rack-level cost modeling, forecasting, and optimization from early design concepts through production ramp.
What you'll do
- Translate high-level rack designs and bills of materials (BOMs) into high-confidence, component-level rack cost models.
- Develop, maintain, and improve rack component cost systems and tools for accurate cost forecasts.
- Design and execute data analysis tools and methods to identify correlations, trends, and discrepancies.
- Collaborate with Rack / Datacenter Design Architects to forecast costs and influence new product designs through design-for-cost (DFC) principles.
- Partner with Procurement to update and forecast rack-level component costs for current and future designs.
- Organize product phase-gate reviews with Engineering, Finance, and Business Units through the NPI phase of rack products.
What you'll need
- Strong understanding of datacenter, pod, and rack architecture designs and business considerations.
- Proficiency in rack financial cost modeling, including knowledge of key rack components.
- Proficiency in SQL and database technologies.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI, with experience using Copilot, Claude, and other AI tools.
Nice to have
- Proven experience in cost engineering, product engineering, or program management of complex datacenter or infrastructure products.
- Experience managing large, complex, and high-impact engineering or business projects.
- Exposure to datacenter design, rack integration, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
- Experience with program management tools and processes.
Skills: cost engineering, rack-level cost modeling, forecasting, optimization, datacenter rack
This role has been open 11 days — well below the 39-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
37
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Median days open
39 d
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Median salary
$228k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (37 roles · 16 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 37 |
| Median days open | 26 d | 39 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $228k |
Skills observed across this category: cost engineering, rack-level cost modeling, forecasting, optimization, datacenter rack
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 39 d
- AMD (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 25 d
- GlobalFoundries · 4 open roles · median 26 d
- Intel Corporation · 2 open roles · median 32 d
- NVIDIA · 2 open roles · median 112 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 37 open Product Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 16 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.