--- title: 'Global Supply Manager (Austin, TX) at Exowatt' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/global-supply-manager-austin-tx-exowatt-austin-zmamz4ev77f3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-19' --- # Global Supply Manager (Austin, TX) at Exowatt - **Company:** Exowatt - **Location:** Austin, TX - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/exowatt/18620c06-866d-4112-908e-b2b1c35ad9e4 ## Job description Exowatt is revolutionizing the energy landscape for the AI era with our groundbreaking P3 system that captures solar energy, stores it as heat, and generates electricity on demand. Founded in 2023 and backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sam Altman, and Felicis, we're committed to providing clean, modular, and scalable power that meets the rapidly growing demands of AI infrastructure. Our mission is to make sustainable renewable energy always available and almost free, enabling technological advancement while protecting our planet. We are looking for a hands-on Global Supply Manager with exceptional negotiation skills to establish and manage commercial relationships with contract manufacturers and strategic partners. In this role, you will own cost negotiations, supply planning, and risk management while driving cost reduction through operational efficiency and disciplined processes. You will be instrumental in executing projects that meet both product milestones and corporate goals. This role sits at the intersection of internal engineering teams and external manufacturing partners, requiring someone who can balance competing priorities to ensure successful product launches. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, drives excellence across their own responsibilities and those of team members and partners, and communicates concisely and effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional peers alike. This employee will be based in Austin, TX, and will also work from our Miami headquarters as needed. Relocation is required, and relocation assistance will be provided. ## Key Responsibilities - Establish, develop, and manage commercial relationships with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and strategic partners to support Exowatt’s production and growth objectives. - Lead cost negotiations with vendors and contract manufacturers, securing favorable terms that align with budget targets and long-term cost reduction goals. - Own supply planning and forecasting, ensuring materials and components are available to meet production schedules and product launch timelines. - Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks through proactive risk management strategies, including dual-sourcing, safety stock optimization, and contingency planning. - Drive continuous cost reduction through operational improvements, process efficiency, value engineering, and strategic sourcing initiatives. - Execute supply chain projects end-to-end to meet product development milestones and corporate objectives, ensuring alignment between engineering, manufacturing, and business teams. - Partner with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, quality, finance) and external partners to balance priorities and resolve issues that impact product delivery. - Develop and maintain supplier scorecards, performance metrics, and reporting to track supplier quality, delivery, and cost performance. - Provide clear, data-driven updates and recommendations to senior leadership, translating complex supply chain data into actionable insights. - Roll up your sleeves—get hands-on with mechanical and electrical systems, jigs, tooling, and fixtures to evaluate manufacturability, supplier capabilities, and quality standards. ## Minimum Qualifications - 2+ years of progressive experience in supply chain development, sourcing management, or procurement within a product development or manufacturing environment. - Strong mechanical or electrical engineering background with direct involvement in product development lifecycles. - Hands-on experience working with mechanical and electrical systems, jigs, tooling, and fixtures—comfortable on the factory floor and in the lab. - Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline. MBA is a plus. - Demonstrated ability to make decisions based on facts and data, stay focused under pressure, and deliver results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. ## Preferred Qualifications - Top-notch analytical and negotiation skills with a proven track record of securing high-value agreements and driving measurable cost savings. - Ability to blend strategic thinking with a detail-oriented, execution-focused approach—equally comfortable setting long-term sourcing strategy and managing day-to-day supplier relationships. - Genuine passion for problem-solving and driving issues to resolution, with a bias toward action and accountability. - Proven ability to influence and align cross-functional teams without direct authority, building consensus across engineering, operations, finance, and executive stakeholders. - Systems thinker who can absorb large amounts of new information quickly and distill it into clear, concise summaries for decision-making. - Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 25% of the time. What We Offer: Competitive salary and equity options. Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and retirement plans. A dynamic work environment that fosters creativity and innovation. Opportunities for professional growth and development in a rapidly evolving industry. Relocation assistance. ## About Exowatt ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Exowatt designs and manufactures modular, full-stack solar energy systems that capture solar energy, store it as heat, and dispatch electricity on demand to power energy-intensive infrastructure like AI data centers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Miami, FL, USA - **Founded**: 2023 (implied by company narrative) - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed on the website or job postings ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Renewable Energy, Clean Technology, Energy Storage, AI Infrastructure. - **Target customers**: B2B — specifically AI data centers, high-performance computing (HPC) data centers, and utility-scale energy projects. They also target utility companies and industrial sites with high energy demands. - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Our mission is to deliver ultra-low-cost, reliable power that fuels global AI infrastructure while protecting our planet" — as stated by the founders on their vision page. ## Products & Services - **Exowatt P3**: The flagship product, a "dispatchable solar" system. It is a modular, full-stack energy system that captures solar energy using custom optical lenses (Fresnel lenses), stores it as heat in a proprietary high-temperature sensible heat battery (long-duration energy storage), and converts it into electricity on demand via a proprietary heat engine. It is designed to provide up to 24 hours of dispatchable energy, essentially serving as a baseload power source. The system can be deployed behind the meter (BTM) to reduce interconnection wait times, and is built in the USA without rare earth minerals. - **Energy Optimization Software**: Integrated software platform for real-time monitoring, control, and automation of Exowatt P3 systems. Enables intelligent dispatch, integration with other energy assets (solar PV, wind, natural gas, grid), and participation in arbitrage and virtual power plants (VPPs). ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $70 million Series A round announced on April 22, 2025 [exowatt.com](https://www.exowatt.com/faq). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not named on the website (the funding announcement and Crunchbase profile are referenced but not detailed on the main site). The company claims a "Made in the USA" supply chain and mentions partnerships with utility companies and data center operators. - **Growth Signals**: - Raised a significant $70M Series A in early 2025, signaling strong investor confidence. - Actively hiring across multiple key engineering and leadership roles (Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, Power Electronics) in two locations (Miami, FL and Austin, TX). - Targeting the rapidly expanding AI and HPC data center market, which has an enormous and growing demand for clean, dispatchable power. - Their product’s "Bring Your Own Power" (BYOP) capability directly addresses the critical bottleneck of long interconnection queues for new data centers, a major market pain point. ## Competitive Advantages - **Dispatchable Solar + Storage**: Unlike standard solar PV, Exowatt's system can provide 24/7 baseload power by storing solar energy as heat and generating electricity on demand, solving the intermittency problem of renewables. - **Expedited Time-to-Power**: The ability to deploy fully behind the meter allows customers to bypass lengthy utility interconnection queues, accelerating project timelines for energy-intensive facilities like data centers. - **No Rare Earth Minerals**: The system is built with abundant, domestically sourced materials, avoiding supply chain vulnerabilities and environmental concerns associated with rare earth mining. - **Modular & Scalable**: Factory-built modules allow for linear scaling, enabling customers to start small and expand capacity as their energy needs grow. - **30-Year Lifespan**: Designed for low maintenance and a 30-year operational life, providing long-term reliability. ## Strategic Focus - **Targeting the AI Energy Boom**: Exowatt is squarely focused on providing clean, reliable, and rapidly deployable power to solve the massive energy demands of AI and HPC data centers. - **U.S. Manufacturing & Energy Independence**: The company is prioritizing domestic manufacturing to ensure quality, supply chain security, and alignment with national energy independence goals. - **Scaling Rapidly to Meet Demand**: With a $70M Series A, the focus is likely on scaling manufacturing, building out their deployment pipeline with initial customers, and expanding the engineering team to accelerate product development and deployment. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact Mission**: The opportunity to work on a critical technology that directly enables the AI revolution by solving its most fundamental constraint: sustainable, scalable power. - **High-Performance Team**: The company describes itself as a "high-performance team of engineers, scientists, and builders pushing the boundaries of what’s possible," indicating a fast-paced, ambitious environment. - **On-Site Engineering Roles**: The posted positions (Electrical Engineer, Lead Mechanical Engineer, Lead Controls & Firmware Engineer) are full-time and on-site in either **Miami, FL** or **Austin, TX**. No remote or hybrid options are visible in current job listings. - **Competitive Benefits**: Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, flexible PTO, and team-wide equity [exowatt.com/careers](https://www.exowatt.com/careers). - **Small, Fast-Moving Company**: With a Series A funding, this is an early-stage company, offering roles with high ownership, influence, and the chance to build foundational systems. ## Sources 1. [exowatt.com](https://www.exowatt.com/?gad_campaignid=21982037242) 2. [exowatt.com](https://www.exowatt.com/faq) 3. [exowatt.com](https://www.exowatt.com/vision) 4. [exowatt.com](https://www.exowatt.com/careers) 5. 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