Lead Principal Network Hardware Engineer

Ll Oefentherapie; United States; On-site; USD 146,300 - 306,400; Full time

Job summary

Oracle, United States, seeks a Lead Principal Network Hardware Engineer to set the technical direction for network hardware and optical platforms.

The role covers platform roadmaps, qualification standards, interoperability, supplier management, and compliance across global deployments.

Responsibilities

• Own Organization-wide platform and component strategy; align with capacity and reliability models.
• Define adoption patterns for emerging optical technologies and high-density platforms.
• Balance TCO, performance, sustainability, and regulatory constraints in portfolio decisions.
• Govern Oracle wide qualification standards and sign-off for strategic releases.
• Resolve highest-complexity interoperability issues; sponsor research or tooling where gaps exist.
• Establish failure modeling and HALT/HASS strategies for long-life deployments.
• Shape supplier ecosystems; drive joint development or custom SKUs where needed.
• Set Organization targets for power-per-bit and cost-per-bit; track delivery against KPIs.
• Oversee risk registers for supply chain, obsolescence, and compliance; lead mitigations.
• Integrate security gating into release processes; validate evidence for audits and attestations.
• Ensure Organization readiness for changing standards (EMC, safety, environmental).
• Sponsor quality programs that reduce escapes and improve MTBF at scale.
• Direct Organization pilots and phased rollouts; define global readiness criteria and rollback governance.
• Oversee spares strategy, vendor RMA performance, and reliability improvements across regions.
• Align field telemetry and analytics with sustaining strategies to shorten time-to-detect and time-to-recover.
• Establish canonical metrics (reliability, efficiency, cost) and publicize performance vs. targets.
• Sponsor automation, test frameworks, and lab infrastructure investments.
• Coach Staff/Senior engineers; build Communities of Practice.

Job description

Lead Principal Network Hardware Engineer

United States

Job Description

Sets technical direction for network hardware and optical platforms across an Organization. Establishes enterprise standards, de-risks supply and technology transitions, and ensures secure, compliant, and cost-/power-efficient scale.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Platform Roadmap and Requirements:

• Own Organization-wide platform and component strategy; align with capacity and reliability models.
• Define adoption patterns for emerging optical technologies and high-density platforms.
• Balance TCO, performance, sustainability, and regulatory constraints in portfolio decisions.

Hardware/Optical Qualification and Interoperability:

• Govern Oracle wide qualification standards and sign-off for strategic releases.
• Resolve highest-complexity interoperability issues; sponsor research or tooling where gaps exist.
• Establish failure modeling and HALT/HASS strategies for long-life deployments.

Supplier/Vendor Management and Cost/Power Optimization:

• Shape supplier ecosystems; drive joint development or custom SKUs where needed.
• Set Organization targets for power-per-bit and cost-per-bit; track delivery against KPIs.
• Oversee risk registers for supply chain, obsolescence, and compliance; lead mitigations.

Compliance, Security, and Quality (incl. labs, test, and release controls):

• Integrate security gating into release processes; validate evidence for audits and attestations.
• Ensure Organization readiness for changing standards (EMC, safety, environmental).
• Sponsor quality programs that reduce escapes and improve MTBF at scale.

New Product Introduction (NPI), Deployment Readiness, and Sustaining:

• Direct Organization pilots and phased rollouts; define global readiness criteria and rollback governance.
• Oversee spares strategy, vendor RMA performance, and reliability improvements across regions.
• Align field telemetry and analytics with sustaining strategies to shorten time-to-detect and time-to-recover.

Data, Metrics, and Continuous Improvement:

• Establish canonical metrics (reliability, efficiency, cost) and publicize performance vs. targets.
• Sponsor automation, test frameworks, and lab infrastructure investments.
• Coach Staff/Senior engineers; build Communities of Practice.

Core Responsibilities Planning & Execution:

• Manages and provides direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable for critical high-impact projects or initiatives that impact the line of business, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements. Anticipates and plans for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities, ensuring optimal outcomes.
• Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives. Fosters partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, identifying opportunities for expanding partnerships and promoting long-term organizational success. Champions transparency and inclusivity by actively seeking, listening to, and incorporating diverse perspectives.

Problem Solving:

• Leads specialized, advanced problem‑solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for complex issues. Guides others to leverage innovative data‑driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and drives the implementation of solutions that prevent future issues.
• Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization. Contributes to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership (e.g., conference presentations, white papers, research contributions). Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains current with best practices. Champions continuous learning and knowledge sharing, promoting professional development across teams. Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same.
• Develops innovative solutions and drives the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization. Evaluates effectiveness of updated approaches and methods for continued improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals. Designs and develops metrics to measure success of improvement initiatives.

Performance and Development:

• Serves as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy. Imparts leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline including candidate interviews, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational talent strategy.

Qualifications

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: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&DD
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

Career Level - IC5

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.