Description
As a Senior Component Engineer - Interconnect & Connector Components in Cisco's Supply Chain organisation, you will join the CQT (Component Quality & Technology) team within the Global Supplier Management (GSM) organisation.
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.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the qualification of connector and interconnect component site capabilities and product readiness.
- Serving as a technical contributor in commodity teams, evaluating quality and reliability performance data, and providing inputs for sourcing strategy.
- Contributing to defect reduction and process re-engineering efforts related to interconnect components.
- Identifying, initiating, and driving process improvements that reduce cycle time and cost while maintaining exceptional quality.
- Supporting product transfer and change programs to sustain affected products and supplier sites.
- Engaging early in NPI and providing inputs for concurrent engineering efforts (DFM, FMEA, tooling design, plating, validation testing, etc.).
- Providing technical support to the supply chain and engineering community, building toward subject-matter expertise in interconnect technologies.
The minimum qualifications for this role are:
- A 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.
- Fluent English and Vietnamese speaking and writing.
Preferred qualifications include:
- 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.