Senior Supply Chain Engineer

Oracle is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Engineer to serve as a Factory Quality Engineer supporting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) hardware platforms. This role will support factory quality execution for complex AI infrastructure, server, and rack-level products from New Product Introduction (NPI) through production ramp and sustaining shipment, with a primary focus on critical 2026/2027 cutting-edge AI hardware ramps.
As part of the Quality organization, you will help ensure manufacturing delivery, outgoing quality, and field reliability by translating factory quality signals into clear risks and actions. You will work closely with Oracle hardware engineering, manufacturing, test, quality, component engineering, supplier quality, and program teams, as well as external manufacturing partners and suppliers, to ensure factory issues are understood, contained, and driven to closure.
You will use yield and failure data, factory test coverage, Outgoing Box Audit (OBA) findings, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) discipline, and risk assessment to support product readiness and OK-to-Ramp and OK-to-Ship decisions.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience
8 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, product engineering, test development, software development, sourcing engineering, or component engineering
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field AND 4 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, product engineering, test development, software development, sourcing engineering, or component engineering
OR
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field AND 2 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, product engineering, test development, software development, sourcing engineering, or component engineering
Job Skills:
Same as prior level plus;
Supplier Component Qualification: Demonstrated ability to apply supplier component qualification processes and interpret test results.
Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability to plan and carry out quality assurance activities for high-standard deliverables.
Root Cause Analysis: Demonstrated ability to conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective action plans.
Technical Writing: Demonstrated proficiency in producing clear and comprehensible technical documentation for varied audiences.
New Product Introduction: Demonstrated ability to support new product introduction, including supplier assessments and validation phases.
Hardware Manufacturing: Demonstrated knowledge of hardware manufacturing processes and selecting optimal production techniques.
Hardware Manufacturing Supplier Management: Demonstrated experience evaluating and managing manufacturing suppliers for performance and compliance.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience
10 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, product engineering, test development, software development, sourcing engineering, or component engineering
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field AND 6 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, product engineering, test development, software development, sourcing engineering, or component engineering
OR
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field AND 4 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, product engineering, test development, software development, sourcing engineering, or component engineering
OR
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field AND 2 years of experience industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Supply Chain Engineering or Operations.
Responsibilities
Monitor factory quality performance across assigned products and manufacturing sites, including Incoming Quality Control (IQC), Outgoing Quality Control (OQC), Outgoing Box Audit (OBA), L10/L11 yield, First Pass Yield (FPY), All Pass Yield (APY), retest rate, failure pareto, and test stability.
Analyze factory quality signals to identify open quality risks, containment gaps, unresolved factory issues, recurring failure modes, and potential customer escape risks before products ramp or ship.
Drive factory issue containment, failure data review, RCCA follow-up, corrective action implementation, and validation with manufacturing partners, suppliers, and Oracle engineering teams.
Ensure process escapes, rework risks, test instability, and recurring factory failures are documented, assigned to clear owners, and tracked through closure.
Review factory test coverage to confirm known failure modes are detectable before shipment.
Evaluate OBA effectiveness in identifying workmanship, configuration, labeling, packaging, cosmetic, documentation, and functional escapes.
Partner with Manufacturing and Test teams to identify and reduce yield gaps, debug churn, retest-driven instability, and recurring production-line failures.
Build and maintain factory quality risk registers for key programs, including containment status, RCCA ownership, target closure dates, and residual risk.
Support NCAT, SSP, program readiness reviews, and executive quality updates with clear data, concise risk assessments, and recommended next actions.
Work closely with Santa Clara-based Oracle hardware engineering, quality, manufacturing, test, component engineering, and program teams to align factory quality actions with overall product readiness.
Support OK-to-Ramp and OK-to-Ship decisions by ensuring remaining quality risks are clearly understood, current, and actionable.
Required Skills and Experience
Experience in manufacturing quality, process quality, supplier quality, product quality, hardware quality, reliability engineering, or a related discipline.
Strong working knowledge of factory quality processes and metrics, including IQC, OQC, OBA, factory test flow, yield metrics, pareto analysis, retest rate, containment, and corrective action.
Experience applying structured root-cause and corrective-action methodologies such as 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, CAPA, or other disciplined problem-solving approaches.
Ability to analyze failure data, distinguish known issues from emerging risks, and drive fact-based issue closure with manufacturing partners, suppliers, and internal engineering teams.
Ability to make sound quality and risk decisions using incomplete data in fast-moving production ramp or shipment environments.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues and quality risks into clear actions for cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Experience working with external manufacturers, suppliers, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, field teams, repair teams, or related partners.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with server, rack-level, GPU, networking, storage, power, thermal,