Cisco Mechanical Design Engineer 

China, Shanghai 

528593535

What You'll Do

High-Level Responsibilities:

Conceptualize and develop mechanical enclosures for electronic products.

Lead, design, and deliver fixed or modular chassis and cards that meet system product requirements.

Familiar with design requirements such as, structure, cooling, EMC, safety, manufacturability, cost, appearance, tolerances, documentation, conforming to a family of existing products, along with aggressive schedules.

Solid understanding of all mechanical material properties, plating, painting process, thermal material, EMI gasket, heatsink design.

Perform detailed 2D tolerance analysis for complex electro-mechanical assemblies using spreadsheet and/or 3D tolerance analysis tool such as CETol. Results to be presented in professional format

Implement the selected design using Creo/NX 3D CAD and provide all the necessary drawings, critical to function dimensions, and 3D files to allow the design to be prototyped and manufactured.

Design heat sinks using guidance from thermal simulations and create the drawings and 3D files to prototype and manufacture the parts.

Define printed circuit board (PCB) sizes, outlines, and keep outs. Exchange IDF with ECAD engineer.

Knowledge and experience in high speed I/O connector, board to board connector, cable connection design, power connector, and bus bar designs

Drives resolution of issues with CAD and manufacturing engineers in developing innovative designs.

Provide technical design guidance and mentoring for junior engineers

Must meet minimum proficiency level in English in speaking and writing

Who You'll Work With

You will be working very closely with the rest of the Mechanical/Thermal group, cross-functionally with HW Engineering, Product Management/Marketing, Product Ops team, Global Supplier Management (GSM), External Vendors/Suppliers, Mfg Ops, and EMS/JDM partners.

Minimum Qualifications:

BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 10+ years of EMS design experience.

8+ years of relevant experience in the mechanical design of computer/network equipment.

Broad knowledge in design constraints associated with sheet metal, plastic, PCB layout, and die-cast design.

Expert in tolerance analysis, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and statistical analysis

Strong experience in sheet metal design for medium to high volume production

Expert in use of 3D MCAD tools (Creo/NX)

Excellent verbal skills and professional presentations.

Must meet English proficient level CET 6 or equivalent in both verbal/written

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong knowledge in manufacturing tooling for sheet metal, plastic, and die-casting

Strong experience in designing plastic and die-cast parts

Strong mechanical aptitude

Mechanism design experience a plus

Experience in performing static and dynamic analysis using tools such as Creo Simulate or ANSYS

A strong technical leader with proven track records in leading and successfully delivering projects

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