Sr. Director, Design Quality & Reliability – OCI Data Center Infrastructure

The Sr. Director will partner closely with Construction, Supply Chain, Product

Engineering, Operations, and strategic suppliers to ensure OCI infrastructure

platforms consistently meet aggressive reliability, availability, and lifecycle

performance objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Build and Lead the Function

* Establish and scale OCI’s Design Quality & Reliability organization for AI

data center infrastructure. 

* Develop the strategy, operating model, governance, metrics, and execution

roadmap for the function. 

* Build and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team spanning reliability

engineering, supplier quality, design assurance and validation,. 

* Define organizational processes and standards for quality and reliability

across the infrastructure lifecycle. 

Design Quality & Reliability Leadership

* Ensure infrastructure designs meet OCI reliability, resiliency,

maintainability, and lifecycle performance requirements. 

* Drive design assurance processes that validate design intent against

operational requirements and long-term reliability objectives. 

* Lead cross-functional design reviews focused on reliability risk reduction,

failure prevention. 

* Establish reliability engineering methodologies including FMEA, fault tree

analysis, accelerated life testing, and design-for-reliability practices. 

Product Quality & Supplier Reliability

* Define qualification and acceptance criteria for critical infrastructure

products and systems used in OCI data centers. 

* Establish product quality benchmarks and reliability performance targets,

including AFR (Annualized Failure Rate), IDR, MTBF, and other key reliability

indicators. 

* Develop supplier quality management frameworks and collaborate with strategic

suppliers to improve product reliability and manufacturing quality. 

* Support root cause analysis and corrective action processes for field

failures and reliability excursions.  

Metrics, Benchmarking & Continuous Improvement

* Develop KPI dashboards and measurement systems to benchmark design and

product reliability performance across the OCI infrastructure portfolio. 

* Analyze field performance data, warranty trends, operational incidents, and

failure modes to identify systemic improvement opportunities. 

* Establish data-driven processes to recommend and implement design, component,

or supplier changes that improve quality, reliability, and operational

efficiency. 

* Benchmark OCI performance against hyperscale and industry best practices. 

Cross-Functional Partnership

* Partner with Infrastructure Capacity Delivery, Operations, Supply Chain, and

Product teams to ensure reliability objectives are embedded throughout the

lifecycle. 

* Influence strategic technology and supplier selection decisions using quality

and reliability data. 

* Provide executive-level reporting on reliability performance, risks, and

improvement initiatives. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Required Experience

* 15+ years of experience in quality, reliability engineering, critical

infrastructure, manufacturing quality, or related technical leadership

roles. 

* 7+ years leading large-scale engineering or quality organizations. 

* Experience building or transforming quality and reliability programs in

hyperscale infrastructure, cloud, semiconductor, power systems, telecom, or

mission-critical environments. 

* Deep expertise in reliability engineering methodologies and statistical

analysis techniques. 

* Proven experience with supplier quality management and complex hardware

ecosystems. 

* Strong understanding of critical infrastructure systems including power

distribution, cooling, controls, mechanical, and electrical systems. 

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in hyperscale data center infrastructure or cloud infrastructure

environments. 

* Familiarity with AFR, IDR, MTBF, and reliability growth methodologies. 

* Experience with GW-scale infrastructure deployment programs. 

* Demonstrated success driving measurable reliability improvements across large

operational fleets. 

* Advanced degree in Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Mechanical

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred. 

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Leadership Characteristics

* Strategic builder with the ability to create new functions and scale

organizations. 

* Data-driven decision maker with strong analytical rigor. 

* Strong executive communication and influence skills. 

* Bias for action and operational excellence. 

* Collaborative leader capable of driving alignment across engineering,

operations, and suppliers. 

* Passion for quality, reliability, and continuous improvement at hyperscale. 

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Impact

This role will directly shape the reliability foundation of OCI’s

next-generation infrastructure platform. The Sr. Director will establish the

systems, standards, and culture that ensure OCI data center designs and

infrastructure products achieve exceptional quality, operational resilience, and

lifecycle performance at unprecedented scale.

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QUALIFICATIONS

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: $182,000 to $414,400 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.

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