Mechanical Engineer

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• 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.

What You'll Do

* 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

* Assists manufacturing team with fixture design and assembly process enhancement

* 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

* Performs complex system level stack up tolerance studies

* 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

* 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

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience.

Preferred Qualification

Varies based on the team and business needs | Preferred Qualifications are desired education, experience, and skills that are in addition to Minimum Qualifications.

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Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.