RESPONSIBILITIES: Partner deeply with responsible engineers, thermal architects, and facility teams to co-define commodity strategy, multi-year technology roadmaps, and approved vendor lists for mechanical cooling systems (dry coolers, chillers, pumps, CDUs), auxiliary piping/valves, controls/instrumentation, and chemicals/consumables, anticipating SpaceX''s cooling demand and density requirements 12-24 months ahead. Lead supplier innovation programs - challenge and collaborate with vendors on custom high-efficiency designs, modular cooling packages, advanced controls integration, low-GWP refrigerants, optimized piping/valve configurations, and next-generation CDU/pump technologies that accelerate SpaceX''s hardware roadmap and reduce total cost of ownership.