Senior Supply Chain Engineer I

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Houston, TX +1

This role focuses on component quality engineering for storage hardware products, involving supplier management, root cause analysis, and ensuring quality throughout the product lifecycle from new product introduction to end of life.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define, measure, and manage key quality and reliability indicators, including DPM, AFR, RPM, and MTBF.
  2. Support quality performance across the full product lifecycle, from NPI to EOL.
  3. Drive root cause analysis and corrective action with storage suppliers using structured RCCA methodologies, including 8D.
  4. Analyze failure data to identify symptoms, classify known versus unique failures, and support log and telemetry analysis.
  5. Partner with suppliers and Oracle internal teams to resolve quality issues and manage turnaround time.

Skills

Required

  • Strong understanding of PC/server and storage hardware components such as SSDs, HDDs, JBODs, NAND, storage controllers, CPUs, memory, and server platforms.
  • Working knowledge of storage product operation, including solid-state drives, hard disk drives, storage enclosures, JBODs, or related data center storage infrastructure.
  • Understanding of semiconductor, NAND, and storage manufacturing and test processes.
  • Experience with data analysis, data manipulation, and quality metric tracking.
  • Familiarity with root cause analysis techniques such as 8D, Fishbone, and related RCCA tools.
  • Understanding of statistical process control.
  • Ability to work to tight timelines and make sound decisions with incomplete or ambiguous information.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present ideas clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong team orientation and desire to learn.

Nice to have

  • Experience in volume manufacturing or supplier quality engineering.
  • Experience supporting storage hardware, NAND/SSD technology, HDD technology, JBODs, or data center storage infrastructure.
  • Experience working with external manufacturing partners and global suppliers.

What the JD emphasized

  • storage hardware
  • SSDs
  • HDDs
  • JBODs
  • NAND
  • storage controllers
  • server hardware
  • NAND
  • HDDs
  • SSDs
  • JBODs
  • memory
  • CPUs
  • server hardware
  • NPI
  • EOL
  • DPM
  • AFR
  • RPM
  • MTBF
  • NPI
  • EOL
  • 8D
  • log and telemetry analysis
  • 8D
  • Fishbone
  • RCCA