Technology Scout, R&D

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. ABOUT THIS ROLE: Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence—bending the arc of energy toward sustainability. Our R&D organization identifies, evaluates, and accelerates the technologies that will define the next generation of AI data center infrastructure. We are seeking a Technology Scout to join our R&D team and serve as the organization’s eyes and ears across the emerging technology landscape. You will systematically scan the industry—from early-stage startups and university labs to established vendors and national research programs—to identify the innovations that could reshape how data centers are powered, cooled, built, and operated. This is a foundational hire. You will build the technology scouting function from the ground up—developing the methodology, tools, processes, and external relationships that enable Crusoe’s R&D team to continuously identify and evaluate emerging opportunities. Your work will directly inform which technologies Crusoe invests in, pilots, and ultimately deploys at scale. The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge across energy and infrastructure domains with the curiosity, network, and analytical rigor to separate signal from hype in a fast-moving landscape. WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING ON: - Industry Scanning & Emerging Technology Identification: Proactively scan the technology landscape—startups, university research labs, national laboratories, conferences, publications, and early-stage vendors—to identify innovations that could impact the future of AI data center design, construction, and operations. - Technology Portfolio Management: Own and maintain Crusoe’s R&D technology portfolio. Track technology readiness, competitive developments, vendor roadmaps, and deployment timelines. Provide regular portfolio updates to R&D leadership. - Intelligence Briefings: Produce and deliver regular technology intelligence briefings covering industry trends, vendor announcements, research breakthroughs, and competitive developments relevant to the future of AI infrastructure. - Deep-Dive Assessments: Conduct in-depth technical evaluations of specific technology areas, comparing vendor claims against independent data, assessing roadmap credibility, and evaluating how emerging technologies could shape future data center architectures from pilot scale through hyperscale deployment. Deliver actionable recommendations to R&D leadership and engineering teams. - Vendor & Research Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with technology vendors, startup founders, academic researchers, and national lab contacts. Conduct regular meetings to stay ahead of technology curves and identify partnership or evaluation opportunities. - Engineering Team Partnership: Work closely w