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Oracle

Builds databases, business apps and cloud services

Lead Principal Electrical Engineer

Electrical EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited StatesIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Lead or principal-level expertise in advanced electrical system architecture, design, validation, and sustaining engineering.
  • Expertise in component selection, system-wide optimization, technical standards, manufacturing feasibility, and performance requirements.
  • Expertise in advanced modeling, simulation, design analysis, and system-wide design reviews.
  • Knowledge of Computer-Aided Design integration, board layout, firmware, software, diagnostics, and electrical subsystem integration.
  • Knowledge of quality, compliance, reliability, power efficiency, thermal management, manufacturability, and regulatory standards.
  • Ability to conduct risk assessment, failure analysis, root cause analysis, prototype analysis, and alternate-component qualification.
  • Ability to lead and mentor teams, resolve complex escalations, and influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage timelines, deliverables, budgets, resource shifts, and priorities for critical initiatives.
  • Ability to develop technical documentation frameworks, compliance tools, metrics, processes, protocols, and workflows.
  • Deep industry knowledge and ability to monitor emerging technologies and standards, contribute thought leadership, and support continuous learning.
  • Ability to conduct candidate interviews, assessments, and hiring decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Implement strategic vision for advanced electrical system architectures and resolve complex design challenges to improve technical performance and business objectives.
  • Establish technical roadmaps for innovation aligned with long-term product strategies and industry advancements.
  • Guide adoption of emerging technologies and methodologies that optimize server performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Own high-level design decisions, balancing performance, security, reliability, power efficiency, thermal management, and manufacturability while ensuring future-proofed solutions.
  • Define component selection strategies and system-wide optimization frameworks aligned with technical standards, manufacturing feasibility, and performance requirements.
  • Lead high-impact initiatives from concept to production using modeling, simulation, and design analysis.
  • Provide expert consultation in system-wide design reviews and set guidelines for Computer-Aided Design integration and board layout.
  • Address highly complex component escalations and make strategic decisions on quality, compliance, and integration to mitigate risk and enable deployment.
  • Establish best practices for electrical subsystem integration and foster innovation across firmware, software, and diagnostics teams.
  • Implement enterprise-level validation strategies and assist with automation-driven validation platforms.
  • Lead and mentor teams in executing test plans, analyzing prototypes, and resolving hardware challenges affecting production and competitiveness.
  • Conduct risk assessment and failure analysis to ensure electrical systems meet technical and regulatory standards.
  • Lead sustaining engineering activities, resolve customer escalations, perform root cause analysis, qualify alternate components, and address end-of-life issues.
  • Drive development of enterprise-wide technical documentation frameworks and implement documentation best practices to streamline iterations, accelerate development, and improve cross-functional collaboration.
  • Lead formal design reviews as the primary technical authority on electrical design trade-offs.
  • Contribute to research and development and thought leadership initiatives in electrical system innovation.
  • Participate in expert engineering communities and promote technical excellence through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement programs.
  • Drive innovation initiatives and influence long-term technology roadmaps and competitive differentiation.
  • Shape compliance strategy for electrical hardware systems and ensure alignment with global safety, electromagnetic compatibility, and environmental regulations.
  • Advise executive and cross-functional leadership on compliance risks and opportunities; integrate regulatory requirements into hardware architecture; establish scalable pre-compliance testing and certification-readiness frameworks.
  • Interpret emerging global standards and develop enterprise-wide practices that embed regulatory compliance in product development.
  • Develop internal tools to manage compliance documentation.
  • Manage and direct timelines, deliverables, and budgets for critical projects or initiatives; plan for changes in resources or timelines as business priorities shift.
  • Influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to align on strategic objectives and foster partnerships with business leaders, stakeholders, and customers.
  • Lead advanced problem-solving efforts, act as an escalation point, guide data-driven root-cause analysis, and implement preventive solutions.
  • Contribute to the field through thought leadership such as conference presentations, white papers, or research contributions; maintain expertise in emerging trends, technologies, and standards.
  • Develop solutions and implement improvements to processes, protocols, and workflows; evaluate outcomes and create metrics to measure improvement initiatives.
  • Serve as a subject-matter expert on talent needs and organizational talent strategy, contribute expertise to talent development, and participate in candidate interviews, assessments, and hiring decisions.

About the Company

Oracle

Builds databases, business apps and cloud services

Oracle builds databases, business applications, and cloud infrastructure for companies and public-sector organizations. Oracle Database stores and processes business data, while Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides computing, storage, and networking for applications and AI workloads. Fusion Cloud Applications support finance, human resources, supply chains, and customer service, helping businesses manage everyday operations and reporting. Customers pay for cloud subscriptions and usage, software licenses, support, hardware, and consulting, with deployment options in Oracle's cloud or their own data centers. Oracle was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Founded
1977

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