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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc.
paid time off
United States, California, San Jose
170 W Tasman Dr (Show on map)
Oct 22, 2025
The application window expected to close on: 11/28/2025 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received Meet the Team The Data Center Networking Group is developing the Nexus 9000 line of data center and cloud switches that feature application awareness to make the network infrastructure flexible and agile for dynamic response to application needs and virtual machine workload mobility. The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service providers, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Your Impact As an experienced Mechanical Engineer you would be responsible for mechanical architecture, analyzing the technical specifications and system mechanical requirements to resolve the best approach, feasibility of schedule and cost constraints for mechanical system & thermal solutions. Drive innovation and continuous improvement within Cisco by harnessing new testing technologies and methodologies. Provide outstanding support to external and internal customers, team members, and other persons and functional group through technical project collaboration. Self-motivated candidate that will lead and take ownership of assigned projects, exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills, and can work well in a complementary team environment. You will lead the mechanical design for ToR chassis, Modular chassis, PCB board placement, system thermal solutions. Be involved in the component selection, assembly process definition in production, thru working together with manufacturing team. You will involve reliability testing, mainly for MDVT and EMI for design quality assurance Minimum Qualifications Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related degree with 6+ years of relevant experience 3+ years of experience on 3D mechanical design tools, such as Creo, NX Previous experience of PCB board placement Previous experience working with mechanical material properties, metal, plastic, TIM, EMI gasket Previous experience in high speed I/O connector, board to board connector, cable connection design Preferred Qualifications Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related degree with 3+ years of relevant experience Experience with mechanical tolerance analysis Experience with stress analysis tools (ie. Ansys) or thermal tools such as Flotherm Fundamental understanding of reliability lab measurement equipment: EMC scan, ESD gun, shaking table, environment chamber, acoustic equipment. Previous experience and knowledge of power connector, and bus bar design #WeAreCisco Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!