Sr. Director, Design Engineering – GW-Scale Data Center Infrastructure
Oracle · United States · 2mo ago
Director & ExecutiveOn-siteDevOps, SRE & Infrastructure$182k – $414k
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Design Engineering Leadership- Build and lead OCI's Owner's Design Engineering organization supporting developer-led GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Serve as OCI's engineering authority for third-party facility designs throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop engineering review processes that ensure infrastructure designs meet OCI's Basis of Design (BOD), engineering standards, operational requirements, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
- Establish multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, controls, and integrated systems engineering.
- Develop standardized engineering review procedures, technical acceptance criteria, and engineering sign-off processes across OCI's global development portfolio.
- Lead comprehensive engineering reviews of developer-produced design packages through all phases of design.
- Validate compliance with OCI engineering specifications, design standards, operational requirements, resiliency objectives, maintainability expectations, and lifecycle performance criteria.
- Evaluate engineering calculations, equipment selections, system architectures, controls philosophies, redundancy strategies, and integrated system performance.
- Identify technical risks, design deficiencies, constructability concerns, and operational impacts early in the design process.
- Work collaboratively with developers, architects, engineers of record, and consultants to resolve technical issues while maintaining project schedules.
- Ensure developer designs remain aligned with OCI's Basis of Design throughout project execution.
- Review engineering deviations, design exceptions, and value engineering proposals for technical and operational impact.
- Validate implementation of OCI engineering standards across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, and supporting infrastructure systems.
- Ensure engineering decisions maintain consistency with OCI's global infrastructure platform while supporting regional code and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Construction and Capacity Delivery to provide engineering support throughout project execution.
- Evaluate field engineering issues, Requests for Information (RFIs), submittals, and proposed design modifications.
- Validate that construction changes maintain engineering intent and continue to satisfy OCI technical requirements.
- Provide engineering leadership supporting issue resolution during construction and startup activities.
- Participate in design coordination meetings with developers, contractors, and engineering consultants.
- Partner with Commissioning teams to ensure systems are tested against OCI performance expectations.
- Review commissioning plans, integrated systems testing, functional testing, and acceptance criteria.
- Validate engineering readiness prior to rack deployment and operational turnover.
- Support technical issue resolution during startup, commissioning, and early operations.
- Ensure commissioning findings are incorporated into future engineering standards and design guidance.
- Develop engineering risk assessment methodologies for developer-led projects.
- Identify technical, operational, schedule, and lifecycle risks throughout the design process.
- Drive mitigation strategies with developers and engineering partners.
- Provide executive reporting on engineering readiness, technical risks, design maturity, and project status.
- Establish engineering metrics measuring design quality, compliance, issue resolution, and technical performance across the portfolio.
- Ensure OCI engineering standards continue to evolve based on deployment experience.
- Work with Infrastructure Engineering, Construction, Capacity Delivery, Commissioning, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure engineering continuity throughout the project lifecycle.
- Represent OCI Engineering during executive design reviews, project governance meetings, and strategic developer engagements.
- 15+ years of experience in mission-critical facility engineering, hyperscale data center design, owner's engineering, or critical infrastructure development.
- 7+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or large infrastructure engineering programs.
- Extensive experience reviewing and validating third-party engineering designs for complex infrastructure projects.
- Deep expertise in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated building systems.
- Experience working with developers, engineering consultants, EPC firms, and contractor-led design organizations.
- Strong understanding of design reviews, engineering standards, commissioning, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Proven ability to influence engineering decisions across organizations without direct design ownership.
- Experience supporting hyperscale cloud or AI data center developments.
- Experience with developer-led or build-to-suit data center delivery models.
- Familiarity with Basis of Design (BOD) development, engineering standards, and owner's technical requirements.
- Experience supporting GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering preferred.
- Strong engineering leader with a systems-level understanding of mission-critical infrastructure.
- Exceptional technical reviewer capable of balancing engineering rigor with project execution.
- Influential collaborator who builds productive relationships with developers, consultants, and cross-functional OCI teams.
- Decisive leader with sound engineering judgment and a proactive approach to risk management.
- Passion for engineering excellence, operational reliability, and scalable infrastructure delivery.
Design Engineering Leadership
- Build and lead OCI's Owner's Design Engineering organization supporting developer-led GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Serve as OCI's engineering authority for third-party facility designs throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop engineering review processes that ensure infrastructure designs meet OCI's Basis of Design (BOD), engineering standards, operational requirements, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
- Establish multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, controls, and integrated systems engineering.
- Develop standardized engineering review procedures, technical acceptance criteria, and engineering sign-off processes across OCI's global development portfolio.
Design Validation & Technical Assurance
- Lead comprehensive engineering reviews of developer-produced design packages through all phases of design.
- Validate compliance with OCI engineering specifications, design standards, operational requirements, resiliency objectives, maintainability expectations, and lifecycle performance criteria.
- Evaluate engineering calculations, equipment selections, system architectures, controls philosophies, redundancy strategies, and integrated system performance.
- Identify technical risks, design deficiencies, constructability concerns, and operational impacts early in the design process.
- Work collaboratively with developers, architects, engineers of record, and consultants to resolve technical issues while maintaining project schedules.
Basis of Design & Standards Compliance
- Ensure developer designs remain aligned with OCI's Basis of Design throughout project execution.
- Review engineering deviations, design exceptions, and value engineering proposals for technical and operational impact.
- Validate implementation of OCI engineering standards across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, and supporting infrastructure systems.
- Ensure engineering decisions maintain consistency with OCI's global infrastructure platform while supporting regional code and regulatory requirements.
Construction Engineering Support
- Partner with Construction and Capacity Delivery to provide engineering support throughout project execution.
- Evaluate field engineering issues, Requests for Information (RFIs), submittals, and proposed design modifications.
- Validate that construction changes maintain engineering intent and continue to satisfy OCI technical requirements.
- Provide engineering leadership supporting issue resolution during construction and startup activities.
- Participate in design coordination meetings with developers, contractors, and engineering consultants.
Commissioning & Operational Readiness
- Partner with Commissioning teams to ensure systems are tested against OCI performance expectations.
- Review commissioning plans, integrated systems testing, functional testing, and acceptance criteria.
- Validate engineering readiness prior to rack deployment and operational turnover.
- Support technical issue resolution during startup, commissioning, and early operations.
- Ensure commissioning findings are incorporated into future engineering standards and design guidance.
Engineering Risk Management
- Develop engineering risk assessment methodologies for developer-led projects.
- Identify technical, operational, schedule, and lifecycle risks throughout the design process.
- Drive mitigation strategies with developers and engineering partners.
- Provide executive reporting on engineering readiness, technical risks, design maturity, and project status.
- Establish engineering metrics measuring design quality, compliance, issue resolution, and technical performance across the portfolio.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Ensure OCI engineering standards continue to evolve based on deployment experience.
- Work with Infrastructure Engineering, Construction, Capacity Delivery, Commissioning, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure engineering continuity throughout the project lifecycle.
- Represent OCI Engineering during executive design reviews, project governance meetings, and strategic developer engagements.
Qualifications
Required Experience
- 15+ years of experience in mission-critical facility engineering, hyperscale data center design, owner's engineering, or critical infrastructure development.
- 7+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or large infrastructure engineering programs.
- Extensive experience reviewing and validating third-party engineering designs for complex infrastructure projects.
- Deep expertise in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated building systems.
- Experience working with developers, engineering consultants, EPC firms, and contractor-led design organizations.
- Strong understanding of design reviews, engineering standards, commissioning, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Proven ability to influence engineering decisions across organizations without direct design ownership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting hyperscale cloud or AI data center developments.
- Experience with developer-led or build-to-suit data center delivery models.
- Familiarity with Basis of Design (BOD) development, engineering standards, and owner's technical requirements.
- Experience supporting GW-scale infrastructure projects.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering preferred.
Leadership Characteristics
- Strong engineering leader with a systems-level understanding of mission-critical infrastructure.
- Exceptional technical reviewer capable of balancing engineering rigor with project execution.
- Influential collaborator who builds productive relationships with developers, consultants, and cross-functional OCI teams.
- Decisive leader with sound engineering judgment and a proactive approach to risk management.
- Passion for engineering excellence, operational reliability, and scalable infrastructure delivery.
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.
Career Level - M5