Hardware Platform Engineer – Data Center Systems & Rack Integration

About the role

As compute density and cooling complexity increase, OCI depends on hardware platforms that are both innovative and deployable at scale. This role ensures new designs are consistent, practical, and ready for global deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of rack-level hardware platforms for data center deployment
• Ensure designs meet requirements for mechanical integrity, thermal performance, serviceability, and scale
• Drive system-level design across compute, cooling, and infrastructure interfaces
• Partner with internal and external teams to validate designs
• Define platform interfaces with infrastructure, including:
  • Liquid cooling (CDUs, fluid routing, connections)
  • Installation, transport, and handling
  • Facility interfaces (space, power, cooling, serviceability)
• Ensure deployment readiness and resolve gaps impacting scale
• Define telemetry requirements (power, temperature, flow, pressure, system health)
• Ensure instrumentation is enabled at deployment
• Partner with software/data teams to support monitoring and analysis
• Identify and close gaps in telemetry coverage and data quality
• Drive standardization across rack platforms
• Establish best practices for connections, transport, leak detection, and instrumentation
• Maintain documentation as a source of truth
• Collaborate across OHD, engineering, operations, supply chain, and software teams
• Align with external partners (OEMs, silicon vendors)
• Drive technical decisions and bring structure to complex efforts
• Track and resolve platform issues, especially during early deployment
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Use field data and telemetry insights to improve designs and processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline
• 6+ years in hardware engineering, mechanical systems, or data center infrastructure
• Experience with complex, rack- or system-level hardware
• Strong foundation in mechanical, thermal, and/or fluid systems
• Experience with hardware instrumentation/telemetry is a plus
• Proven ability to drive outcomes across teams
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center infrastructure and rack-level design experience
• Familiarity with liquid cooling (e.g., direct-to-chip, CDU systems)
• Experience with platform standardization or system integration at scale
• Experience working with hardware vendors or OEMs
• Exposure to high-density compute platforms (e.g., GPUs)
• Experience supporting deployment or commissioning
• Familiarity with telemetry or performance monitoring systems

What We’re Looking For

• Ownership: Takes responsibility beyond defined scope
• Systems Thinking: Understands hardware, infrastructure, and operations holistically
• Execution: Drives progress in ambiguity
• Collaboration: Influences across teams
• Detail Orientation: Ensures designs are practical and deployment-ready

Pay

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off:
  • Flexible Vacation for salaried employees (13 days annually for the first three years, 18 days annually thereafter; accrual prorated for part-time)
  • 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshes annually, carries over up to 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance