Principal Hardware Test Engineer

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Senior Hardware Test Engineer to lead the development and execution of advanced testing methodologies for hardware components and systems. This role requires a deep understanding of hardware design, validation, and reliability testing.  The role will have the chance to collaborate with team members, project leads, and developers to drive defects to resolution.  They are also expected to participate in the design and implementation of testing processes and procedures and will contribute to the improvement of our quality assurance method.

Career Level - IC4

Qualifications:

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Validate network hardware components such as switches, routers, transceivers, and fiber optic systems under various operational conditions, including stress, load, and failure scenarios.
• Mentor junior engineers and act as a lead test engineer in multiple parallel projects.
• Design, develop, and implement comprehensive test plans and procedures to validate hardware designs, with a focus on hands-on execution of tests and detailed reporting of results
• Conduct functional, reliability, performance, and stress testing of materials and hardware systems, modules, and integrated systems
• Develop and maintain test procedures, including functional, performance, and stress testing.
• Perform detailed failure analysis, root cause investigations, and provide corrective action recommendations.
• Analyze complex test data, produce clear technical reports, and present findings to stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot, analyze, understand, and clearly describe issues observed.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in hardware testing, validation, and verification.
• Experience with networking hardware, particularly involving 100G and 200G PAM4 Ethernet switching.
• Experience with network switch topologies, transceivers, fiber optics, and associated hardware.
• Expertise in using test equipment (oscilloscopes, traffic generators, spectrum analyzers, etc.).
• Advanced experience with test automation tools and scripting (Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB).
• Proven experience in developing test strategies for mass production environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and team collaboration abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver results under tight deadlines.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a small team and/or mentoring junior engineers.
• Experience with Layer 1 ethernet testing and understanding of Layer 2 traffic.
• Understanding of datacenter deployments from a hardware perspective.
• Familiar with network switch design, ASICs, retimers.

 

Salary : $97,500 - $199,500