United States
Roku
Oracle
Principal Quality Engineer
United States
Santa Clara, California, United States
Python
About the opportunity
Oracle is seeking a Principal Quality Engineer to lead test strategy, automation, and validation for next-generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) servers and platforms.
As an IC4 individual contributor, you will provide technical leadership, develop scalable Python automation, and strengthen test infrastructure. You will collaborate with engineering, product management, vendors, and partner teams to resolve complex issues and improve platform reliability throughout the development lifecycle.
This hands-on role spans enterprise hardware, firmware, Linux environments, and integrated software services. You will work directly with laboratory hardware to support system bring-up, platform validation, failure and recovery testing, root cause analysis, and release readiness.
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Responsibilities Responsibilities
Test Strategy and Platform Validation
- Define scalable, risk-based test strategies aligned with platform architecture, product requirements, integration dependencies, and release objectives.
- Develop and execute validation plans covering hardware, firmware, Linux, and integrated software services, including system bring-up, functional behavior, failure handling, and regression testing.
- Identify coverage gaps and technical risks, and prioritize testing to balance release timelines with platform quality.
- Perform hands-on testing, analyze failures, document results, and adapt validation plans as requirements evolve.
Automation and Test Infrastructure
- Design, develop, and maintain reusable Python automation and test frameworks.
- Apply AI-assisted tools and techniques to improve test design, automation development, and maintenance, ensuring correctness and reliability.
- Integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines and improve test execution, failure reporting, and maintainability.
- Configure and optimize laboratory environments involving rack servers, storage, PCIe devices, and networking.
- Evaluate tooling and provide recommendations for infrastructure improvements.
Defect Resolution and Release Readiness
- Own the reproduction, investigation, and verification of platform defects and customer-reported issues.
- Lead root cause analysis across hardware, firmware, operating systems, and software integration boundaries, partnering with engineering teams and vendors.
- Track defects through resolution, verify fixes, and strengthen regression coverage to prevent recurrence.
- Communicate test progress, release readiness, unresolved risks, and mitigation recommendations.
- Lead post-incident reviews and document corrective and preventive actions.
Technical Leadership and Collaboration
- Coordinate quality engineering priorities and deliverables across concurrent initiatives.
- Influence design and tooling decisions by identifying testability, reliability, and operational risks early.
- Improve engineering workflows, automation practices, and test infrastructure.
- Mentor engineers, share technical knowledge, contribute to hiring assessments, and support inclusive collaboration.
Minimum requirements
Technical and Professional Skills
- Strong Python programming skills and demonstrated experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks.
- Experience using AI-assisted tools to develop or improve test automation.
- Practical experience with Linux administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise rack servers, storage, PCIe devices, and laboratory networking.
- Strong understanding of quality assurance methodologies, risk-based testing, regression planning, and release readiness.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD workflows.
- Ability to diagnose complex failures, perform root cause analysis, and verify corrective actions.
- Strong communication, planning, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
- Adaptability in a fast-paced engineering environment with short release cycles.
Qualifications
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $91,100 to $187,000 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.
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC4
We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
- 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 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.
- 11 paid holidays
- 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.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
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