Meet the Team
The Global Manufacturing Operations (GMO) Testing Engineering team is a vital part of Cisco’s Manufacturing ecosystem, focused on ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of manufacturing processes and products. This team drives innovation and operational excellence by developing and executing rigorous testing strategies that support Cisco’s global manufacturing footprint.
Your Impact
As a Global Manufacturing Operation Testing Engineer technical leader, you will play a key role in validating manufacturing processes and product quality through comprehensive testing and analysis, also as a leader you will define the strategy and structure to be used on complex and new products while improving the technical skills of other test engineers. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturing workflows, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements that enhance product reliability and customer satisfaction. Your work will directly impact Cisco’s ability to deliver high-quality products efficiently on a global scale.
• Develop, implement, and execute test plans and procedures for manufacturing processes and products.
• End to End test strategy ownership, helping to define test strategies from ICT to Functional system test optimizing Test time vs Throughput, Detection vs Escape risk and Coverage vs Cost. Decide what to test where in the process.
• Analyze test data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for process improvements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams to resolve production issues and optimize testing methodologies.
• Support new product introductions by validating manufacturing readiness and process capability.
• Manage functional test capacity, expansion planning and execution.
• Develop and maintain functional test, system level test, Chamber, Burn-In, Stress test, Test fixtures and manage golden units.
• Experience on yield improvement based on Data Analytics, handle large datasets from manufacturing lines applying statistical methods like correlation and regression.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline with +10 years of experience in manufacturing test engineering within a global environment, complemented by a deep understanding of manufacturing processes, quality control, and product lifecycle management (PLM).
• Test Strategy & Data Analysis: Proven ability to develop and execute comprehensive test plans, utilizing advanced data analysis tools and software to interpret results and generate actionable insights.
• Compliance & Failure Analysis: Expertise in maintaining manufacturing compliance standards and documentation, combined with strong skills in Failure Analysis and Debug to lead root cause investigations for design, process, and component issues.
• Technical Specialization: Deep technical expertise in high-speed digital interfaces (SerDes, Optical, Ethernet), functional validation of complex boards, and testing of complete telecom systems.
• Technical Proficiency & Automation: Experience with manufacturing testing automation tools, combined with programming proficiency (e.g., Python, C/C#) and data analytics skills.
• Language Proficiency: Fluent in English, with the ability to communicate effectively and collaborate within a global technical environment.
Preferred Qualifications
• Process Improvement: Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies to optimize manufacturing operations.
• Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across global teams.
• Professional Mindset: A proactive problem-solving approach characterized by attention to detail and a consistent focus on quality and efficiency.
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 in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline
- More than 10 years of manufacturing test engineering experience in a global environment
- Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, quality control, and product lifecycle management
- Experience developing and executing comprehensive test plans and strategies
- Advanced test data analysis skills using tools and software to interpret results and generate actionable insights
- Expertise in manufacturing compliance standards and documentation
- Strong failure analysis and debug skills for design, process, and component issues
- Technical expertise in high-speed digital interfaces, including SerDes, optical, and Ethernet technologies
- Experience validating complex boards and complete telecom systems
- Experience with manufacturing test automation tools
- Programming proficiency in Python, C, or C#
- Data analytics experience with large manufacturing datasets, including correlation and regression
- Fluent English communication skills
- Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in global teams
- Proactive problem-solving approach, attention to detail, and focus on quality and efficiency
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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