Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader
About The Position
The Enterprise Routing organization designs and develops Cisco's Edge and Access routing products. We architect the next generation of routing technology using both internally developed and commercially available silicon. The team designs, implements, and delivers industry leading routing products. You will be part of the dynamic and passionate team working on innovative projects. Your Impact Designs and analyzes mechanical systems, equipment and packaging. Conducts feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs. Directs support personnel in the preparation of detailed design, design testing and prototype fabrication. Provides design information to drafting for packaging documentation. Applies understanding of thermal and electrical engineering to conceptual design and architectural design.
Requirements
- Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience.
- Experience in design of compute/networking products.
- Expertise in use of 3D MCAD tools (Creo/NX).
- Experience designing sheet metal for high volume production.
- Experience with GD&T and tolerance analysis.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in manufacturing tooling for sheet metal, plastic, and die-casting.
- Knowledge in designing plastic and die-cast parts.
- Mechanism design experience.
- Experience in performing static and dynamic analysis using tools such as Creo Simulate or ANSYS.
- Expert in tolerance analysis, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and statistical analysis.
- Experience with I/O/Mezzanine/Back-plane interconnects
- Knowledge of thermal management.
Responsibilities
- Leads junior engineers and provides technical consultation to complex mechanical engineering projects that span multiple products and or multiple teams with significant resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
- Drives industry standards, designs specifications and defines future technologies for next generation Cisco products
- Works with key customers and suppliers to turn the requirements into product features
- Provides advanced technical knowledge to engineering teams where needed to support assembly, fabrication and manufacturing of products. Plans for and addresses supply chain management and quality issues as needed
- Oversees testing, failure analysis, reliability and verification plans for developed design elements, materials, parts and products
- Coordinates with appropriate stakeholders to address issues, including working with suppliers
- Oversees design for manufacturing (DFM) and BoM cost avoidance strategy
- Oversees the selection and vetting of supplier materials when BoM is submitted
- Collaborates with suppliers to ensure sample materials characteristics meet Cisco requirements
- Collaborates with T&Q and GSM teams to onboard new suppliers with key technology
- Defines the value engineering upfront to recognize future cost savings
- Acts as the technical expert in feasibility testing, prototyping and root cause analysis investigations
- Sets standards and approach for technical justification analysis reports
- Identifies the technology, materials, tools and methodology to give Cisco products a competitive edge
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- grants of Cisco restricted stock units
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- flexible vacation time off program
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses
- performance-based incentive pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
