Principal Network Hardware Engineer

Oracle is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Network Hardware Engineer. The role involves owning qualification plans and sustaining strategies for product lines, designing test strategies, and ensuring compliance with capacity and reliability goals.

Responsibilities:

• Convert capacity and reliability objectives into component and system-level specs and acceptance thresholds
• Influence platform SKU strategy (line cards, optics mix, timing modules) based on field learnings and market trends
• Align requirements across Teams and related Groups to prevent divergence
• Author comprehensive qualification strategies covering functional, environmental, and longevity tests
• Lead multi-vendor interoperability events; codify pass/fail and waiver criteria
• Validate energy efficiency and thermal behavior; recommend design guardrails
• Partner with suppliers to tune firmware/PLD/EEPROM settings for optimal power/performance
• Lead cost/power down-selections; maintain approved parts list and alternates
• Ensure vendor compliance to specifications, security, and traceability requirements
• Ensure EMI/EMC pre-compliance, safety, and labeling before release
• Implement change control gates for hardware/firmware; maintain audit-ready evidence
• Coordinate security assessments on supply chain risk and device-level controls
• Drive NPI from EVT/DVT/PVT through pilot; define burn-in and soak tests
• Create field deployment guides and rollback/contingency plans
• Lead cross-functional RCAs for field issues; prevent recurrence with supplier and internal changes
• Establish qualification KPIs (cycle time, defect escape rate, MTBF deltas)
• Automate test data ingestion and reporting; establish acceptance dashboards
• Standardize test fixtures, scripts, and golden images to improve repeatability
• Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately-sized project or initiative
• Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives
• Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices
• Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices
• Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders
• Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations

Requirements:

• Owns qualification plans and sustaining strategies for one or more product lines across a Group
• Designs test strategies, optimizes cost/power, and drives multi-vendor interoperability to meet capacity, reliability, and compliance goals
• Convert capacity and reliability objectives into component and system-level specs and acceptance thresholds
• Influence platform SKU strategy (line cards, optics mix, timing modules) based on field learnings and market trends
• Align requirements across Teams and related Groups to prevent divergence
• Author comprehensive qualification strategies covering functional, environmental, and longevity tests
• Lead multi-vendor interoperability events; codify pass/fail and waiver criteria
• Validate energy efficiency and thermal behavior; recommend design guardrails
• Partner with suppliers to tune firmware/PLD/EEPROM settings for optimal power/performance
• Lead cost/power down-selections; maintain approved parts list and alternates
• Ensure vendor compliance to specifications, security, and traceability requirements
• Ensure EMI/EMC pre-compliance, safety, and labeling before release
• Implement change control gates for hardware/firmware; maintain audit-ready evidence
• Coordinate security assessments on supply chain risk and device-level controls
• Drive NPI from EVT/DVT/PVT through pilot; define burn-in and soak tests
• Create field deployment guides and rollback/contingency plans
• Lead cross-functional RCAs for field issues; prevent recurrence with supplier and internal changes
• Establish qualification KPIs (cycle time, defect escape rate, MTBF deltas)
• Automate test data ingestion and reporting; establish acceptance dashboards
• Standardize test fixtures, scripts, and golden images to improve repeatability
• Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately-sized project or initiative
• Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines
• Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives
• Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs
• Supports inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected
• Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices
• Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions
• Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem solving strategies
• Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices
• Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills
• Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams
• Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams
• Evaluates the impact on key stakeholders
• Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement
• Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations