Description
You'll be part of the Component Quality & Technology (CQT) team within Cisco's Supply Chain Organization.
We are looking for a highly motivated professional with a strong background in Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) to join our team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Cisco development engineers, commodity teams, and suppliers to create innovative PCB solutions.
- Contribute to the development of PCB commodity strategy.
- Participate in the supplier selection process, assess and qualify PCB suppliers, and take part in technical and process audits of suppliers as needed.
- Lead PCB failure analysis and drive containment, corrective actions, and risk assessment.
- Work closely with manufacturing and engineering teams to resolve complex technical issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the organization and effectively communicate complex technical concepts and solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Possess an Engineering/Chemistry/Material degree or equivalent, plus 10+ years of PCB manufacturing experience.
- Solid understanding and direct experience in PCB design specifications and requirements, qualification, manufacturing fabrication and test, coupled with familiarity of materials (laminates and resins) and reliability knowledge and experience.
- Competency in failure analysis techniques such as FMEA, 8D/Corrective Action, Fishbone IFD, Cause and Effect Analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), and risk assessment.
- Experienced in managing supplier relationships and implementing corrective actions and rigorous quality control measures to ensure product standards and reliability are consistently met.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills along with customer focus, decision-making, influencing, and ability to meet deadlines.
- Familiarity with key areas of the interconnect design including Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Signal Integrity.
- Lead multiple technical projects and manage day-to-day work while also focusing on long-term goals.
- Focused on teamwork and collaboration, participating in and leading cross-organizational projects.