Meet the Team
The Product Operations team plays a critical role in delivering Cisco’s next-generation hardware products on a scale. Working at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing, the team ensures seamless product lifecycle execution—from new product introduction to high-volume production and customer delivery. With a strong focus on reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence, the team drives impact across global operations and enables successful product outcomes.
Your Impact
The Cisco Product Ops team is looking for a motivated and experienced individual to provide electrical 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). As a Mechanical Product Engineer, you will provide new products and on-going engineering (including DFM) for a specific product or group of products from pre-concept commit 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.
High Level Responsibilities:
- Provide new product introduction support for on-going engineering from pre-concept through EOL.
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders in development of processes and technology to support new product development
- BOM structuring and BOM risk Management.
- collaborate with design (hardware, mechanical and electrical product engineering) 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 issues in NPI and sustaining
- Value engineering and cost avoidance ( pre-production release) - Engage early with Component Engineering, Quality, 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 and relevant Change management activities
- Technical lifecycle management (defect reduction team participation, new component qualification, etc)
- Leadership and direction of complex issue resolution
Minimum Qualifications
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent plus 6+ years related experience
- Understanding of good design concepts and engineering development practices. Using various CAD tools and knowledge of manufacturing process and tolerances trouble-shoot failing system down to mechanical part level / design related issue.
- Experience with CREO, CAD tools used in the job.
- Proven ability to work in a team setting and multi-task.
- Good written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with contract manufacturers for complex electronic products
- Deep understanding of sheet metal fabrication, thermal (fan and heatsinks) fabrication and PCBA assembly process and technology.
- Experience working on a switch/router product is a plus
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
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent plus 6+ years related experience
- Understanding of good design concepts and engineering development practices, knowledge of manufacturing processes and tolerances, ability to troubleshoot down to mechanical part level
- Experience with CREO and other CAD tools
- Proven ability to work in a team setting and multi-task
- Good written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience working with contract manufacturers for complex electronic products
- Deep understanding of sheet metal fabrication, thermal (fan and heatsinks) fabrication and PCBA assembly process and technology
- Experience working on a switch/router product
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.
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