Cisco Mechanical Product Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

457097645

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on the platform engineering mechanical team in San Jose, CA. The job involves working on current and next-generation mechanical designs of telecom systems.

• Provide new product introduction support for ongoing engineering from pre-concept commit through EOL.
• Collaborate with partners in development of processes, technology to support new product development.
• Knowledge of end-to-end manufacturing processes from materials selection through automated assembly processes and knowledge of manufacturing process control methodologies.
• Collaborate with vendors to enable the development of new process technologies and next-generation architectures and designs in Cisco products. Ensure innovative manufacturing practices, methodologies and processes are in place at suppliers/EMS partners to sustain long term reliability.
• Ensure designs are accurately validated and characterized for efficient performance and high-quality production to support delivery of functional per system.
• Drive/guide vendors failure analysis to identify true component failure root-cause and corrective actions. Use independent judgment to analyze trade-offs, resolve methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to deliver system/application-level solutions.

• BSME with 10+ years working experience.
• Expertise in use of 3D MCAD tools (Creo/NX) and sophisticated Optical assemblies.
• Technical leadership in Manufacturing /product design including tolerance analysis, Geometric Dimensioning, Tolerancing (GD&T), and statistical analysis, validation testing methodologies, and qualification of electromechanical products to requirements documents and industry standards.
• Enable and drive DfX (Manufacturability, Assembly, Reliability and Serviceability) into our product designs while working collaboratively with hardware design teams, component engineering, Global Supplier Management (GSM) and global EMS partners.

• Developed and Implemented Liquid cooling solution for router and switch.
• Experienced with design and fabrication of parts applying plastic injection molding, sheet metal forming, die casting, machining, and additive manufacturing.
• Enable Cisco’s Circular Design Principles into practice for NPI product designs.

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).