Manufacturing Engineer

**Meet the Team**It's an exciting time to work at CiscoWhere every day we live our mission, shaping the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors, and ecosystem partners. Join our extraordinary supply chain team, a motivation for change in driving company transformation, supporting innovation, improving productivity and exceeding customer expectations.**Your Impact**The **Manufacturing Engineer** is the primary technical interface to the Manufacturing Partner site and is accountable for driving both Operational Perfection (Delivery, Quality, and Cost) and Factory Excellence (capability, efficiency, security and sustainability). Position requires strong knowledge on PCBA manufacturing operations and SMT technology roadmap.Supports manufacturing engineering functions at the manufacturing sites including:- Lead daily support of our products and tools in manufacturing.- Support NPI launch and govern sustaining products within manufacturing partners.- Support product transfers between manufacturing sites.- Analyze various sets of data and programs for quality & process control.- Drive process optimization, yield improvements and process consistency within manufacturing sites.- Provides technical support for all systemic defects, line stops, material purges and quality issues.- Factory site technical quality metrics ownership and driving metrics improvement relating to structural test.- Govern ECO and deviation implementation during bom change or fab respin.- Reviewed and validated SoP documents and SPC specifications (Yield, Cpk, GR&R) during phase gate transitions and on a periodic basis for sustaining production.- Conduct audits of factory processes.- Provide oversight during critical production stages.- Keep close loop with Product Operations central team.**Minimum Qualifications**- Typically requires a BS/MS in IE/EE/ME with 10+ years of experience at an electronics manufacturing industry and Quality systems.- Manufacturing process knowledge, SMT, Wave Soldering, Press Fit, Mechanical Assembly and Quality process improvement analysis tools.- Clarity in documenting issues with critical thinking. Persistence in following up on root cause analysis & corrective actions by responsible parties.- Strong communication skills written & verbal (in English) to clearly synthesize and reduce complex situations on simple descriptions to communicate with internal and external partners.**Preferred Qualifications**- Proficient on statistical methods and Quality analysis tools (SPC, DOEs, 8Ds, DMAIC, AQL) used in a Manufacturing context.- Ability to self-motivate with a strong desire to learn and ability to be flexible.- Lead and Inspire change in collaboration with a diverse cross-functional team in a Cross-Cultural and global work environment.- You feel comfortable working under high pressure and get results with limited oversight.- Confirmed Program Management experience.At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.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.U.S. employees have **access** to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.