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

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Sr Principal Design Quality & Reliability Engineer to serve as the technical authority for design and product quality across next-generation AI data center infrastructure. This individual contributor will define reliability strategies, influence engineering decisions, establish quality standards, and partner across Engineering, Product Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, Operations, and suppliers to improve reliability at hyperscale. The role provides technical leadership without direct people management.

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.

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