Meet the Team
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.
Your Impact
• May lead medium scale mechanical engineering projects with manageable risks and resource requirements and collaborate with cross functional teams to develop Cisco products
• Drives medium features from architecture and design through fabrication and delivery based on product development requirements
• Applies FMEA techniques to resolve fabrication and manufacturing issues
• Develops test plans, failure analysis, reliability and verification rules for developed design elements, materials, parts and products
• Performs structural simulations to analyze and conducts stress tests as needed, including working with DVT team to identify and debug design issues
• Involved in high level of design language from initial design to useability, using influences from customers and marketing
• Sets standards for BoM and the right materials to be used in product, ensuring yield and cost improvement
• Ensures products and materials are designed for high volume manufacturing and assembly
• Drives cost model analysis to meet system COGS
• Develops design feasibility and prototyping to ensure that customer needs and product guidelines are met
• Leads the project team on the build of major development products, and defines the feasibility testing approach and ensures that standards are met
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 5 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience.
• Expertise in structural simulations, FEA analysis, and system-level stack-up tolerance studies.
• Strong understanding of thermal concepts, enclosure layout, and FMEA techniques.
• Proficiency in setting BoM standards and driving cost model analysis for manufacturing.
Preferred Qualifications
• Develops technical justification analysis reports and uses knowledge of the reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) goals for products
• Performs more complex mechanical simulations, such as FEA analysis to support design features
• Assists with system enclosure layout based on strong understanding of thermal concepts
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree + 7 years, or Master's + 5 years, or PhD + 1 year of related experience
- Expertise in structural simulations and FEA analysis
- System-level stack-up tolerance studies
- Strong understanding of thermal concepts and enclosure layout
- Proficiency in FMEA techniques
- Proficiency in setting Bill of Materials (BoM) standards and driving cost model analysis for manufacturing
- Knowledge of reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) goals and technical justification reporting
- Ability to perform more complex mechanical simulations to support design features
- Experience assisting with system enclosure layout informed by thermal concepts
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
