Mechanical Product Engineer - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Who We Are

The Cisco 8000 Product Ops team is looking for a motivated and experienced individual to provide mechanical product engineering support for new and sustaining products. You'll be responsible for products’ cost and quality from New Product Introduction (NPI) to End of Life (EOL).

What You Will Do

As the Mechanical Product Engineer, you will provide new product and ongoing engineering (including DFM) for a specific product or group of products from pre-concept commit through EOL. For new products, you will collaborate with design (hardware and mechanical), process, test, and reliability engineering to tackle problems and ensure cost avoidance and quality at FCS. For sustaining products, you will focus on cost reduction and design related yield improvements.

Who You'll Work With

You will be working closely with HW Engineering, Product Ops, Global Supply Management, Mfg Ops and EMS partners.

Who You Are

• You have good analytics, decision-making and strong communication and influencing skills.
• Provide new product introduction support for ongoing engineering from pre-concept commit through EOL
• Work with stakeholders in development of processes, technology to support new product development.
• BOM structuring and BOM risk Management.
• Collaborate with design (hardware and mechanical) team for DFX issues and ensure that they are resolved prior to release of the product.
• Drive and participate in design and manufacturing FMEA
• Provide leadership in driving the product quality throughout the lifecycle of product.
• Value engineering and cost avoidance (pre-production release) - Engage early with Component Engineering, T&Q, GSM and Hardware Engineering and influence on component selection, process efficiency, and design changes.
• Assessing CM and supply chain technical capability gaps
• Crafting, analyzing, and releasing product documentation.
• Technical lifecycle management (defect reduction team participation, new component qualification, etc.)
• Leadership and direction of sophisticated issue resolution
• Good written, verbal communication and social skills
• Experience using various diagnostic tools, debug and trouble-shoot failing system down to board level and boards down to component level. Characterize timing interface using scope, logic analyzers, TDR and various other equipment. Test, debug and bring-up proto boards.
• Good understanding of thermal interfaces, other thermal management products, and technologies related to heat transfer.

Minimum Requirements:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent plus at least 2+ years related experience.
• Experience with optics manufacturing and sophisticated assembly; Understanding of system hardware architectures, design concepts and engineering development practices.
• Experience in sheet metal, die casting, extrusion, and injection molding fabrication; Design tools proficiency with Creo/Pro E

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working on a switch/router product is a plus.

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

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