Principal Offsite and Modular Engineer
This role will focus on developing scalable offsite-manufactured and prefabricated infrastructure platforms that accelerate deployment, improve quality, reduce construction risk, and support OCI's rapidly growing cloud and AI capacity demands. You will serve as a senior technical leader and subject matter expert, partnering across design engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, construction, commissioning, and operations organizations to define the future of modular data center delivery.
This is a highly visible individual contributor role with broad influence on OCI's infrastructure roadmap, deployment strategy, and next-generation data center platforms.
What You'll Do
Modular Infrastructure Strategy & Engineering
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Develop and drive OCI's modular infrastructure strategy for electrical, mechanical, controls, and utility systems.
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Establish standardized modular design approaches that improve scalability, repeatability, and deployment speed.
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Evaluate opportunities for prefabrication and offsite manufacturing across data center infrastructure systems.
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Lead technical decision-making for modular architecture, interfaces, and deployment methodologies.
Design & Integration
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Define engineering requirements and design standards for modular electrical rooms, e-houses, cooling plants, pump skids, power distribution systems, utility modules, and integrated infrastructure packages.
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Ensure seamless integration of modular systems into OCI's data center design standards and operational requirements.
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Review engineering designs, specifications, manufacturing drawings, and technical submittals.
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Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, structural, controls, and network engineering teams to optimize modular solutions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
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Partner with manufacturers, fabricators, and strategic suppliers to develop scalable modular products and solutions.
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Evaluate manufacturing capabilities, production processes, and quality control programs.
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Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), product validation, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
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Drive continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers to improve quality, cost, and deployment efficiency.
Deployment & Commissioning
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Support transportation, site integration, installation, startup, and commissioning of modular infrastructure systems.
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Identify and mitigate technical risks associated with modular deployment strategies.
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Collaborate with construction and commissioning teams to improve field execution and deployment consistency.
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Capture lessons learned and implement improvements across future deployments.
Innovation & Technical Leadership
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Research emerging technologies and modular construction methodologies.
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Influence OCI's long-term infrastructure roadmap through innovative engineering solutions.
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Serve as a technical advisor for large-scale infrastructure programs and strategic initiatives.
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Mentor engineers and contribute to the development of engineering best practices across OCI.
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