Sr. Director, Data Center Design & Product Engineering – OCI Data Center Infrastructure

Oracle Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks an experienced Design Engineering Leader to own OCI's standardized data center design platforms and MEP infrastructure for a global hyperscale fleet. You will steer mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated systems, establishing standards, reference architectures, and reusable templates to enable scalable deployment.

You will partner with Architecture, Capacity Delivery, Construction, and Operations to align design outcomes with deployment and lifecycle

Qualifications

• Proven track record building engineering organizations.
• Experience with hyperscale data centers preferred.
• Strong ability to define standards and templates.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering development of OCI's standardized data center design platforms and MEP infrastructure.
• Lead engineering decisions across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated infrastructure systems.
• Drive design governance, standards, reference architectures, and reusable templates for global deployment.
• Partner with Architecture, Capacity Delivery, Construction, Operations to meet deployment objectives.
• Establish ownership of change management and continuous improvement using lessons learned.
• Develop partnerships with OEMs and suppliers to influence roadmaps and technology development.
• Drive modularization and offsite construction principles in OCI engineering standards.
• Provide executive leadership on engineering strategy and technology roadmaps.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Data center design

MEP expertise

Supplier ecosystem influence

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

DFM / DFA

Job description

This organization will be responsible for developing OCI's standardized data center design
platforms, creating engineering standards and reference architectures, driving design innovation,
and ensuring designs are optimized for constructability, scalability, manufacturability,
operational excellence, and total lifecycle cost. The role will establish engineering ownership
across the entire design lifecycle—from concept development and requirements definition
through detailed engineering, design validation, deployment support, and continuous design
improvement.
In partnership with OEMs and strategic suppliers, this leader will also define OCI's modular
infrastructure strategy, drive off-site manufacturing and assembly initiatives, influence
technology roadmaps and product selection, and help shape next-generation infrastructure
solutions that accelerate deployment while improving quality and consistency across OCI's
global fleet.
The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in mission-critical facility design, MEP
engineering, and hyperscale infrastructure with proven success building engineering
organizations, driving technical strategy, and influencing complex supplier ecosystems.

Internal Responsibilities

Design Engineering Leadership

• -Own the engineering development of OCI's standardized data center design platforms and MEP infrastructure.
• -Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only
• -Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only
• -Establish design standards, engineering specifications, reference architectures, and reusable design templates that enable global deployment at hyperscale.
• -Lead engineering decisions across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated infrastructure systems.
• -Drive continuous improvements in design quality, constructability, operability, maintainability, energy efficiency, and lifecycle performance.
• -Develop engineering methodologies that balance innovation with standardization while supporting regional deployment requirements.
• -Lead technical design reviews and engineering governance across all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle.
• -Partner with Architecture, Capacity Delivery, Construction, and Operations to ensure engineering solutions meet deployment, operational, and long-term business objectives.
• -Establish ownership of engineering change management and continuous improvement using lessons learned from construction and operational performance.

OEM Strategy & Product Engineering

• -Develop strategic engineering partnerships with OEMs to influence future product roadmaps and technology development.
• -Partner with suppliers to co-develop infrastructure solutions aligned with OCI's long-term engineering strategy.
• -Influence product selection based on technical capability, scalability, manufacturability, lifecycle performance, and deployment efficiency.
• -Drive engineering engagement throughout supplier design, validation, qualification, and change management processes.
• -Ensure OEM innovation aligns with OCI's standardized infrastructure platforms and future capacity requirements.

Modularization & Industrialized Construction

• -Develop OCI's engineering strategy for modular infrastructure and industrialized construction.
• -Define standardized modular building blocks across mechanical, electrical, and integrated infrastructure systems.
• -Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Offsite Manufacturing (DfOSM) principles into OCI engineering standards.
• -Partner with OEMs and manufacturing partners to maximize factory integration, reduce field labor, and improve deployment speed.
• -Lead engineering initiatives that enable repeatable, scalable, factory-built infrastructure solutions across OCI's global portfolio.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• -Partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Capacity Delivery, Construction, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, and Architecture.
• -Provide executive leadership on engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, design decisions, and infrastructure standardization.
• -Drive alignment between engineering, construction, manufacturing, and operations to continuously improve OCI's infrastructure platform.
• -Represent engineering in executive reviews, supplier engagements, and strategic planning activities.

External Responsibilities

Design Engineering Leadership

• -Own the engineering development of OCI's standardized data center design platforms and MEP infrastructure.
• -Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only
• -Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only
• -Establish design standards, engineering specifications, reference architectures, and reusable design templates that enable global deployment at hyperscale.
• -Lead engineering decisions across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated infrastructure systems.
• -Drive continuous improvements in design quality, constructability, operability, maintainability, energy efficiency, and lifecycle performance.
• -Develop engineering methodologies that balance innovation with standardization while supporting regional deployment requirements.
• -Lead technical design reviews and engineering governance across all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle.
• -Partner with Architecture, Capacity Delivery, Construction, and Operations to ensure engineering solutions meet deployment, operational, and long-term business objectives.
• -Establish ownership of engineering change management and continuous improvement using lessons learned from construction and operational performance.

OEM Strategy & Product Engineering

• -Develop strategic engineering partnerships with OEMs to influence future product roadmaps and technology development.
• -Partner with suppliers to co-develop infrastructure solutions aligned with OCI's long-term engineering strategy.
• -Influence product selection based on technical capability, scalability, manufacturability, lifecycle performance, and deployment efficiency.
• -Drive engineering engagement throughout supplier design, validation, qualification, and change management processes.
• -Ensure OEM innovation aligns with OCI's standardized infrastructure platforms and future capacity requirements.

Modularization & Industrialized Construction

• -Develop OCI's engineering strategy for modular infrastructure and industrialized construction.
• -Define standardized modular building blocks across mechanical, electrical, and integrated infrastructure systems.
• -Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Offsite Manufacturing (DfOSM) principles into OCI engineering standards.
• -Partner with OEMs and manufacturing partners to maximize factory integration, reduce field labor, and improve deployment speed.
• -Lead engineering initiatives that enable repeatable, scalable, factory-built infrastructure solutions across OCI's global portfolio.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• -Partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Capacity Delivery, Construction, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, and Architecture.
• -Provide executive leadership on engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, design decisions, and infrastructure standardization.
• -Drive alignment between engineering, construction, manufacturing, and operations to continuously improve OCI's infrastructure platform.
• -Represent engineering in executive reviews, supplier engagements, and strategic planning activities.