What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader position at Cisco?
The application window is expected to close on: August 15, 2025.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role requires being onsite in San Jose 4 days/week.
Meet the Team
We are the Service Provider (SP) Mechanical and Thermal team responsible for the design of Cisco’s best high-performance, provider class routers, the Cisco 8000 series. The Cisco 8000 series utilizes Cisco’s revolutionary Silicon One ASIC that delivers unmatched performance and density with feature-rich functionality.
We are transforming the industry and building a new internet for AI networks and the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that is the foundation of all Cisco's future routing products.
Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, designed for fixed and modular platforms. Our devices deliver high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale or feature flexibility.
You'll be part of our group driving our game-changing next-generation network devices built with Cisco Silicon One™.
Your Impact
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in the platform engineering mechanical team in San Jose, CA. The job involves working on current and next-generation mechanical designs of telecom systems. You will be part of a dedicated team, working in a dynamic environment. Open communication, empowerment, innovation, teamwork, and customer success are the foundations of the team.
Key responsibilities:
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.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role requires being onsite in San Jose 4 days/week.
Meet the Team
We are the Service Provider (SP) Mechanical and Thermal team responsible for the design of Cisco’s best high-performance, provider class routers, the Cisco 8000 series. The Cisco 8000 series utilizes Cisco’s revolutionary Silicon One ASIC that delivers unmatched performance and density with feature-rich functionality.
We are transforming the industry and building a new internet for AI networks and the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that is the foundation of all Cisco's future routing products.
Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, designed for fixed and modular platforms. Our devices deliver high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale or feature flexibility.
You'll be part of our group driving our game-changing next-generation network devices built with Cisco Silicon One™.
Your Impact
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in the platform engineering mechanical team in San Jose, CA. The job involves working on current and next-generation mechanical designs of telecom systems. You will be part of a dedicated team, working in a dynamic environment. Open communication, empowerment, innovation, teamwork, and customer success are the foundations of the team.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and problem-solving expertise for mechanical testing at a part or system level.
- Lead/mentor other engineers and convey technical guidance to resolve complex projects/issues.
- Architect, design, and deliver system mechanical designs as specified by product requirements.
- Demonstrate a high degree of originality and innovation in defining product and project level architecture.
- Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with cross-functional team members to achieve project goals.
- Bachelor’s in Engineering 12 years of related industry experience or Master’s degree in Engineering 8 years of related industry experience.
- Expert in use of 3D MCAD tools (Creo/Siemens NX preferred).
- Extensive sheet metal enclosure design experience (for example with fixed or modular chassis).
- Demonstrated expertise in using GD&T and performing tolerance analysis.
- Expertise with sheet metal manufacturing (soft and hard tooling).
- Relevant experience in the mechanical design of computer/network equipment designed to operate in data centers.
- Experience in plastic and die-casting design and tooling.
- Broad knowledge of applicable cross-functional design fields: PCB layout, EMI, safety, and thermal.
- Experience in structural analysis using Finite Element Analysis tools, such as PTC Creo Simulate or Ansys.
- Thermal system design experience: heat sinks, heat pipes, vapor chambers; familiarity with chillers and thermoelectric plates.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and people skills; ability to interact with management, team members, and external vendors.
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.
Salary : $191,400 - $281,400
