Lead Principal Network Hardware Engineer

Oracle is a company that brings together data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to drive industry innovations. They are seeking a Lead Principal Network Hardware Engineer to set technical direction for network hardware and optical platforms, ensuring compliance and optimizing performance. The role involves managing platform strategies, supplier relationships, and leading complex problem-solving efforts.

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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Requirements:

• 6 to 10+ years of experience in network hardware engineering
• Ability to read, write, and speak English
• Experience in setting technical direction for network hardware and optical platforms
• Knowledge of enterprise standards and technology transitions
• Experience in managing supplier ecosystems and driving joint development
• Ability to establish qualification standards and resolve interoperability issues
• Experience in compliance, security, and quality management
• Ability to direct new product introduction and deployment readiness
• Experience in establishing metrics for reliability, efficiency, and cost
• Ability to manage timelines, deliverables, and budgets for high-impact projects
• Experience in influencing cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders
• Ability to lead advanced problem-solving efforts
• Knowledge of industry trends and continuous learning
• Experience in developing innovative solutions for process improvement
• Ability to serve as a subject matter expert in talent development