About this opportunity
Oracle lists this Sustaining and Validation Hardware Engineer opportunity in santa clara, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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Description
Assists in the design, development, and integration of electrical systems for hardware products, following established engineering guidelines. Supports parts selection, qualification, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design, and schematic capture for electrical subsystems. Supports testing, integration, and validation of analog and digital systems and subsystems, by assisting with setup by assisting with test setup, execution, and data analysis. Assists in creating and maintaining technical documentation, such as schematics, test plans, test reports, signal integrity constraints, and bills of materials. Stays current on emerging technologies, industry standards, tools, and best practices.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Conceptual Design of Electrical Systems:
-Assists in the design, development, and integration of electrical systems for hardware products, following established engineering guidelines to meet performance, power efficiency, security, and reliability requirements.
-Gains experience applying fundamental engineering principles to system optimization.
Detailed Design and Implementation:
-Supports parts selection, qualification, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design, and schematic capture for electrical subsystems, ensuring alignment with design specifications, manufacturability considerations, and industry standards.
-Assists in design analysis by conducting basic modeling and simulations of standard electrical systems, learning how design choices impact performance across different operating conditions.
-Develops board floor planning and layout designs, focusing on component placement, power distribution, high-speed signal routing, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation under the guidance of senior engineers.
-Helps diagnose and resolve power and signal integrity issues, working through straightforward technical challenges while building problem-solving experience.
-Collaborates with firmware, software, and diagnostics teams to support electrical subsystem integration, ensuring compatibility with overall server functionality.
Testing, Validation, and Debugging:
-Supports integration, validation, and debugging of analog and digital systems and subsystems, by assisting with test setup, execution, and data analysis.
-Prepares and maintains automation platforms for electrical subsystem validation, gaining experience in test automation scripting, hardware validation workflows, and reliability testing methods.
-Follows test plans to validate prototypes and assists in debugging electrical performance issues, learning structured troubleshooting techniques to analyze waveforms, identify anomalies, and assist in root cause investigations.
-Assists with sustaining engineering activities such as resolving customer escalations, performing root cause analysis, qualifying alternate source components, and resolving end-of-life component issues.
Documentation and Process Development:
-Assists in creating and maintaining technical documentation, including schematics, test plans, test reports, signal integrity constraints, and bills of materials, ensuring accuracy and traceability of design decisions.
-Participates in formal design reviews, contributing insights on electrical subsystem performance while learning from senior engineers' decision-making processes.
Continuous Learning and Innovation:
-Stays current on emerging technologies, industry standards, tools, and best practices, applying knowledge to improve designs and troubleshoot issues.
-Contributes to process improvement and innovation by identifying potential enhancements in electrical design and learning how senior engineers evaluate and implement new methodologies.
-Supports cross-functional teams by applying fundamental engineering knowledge of electrical design to enhance product quality and integrate best practices into development cycles.
Additional Responsibilities (as needed)
Electromagnetic Compatibility:
-Supports the development of hardware products that meet applicable safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and environmental regulations under the guidance of senior engineers.
-Partners with cross-functional teams to incorporate established compliance requirements into product specifications and assists in executing pre-compliance testing and preparing documentation for third-party certifications.
-Stays informed about relevant regulatory updates and escalates potential impacts to senior team members, contributing to the maintenance of global market access through accurate documentation and design support.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-Tracks timelines with minimal supervision, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements. Prioritizes and adjusts work as resources or timelines change, with some guidance.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-Collaborates within team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives. Leverages a foundational understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance. Actively listens and asks questions to enhance collaboration.
Problem Solving:
-Identifies and addresses issues, escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures. Compiles and reviews data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
Continuous Learning:
-Seeks opportunities to gain knowledge and learn new skills and/or tools aligned with industry trends and best practices. Utilizes feedback and training to improve skills. Participates in a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Continuous Improvement:
-Implements updates to processes, protocols, and workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness as directed with some guidance. Contributes to ideation for future process improvements.
Additional required skills:
- Have solid electrical/electronics engineering knowledge and excellent problem solving, writing test scripts, communication and leadership skills.
- Be eager to learn new skills and enjoy being challenged with difficult board level and system (hardware and software) level investigations.
Qualifications
Disclaimer:
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US: Hiring Range in USD from: $74,100 to $148,300 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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