Principal Data Center Electrical Product Development Engineer
Oracle
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Oracle is seeking an experienced Electrical Equipment Engineer to lead development, qualification, and lifecycle management of mission-critical electrical systems for data centers. You will define specifications, validation plans, and acceptance criteria while collaborating with manufacturers and internal teams.
The role emphasizes root cause analysis, CAPA with suppliers, and sustaining reliability through FAT/SAT processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 5+ years experience in electrical equipment engineering, product development, or reliability engineering.
Responsibilities
- Lead the lifecycle management of mission-critical electrical equipment for Oracle data centers.
- Develop equipment requirements, specs, validation plans, and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with manufacturers and engineering partners during design, testing, and qualification.
- Drive design improvements based on field data and emerging technologies.
- Lead root-cause investigations and define CAPA with suppliers.
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The ideal candidate combines deep electrical engineering expertise with experience in product development, supplier quality, equipment qualification, failure analysis, and continuous product improvement.
The ideal candidate combines deep electrical engineering expertise with experience in product development, supplier quality, equipment qualification, failure analysis, and continuous product improvement.
- Lead the technical development, evaluation, qualification, and lifecycle management of mission-critical electrical equipment for Oracle data centers.
- Develop equipment technical requirements, specifications, validation plans, and acceptance criteria to ensure products meet Oracle performance, reliability, safety, and operational objectives.
- Collaborate with manufacturers and engineering partners during product design, prototype development, factory testing, and product qualification.
- Drive design improvements and product enhancements based on field experience, operational data, lessons learned, and emerging technologies.
- Evaluate new technologies and electrical products for deployment within next-generation Oracle data centers.
- Lead root cause investigations for electrical equipment failures, reliability concerns, warranty issues, and field quality events.
- Develop corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve product reliability and reduce operational risk.
- Define equipment qualification processes including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), reliability testing, environmental testing, and long-term performance validation.
- Establish reliability metrics, failure trends, and performance analytics to support continuous product improvement.
- Partner with Quality, Operations, and Manufacturing teams to improve product consistency and long-term equipment performance.
- Serve as Oracle's primary technical interface with electrical equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
- Review supplier designs, manufacturing processes, quality documentation, testing procedures, and engineering change requests.
- Support supplier audits, technical assessments, product qualification, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
- Evaluate supplier technical capabilities and participate in strategic sourcing decisions for critical electrical equipment.
- Develop and maintain Oracle electrical equipment standards, technical specifications, approved product lists, testing procedures, and engineering guidelines.
- Lead engineering reviews for product changes, component substitutions, obsolescence management, and qualification of alternate suppliers.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment quality, manufacturability, reliability, maintainability, and total cost of ownership.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering best practices, technical training, and knowledge sharing across the organization.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years experience in electrical equipment engineering, product development, product qualification, manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, or reliability engineering.
- Strong technical knowledge of mission-critical electrical equipment, including:
- Medium- and low-voltage switchgear
- UPS systems
- Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
- Busway systems
- Transformers
- Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS)
- Backup generators
- Protection and control systems
- Power monitoring equipment
- Experience developing electrical equipment specifications, validation plans, qualification requirements, and technical standards.
- Demonstrated ability to review electrical drawings, product documentation, manufacturing packages, test reports, and equipment submittals.
- Experience supporting Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), equipment commissioning, and product qualification activities.
- Experience leading root cause analysis using structured methodologies such as 8D, FMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, Fishbone, or Five Whys.
- Working knowledge of supplier quality systems, manufacturing processes, quality assurance, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to evaluate technical risk, recommend engineering improvements, and drive alignment across engineering, quality, procurement, manufacturing, operations, and supplier organizations.
- Strong technical writing, communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
- Experience with reliability engineering, failure analysis, lifecycle management, and field performance analytics is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with IEEE, NFPA, NEC, NEMA, IEC, UL, and other applicable electrical engineering standards.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional certification is preferred.
- Mission-critical data center infrastructure
- Electrical equipment product development
- Supplier quality engineering
- Manufacturing engineering
- Product qualification and validation
- Reliability engineering
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
- Design for Reliability (DFR)
- Failure analysis and corrective action implementation
- High-density compute power infrastructure
- Liquid cooling power distribution
- Global supplier management
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 - $234,600 per year. 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:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- 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.
- 11 paid holidays
- 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.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- 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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