Mechanical Product Engineer

The Cisco 8000 Product Ops team is looking for a motivated and expert 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). You will be working closely with HW Engineering, Product Ops, Global Supply Management, Mfg Ops and EMS partners

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 contribute 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.

• Provide new product introduction support for ongoing engineering from pre-concept commit through EOL
• Work collaboratively with partners 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.)

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent plus 8+ years related experience in optics manufacturing and sophisticated assembly; Understanding of system hardware architectures, design concepts and engineering development practices.
• Using various diagnostic tools, debug and trouble-shoot failing system down to board level and also 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
• Deep understanding of sheet metal, die casting, extrusion, and injection molding fabrication; Strong knowledge in manufacturing tooling for sheet metal, plastic, and die-casting; Design tools proficiency with Creo/Pro E/NX.
• Good understanding of tolerance analysis, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and statistical analysis.

• Experience with optics manufacturing and sophisticated assembly of Cisco devices.
• Experience working on a switch/router product is a plus.

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