Lead Principal Network Hardware Engineer

Sets technical direction for network hardware and optical platforms across an Organization. Establishes enterprise standards, de-risks supply and technology transitions, and ensures secure, compliant, and cost-/power-efficient scale.Disclaimer:

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: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. 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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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 - IC5

Key Responsibilities
Platform Roadmap and Requirements:

• 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.

Hardware/Optical Qualification and Interoperability:

• 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.

Supplier/Vendor Management and Cost/Power Optimization:

• 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.

Compliance, Security, and Quality (incl. labs, test, and release controls):

• 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.

New Product Introduction (NPI), Deployment Readiness, and Sustaining:

• 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.

Data, Metrics, and Continuous Improvement:

• 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.

Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:

• 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.

Collaboration & Partnership:

• 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.

Problem Solving:

• 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.

Continuous Learning:

• 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.

Continuous Improvement:

• 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.

Performance and Development:

• 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.