Principal Electrical Engineer

Oracle•United States,

About The Position

This role is for a Principal Electrical Engineer responsible for conceptual design, detailed design, implementation, testing, validation, debugging, documentation, and continuous learning in electrical systems. The engineer will shape compliance strategies, manage project timelines and budgets, influence cross-functional leaders, and serve as a thought leader in the field. This position involves leading advanced problem-solving efforts, driving continuous improvement, and contributing to talent development within the organization.

Requirements

Conceptual Design of Electrical Systems
Detailed Design and Implementation
Testing, Validation, and Debugging
Documentation and Process Development
Continuous Learning and Innovation
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Planning & Execution
Collaboration & Partnership
Problem Solving
Continuous Learning
Continuous Improvement
Performance and Development

Responsibilities

Implement the strategic vision for advanced electrical system architectures, addressing complex design challenges.
Establish technical roadmaps for innovations, ensuring alignment with long-term product strategies.
Guide the adoption of emerging technologies to optimize server performance, reliability, and scalability.
Own high-level design decisions, balancing trade-offs between performance, security, reliability, power efficiency, thermal management, and manufacturability.
Define component selection strategies and system-wide optimization frameworks.
Lead high-impact initiatives from concept to production, leveraging advanced modeling, simulation, and design analysis.
Provide expert consultation in system-wide design reviews, setting guidelines for CAD integration and board layout.
Address escalations for highly complex component issues, driving strategic decisions on quality, compliance, and integration.
Serve as a thought leader on the integration of electrical subsystems, establishing best practices.
Implement enterprise-level validation strategies, ensuring electrical system performance, reliability, and efficiency meet industry standards.
Assist in implementing automation-driven validation platforms.
Lead and mentor teams in executing test plans, analyzing prototypes, and resolving hardware challenges.
Provide risk assessment and failure analysis, ensuring electrical systems meet stringent technical and regulatory standards.
Lead complex sustaining engineering activities, resolving customer escalations, performing root cause analysis, qualifying alternate components, and addressing end-of-life issues.
Drive the development of enterprise-wide technical documentation frameworks.
Implement documentation best practices to streamline product iterations, accelerate development cycles, and enhance cross-functional collaboration.
Lead formal design reviews, acting as the primary technical authority on electrical design trade-offs.
Contribute to thought leadership initiatives, driving research and development efforts.
Participate in expert engineering communities, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
Drive high-impact innovation initiatives, leveraging deep domain expertise to influence long-term technology roadmaps.
Shape the compliance strategy for electrical hardware systems, ensuring alignment with global safety, EMC, and environmental regulations.
Advise leadership on compliance risks and opportunities, driving early integration of regulatory requirements.
Lead organizational readiness for regulatory change by interpreting emerging global standards.
Develop internal tools to manage compliance documentation.
Manage and provide direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets for critical high-impact projects.
Anticipate and plan for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities.
Influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives.
Foster partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers.
Lead specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for complex issues.
Guide others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues.
Leverage deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization.
Contribute to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership.
Maintain and evolve expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards.
Champion continuous learning and knowledge sharing, promoting professional development across teams.
Develop innovative solutions and drive the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows.
Evaluate effectiveness of updated approaches and methods for continued improvement.
Design and develop metrics to measure success of improvement initiatives.
Serve as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy.
Impart leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline including candidate interviews, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions.