Director, Data Center Design-electrical Engineering Design

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · United States

This Director of Data Center Design-Electrical Engineering role at Oracle focuses on leading and developing electrical engineering teams to support OCI's data center design initiatives. The position requires strong technical depth, engineering judgment, and leadership skills to drive high-quality design outcomes for capacity growth, reliability, and speed to market. Responsibilities include setting vision, managing technical decisions, establishing engineering standards, partnering with cross-functional teams, and acting as a senior escalation point for complex electrical engineering issues. The role emphasizes building organizational capability through hiring and team development, with a need for travel.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and develop a team of electrical engineers supporting OCI’s data center design initiatives.
  2. Provide technical and organizational leadership for the design, review, and continuous improvement of mission-critical electrical systems supporting OCI data centers.
  3. Establish and drive engineering standards, design guidelines, and best practices that improve consistency, quality, scalability, and execution across a growing portfolio.
  4. Establish team norms and leadership expectations that reinforce individual and collective ownership, disciplined execution, and a bias for resolving issues rather than escalating them without recommendations.
  5. Partner closely with Design Management, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Supply Chain, and other partner teams to ensure alignment across the full project lifecycle.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field
  • 6+ years of experience leading engineering teams, or technical lead experience with experience managing other managers or leads
  • Deep knowledge of electrical systems used in mission-critical facilities, including medium- and low-voltage distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, switchgear, PDUs, grounding, and associated infrastructure
  • Experience in a hyperscale cloud, colocation, or large-scale mission-critical infrastructure environment
  • Familiarity with power requirements for high-density compute environments and the interaction between electrical and cooling infrastructure
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical reviews, driving engineering quality, and making sound decisions on complex electrical design issues
  • Strong understanding of the data center project lifecycle, including planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational considerations
  • Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders
  • Experience building cross-functional partnerships and influencing decisions across multiple organizations

Nice to have

  • Experience developing and implementing engineering standards, design guidelines, and scalable processes across a global portfolio
  • Experience managing external design consultants and engineering service providers
  • Experience supporting organizational growth through hiring, team development, and talent planning
  • Strong understanding of reliability, maintainability, power quality, and operational risk considerations for critical infrastructure systems
  • Experience presenting technical strategies, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership

What the JD emphasized

  • strong technical depth
  • sound engineering judgment
  • lead teams through growth, complexity, and fast-paced execution
  • operate both strategically and tactically
  • setting vision for the function
  • engaging on critical technical decisions
  • complex design challenges
  • organizational priorities
  • mission-critical electrical systems
  • engineering standards
  • design guidelines
  • best practices
  • scalability
  • execution
  • growing portfolio
  • team norms
  • leadership expectations
  • individual and collective ownership
  • disciplined execution
  • resolving issues
  • escalation
  • senior escalation point
  • complex electrical engineering issues
  • design tradeoffs
  • risk evaluations
  • technical decision-making
  • lessons learned
  • continuous improvement
  • operational feedback
  • project outcomes
  • field experience
  • future standards
  • future designs
  • leadership reviews
  • cross-organizational discussions
  • strategic planning efforts
  • organizational capability
  • hiring
  • team development
  • talent planning
  • scalable engineering processes
  • scalable engineering workflows
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field
  • 6+ years of experience leading engineering teams
  • technical lead experience with experience managing other managers or leads
  • Deep knowledge of electrical systems used in mission-critical facilities
  • medium- and low-voltage distribution
  • standby generation
  • UPS systems
  • switchgear
  • PDUs
  • grounding
  • associated infrastructure
  • hyperscale cloud
  • colocation
  • large-scale mission-critical infrastructure environment
  • power requirements for high-density compute environments
  • interaction between electrical and cooling infrastructure
  • leading technical reviews
  • driving engineering quality
  • making sound decisions on complex electrical design issues
  • data center project lifecycle
  • planning
  • design
  • construction
  • commissioning
  • operational considerations
  • leading through ambiguity
  • managing competing priorities
  • delivering results
  • fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • work effectively across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders
  • building cross-functional partnerships
  • influencing decisions across multiple organizations
  • Experience developing and implementing engineering standards
  • design guidelines
  • scalable processes across a global portfolio
  • managing external design consultants
  • engineering service providers
  • supporting organizational growth
  • hiring
  • team development
  • talent planning
  • Strong understanding of reliability
  • maintainability
  • power quality
  • operational risk considerations for critical infrastructure systems
  • presenting technical strategies
  • risks
  • recommendations to senior leadership