Mechanical Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 09/09/2026

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.


NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

The Product Operations team within the Core Routing Business Unit (CRBU) plays a critical role in delivering Cisco’s next-generation hardware products at 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

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.

High Level Responsibilities:

• May lead small scale mechanical engineering projects (one to two features) with manageable risks and resource requirements and may take on project management responsibilities
• Collaborates with multiple stakeholders to support assembly, fabrication and manufacturing of products by using an understanding of manufacturing process for plastic, diecast, sheet metal, interconnect and power delivery and conducts failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Performs stack up tolerance analyses to ensure designs meet six sigma quality for high volume mass production
• Assists senior engineers with test plans, mechanical design testing, failure analysis, reliability, environmental testing and
• verification plans for developed design elements, materials, parts and products
• Verifies the quality of the design, resolves issues and escalates as needed
• Performs moderately complex simulation with supervision from senior engineers
• Reviews and compiles the BoM for large teams or across multiple products
• Contributes to design improvements and assembly cost savings and avoidance by helping identify the right materials
• Monitors scope, schedule and budgets for projects
• Collaborates with multiple stakeholders to conduct design feasibility testing and prototyping, including working with marketing teams directly to ensure feature and requests from customers are achievable
• Ensures that feasibility and prototyping guidelines are met
• Performs simple mechanical simulations such as FEA analysis to support design features
• Optimizes thermal solutions with thermal engineers prior to prototype

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 8years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience, or PhD + 0 years of related experience.

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.

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