Cisco Mechanical Design Technical Leader 

China, Shanghai 

352764404

• 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
• Collaborate with manufacturing team on DFM/DFA/production issues
• Drives resolution of issues with CAD and manufacturing engineers in developing innovative designs.
• Schedule and manage peer and cross-functional team reviews of your design.
• Provide technical design guidance and mentoring for junior engineers
• Teamwork: the candidate must be able to communicate well with cross-functional team members, be able to efficiently collaborate with team members to achieve project goals and contribute positively to the engineering community.
• Work with US team (HW & Mech) different time zone
• Must meet minimum proficiency level in English in speaking and writing

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

• 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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