Hardware Platform Engineer – Data Center Systems & Rack Integration

Oracle; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking an experienced Mechanical Hardware Engineer to lead the development and integration of rack-level hardware platforms for data center deployment. You will ensure mechanical integrity, thermal performance, and scalable solutions across interfaces, while coordinating with internal and external teams to validate designs.

You will drive telemetry, instrumentation, and documentation standards, partnering with software and field teams to monitor performance and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
• 6+ years in hardware engineering, mechanical systems, or data center infrastructure.
• Experience with complex, rack- or system-level hardware.
• Strong foundation in mechanical, thermal, and/or fluid systems.
• Experience with hardware instrumentation/telemetry is a plus.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes across teams.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of rack-level hardware platforms for data center deployment.
• Define platform interfaces with infrastructure, including liquid cooling and serviceability.
• Define telemetry requirements and ensure instrumentation is enabled at deployment.
• Drive standardization across rack platforms and maintain documentation.
• Collaborate across OHD, engineering, operations, supply chain, and software teams.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions using field data.

Skills

System-level design

Mechanical engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

As compute density and cooling complexity increase, OCI depends on hardware platforms that are both innovative and deployable at scale. This role ensures new designs are consistent, practical, and ready for global deployment.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Hardware Platform Development & Integration

• Lead integration of rack-level hardware platforms for data center deployment
• Ensure designs meet requirements for mechanical integrity, thermal performance, serviceability, and scale
• Drive system-level design across compute, cooling, and infrastructure interfaces
• Partner with internal and external teams to validate designs

Data Center Interface & Deployment Readiness

• Define platform interfaces with infrastructure, including:
• Liquid cooling (CDUs, fluid routing, connections)
• Installation, transport, and handling
• Facility interfaces (space, power, cooling, serviceability)
• Ensure deployment readiness and resolve gaps impacting scale

Telemetry & Observability

• Define telemetry requirements (power, temperature, flow, pressure, system health)
• Ensure instrumentation is enabled at deployment
• Partner with software/data teams to support monitoring and analysis
• Identify and close gaps in telemetry coverage and data quality

Standards & Documentation

• Drive standardization across rack platforms
• Establish best practices for connections, transport, leak detection, and instrumentation
• Maintain documentation as a source of truth

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate across OHD, engineering, operations, supply chain, and software teams
• Align with external partners (OEMs, silicon vendors)
• Drive technical decisions and bring structure to complex efforts

Issue Resolution & Continuous Improvement

• Track and resolve platform issues, especially during early deployment
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Use field data and telemetry insights to improve designs and processes

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline
• 6+ years in hardware engineering, mechanical systems, or data center infrastructure
• Experience with complex, rack- or system-level hardware
• Strong foundation in mechanical, thermal, and/or fluid systems
• Experience with hardware instrumentation/telemetry is a plus
• Proven ability to drive outcomes across teams
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center infrastructure and rack-level design experience
• Familiarity with liquid cooling (e.g., direct-to-chip, CDU systems)
• Experience with platform standardization or system integration at scale
• Experience working with hardware vendors or OEMs
• Exposure to high-density compute platforms (e.g., GPUs)
• Experience supporting deployment or commissioning
• Familiarity with telemetry or performance monitoring systems

What We’re Looking For

• Ownership: Takes responsibility beyond defined scope
• Systems Thinking: Understands hardware, infrastructure, and operations holistically
• Execution: Drives progress in ambiguity
• Collaboration: Influences across teams
• Detail Orientation: Ensures designs are practical and deployment-ready

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 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 - IC4

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