# Commodity Manager - Liquid Nitrogen Cooling System at VEIR

- Company: VEIR
- What the company does: VEIR is a company developing a new approach to using high-temperature superconductors for electricity transmission. Its passive evaporative cryogenic cooling delivers 20 times the cooling power per kilogram of nitrogen flow compared to mechanical subcooling. Backed by Unreasonable.
- Company website: https://veir.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $110K to $140K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-22
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/veir/jobs/5417756008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/veir-commodity-manager-liquid-nitrogen-cooling-system/

## About the role

This person will run the sourcing program for the cooling system, focused on reducing long lead times through multi-sourcing strategy, supplier development, and supplier agreements. As part of VEIR’s NPI stage-gate process, this role owns key sourcing deliverables at each phase — candidate identification, RFI/RFQ development with Engineering, supplier audits, PPAP quality support, and process validation — to move cooling system suppliers from qualification through production readiness.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience in supply chain, commodity management, or strategic sourcing, ideally within a technical or cryogenics-adjacent environment
- A technical engineering background, experience in cryogenics preferred
- Experience setting up or managing fabricators or contract manufacturers preferred
- Experience developing RFIs and RFQs in partnership with engineering teams, from prototype-level through production-intent sourcing
- Familiarity with NPI stage-gate processes and PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) is strongly preferred
- Experience negotiating supplier agreements and multi-sourcing strategies, particularly for long-lead-time components

Tags: Manufacturing & Supply Chain