Sr. Principal Design Quality & Reliability Engineer - OCI Data Center Infrastructure

Define and champion OCI’s design quality and reliability strategy for critical infrastructure.

Lead cross-functional design reviews focused on failure prevention, resiliency, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.

Develop and apply reliability methodologies including FMEA, fault tree analysis, accelerated life testing, and design-for-reliability.

Define qualification and acceptance criteria for critical infrastructure products and systems.

Partner with suppliers to improve product quality, manufacturing readiness, and field reliability.

Analyze field performance data, AFR, MTBF, warranty trends, and failure modes to identify systemic improvements.

Recommend design, component, and supplier changes based on data-driven analysis.

Influence product, technology, and supplier decisions through technical expertise and reliability insights.

Develop KPI dashboards and benchmark OCI performance against industry best practices.

Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across organizations without direct management responsibility.

Experience in hyperscale or cloud data center infrastructure.

Familiarity with AFR, IDR, MTBF, and reliability growth methodologies.

Experience supporting GW-scale infrastructure deployments.

Advanced degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred.

Success Profile

Recognized technical expert who influences through expertise rather than authority.

Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills.

Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Passion for quality, reliability, and continuous improvement.

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC5

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