Manufacturing Engineer

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About the Role

If you are looking to be a contributor at the forefront of innovation and want your work to drive the future of connectivity, this is your chance to join a passionate, world-class team.

The Cisco-Acacia Optics Operations Team is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer who will be a key hands-on contributor, interacting with internal stakeholders and outsourced manufacturing partners, to help enable the rapidly growing and expanding portfolio of Coherent pluggables and embedded modules. This individual will have a prominent role in supporting New Product Introduction while driving Design for Manufacturability, Automation, and Cost.

Job Requirements

· Collaborate with Design Engineering from conceptual stage of product through release to volume manufacturing while influencing/ driving DFx.

· Generate and maintain detailed assembly and inspection instructions for mechanical, soldering, fiber management, and packaging activities. Conduct hands-on training with technicians.

· Provide process development support to module manufacturing partners and act as focal point for problem resolution.

· Initiate and direct the design, implementation, and maintenance of production tooling, fixtures, and automation equipment to support process development, quality, and improvements.

· Drive continuous improvement through defect trend reporting, analysis, and metrics reviews to ensure yield targets are met or exceeded.

· Achieve all gate review checklist actions per program schedule.

· Drive lean manufacturing practices to obtain optimal utilization of capital equipment, maximize HPU, and reduce transformation cost.

· Act as Manufacturing designee for approval of product design changes. Working knowledge of Product Life-Cycle Management tools such as Agile or Omnify a plus.

· Provide accurate and timely project reporting to internal stakeholders

Who You Are

· Adaptable – open to and actively solicit new ideas and opinions.

· High agency - demonstrates proactive independent learning by self-teaching new skills and persistently pursuing solutions without waiting for external guidance, ensuring continuous progress even when faced with unfamiliar challenges.

· Influence & Positive Impact – skilled at persuading, motivating, and energizing others at all levels. Passionate, personable, self-confident, and likeable.

· Ownership – fully accepting responsibility for a project, including proactively undertaking tasks that may extend beyond one’s formal duties, to ensure the project’s success and advance the best interests of the team.

· Results Oriented – maintains appropriate focus on short- and long-term goals. Motivated by achievement, and persists until goals are reached, conveying a sense of urgency.

· Teamwork - actively collaborates with team members by providing assistance on their projects and stepping in to support multiple colleagues as needed, fostering a culture of mutual support and shared responsibility.

· Flexible, persistent, resourceful, driven to succeed, and have an entrepreneurial spirit

· An effective communicator (written and oral), enthusiastic team player and problem solver who drives positive results.

Who You’ll Work With

You’ll be part of a close-knit on-site team and will collaborate with various groups throughout the cross functional organization both on-site and remotely.

Minimum Qualifications

· BS Engineering degree with 5+ years of optical/ electronics manufacturing experience.

· Hands-on experience in participating in product transfers and quick volume ramping at CM’s.

· Expertise in collecting and analyzing data by applying SPC, FMEA, and DOE techniques to establish Cpk, drive continuous improvement and cost reduction actions.

· Experienced in assembly automation equipment for high-volume manufacturing such as pick and place, dispensing, and wire-bonding.

· 3+ years experience with Solidworks (or comparable) CAD software

· Some exposure to surface mount technology and thru-hole manual soldering techniques for opto-electronic components.

· Background in machining processes, thermal management, and fixture design.

• Familiarity with optical fiber handling, cleaning, splicing, and routing.

Why Cisco?

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.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $108,700.00 to $137,700.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$122,200.00 - $177,900.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$108,700.00 - $158,400.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.