Interconnect Component Engineer

As an Interconnect Component Engineer in Cisco's Supply Chain organization, you will join the CQT (Component Quality & Technology) team within the Global Supplier Management (GSM) organization.

In this role, you will build a strong understanding of the tools, processes, and techniques used to design, manufacture, and qualify interconnect and connector components for Cisco products.

Responsibilities and tasks include:

• Support qualification of connector and interconnect component site capabilities and product readiness.
• Serve as a technical contributor in commodity teams; evaluate quality and reliability performance data and provide inputs for sourcing strategy.
• Contribute to defect reduction and process re-engineering efforts related to interconnect components.
• Identify, initiate, and help drive process improvements that reduce cycle time and cost while maintaining exceptional quality.
• Support product transfer and change programs to sustain affected products and supplier sites.
• Engage early in NPI and provide inputs for concurrent engineering efforts (DFM, FMEA, tooling design, plating, validation testing, etc.).
• Provide technical support to the supply chain and engineering community, building toward subject-matter expertise in interconnect technologies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent field, with 5-7+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Foundational hands-on exposure to interconnect and connector technologies at the application and component level, including the fundamentals of associated PCB attach technologies.
• Familiarity with mechanical and electrical design principles , tolerance analysis, fabrication methods, materials selection, plating, and validation testing.
• Experience with problem-solving and process improvement methodologies (8D, Lean Six Sigma) and FMEA facilitation techniques.
• Experience managing multiple projects using established project management skills and tools.
• Requires on-site support at manufacturing facilities.
• Strategically focused, impact-oriented, highly organized, and adaptable.
• Fluent English and Chinese speaking and writing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with high-speed cable assemblies and their applications.
• Experience with line set-up and line qualification.
• Exposure to SPC, Cause-and-Effect Analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), and risk assessment for high-volume programs.