Senior Component Engineer

In this role, you will serve as a Senior Component Engineer specializing in passive, discrete, and logic components, with a primary focus on capacitors and resistors. You will play a critical role that supports design engineering in component selections ensuring robust power delivery and signal integrity for next-generation networking systems. Key Responsibilities • Strategy & Governance: Define and drive technical strategy, including AVL/AML governance for passive components across Cisco's portfolio. • Reliability & Qualification: Establish reliability targets and lead environmental qualification efforts (e.g., THB, HTOL) to mitigate risks in advanced packaging. • Supplier Readiness: Assess end-to-end manufacturing processes and conduct technical audits to ensure supplier capability and readiness. • Resilience & Lifecycle Management: Evaluate supply chain risks and lead mitigation strategies related to component lifecycle and availability. • Failure Analysis: Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and drive systemic quality improvements across factory and field incidents. • Technical Leadership: Serve as the primary technical expert for complex issues, guiding cross-functional teams and influencing technology roadmaps. Component Engineering (CE) Responsibilities Your work will align with core Component Engineering functions, including: • Commodity strategy development and supplier benchmarking • Supplier selection, site qualification, and audits • Component qualification and regulatory compliance • Factory quality issue resolution, field failure analysis, and reliability/risk assessment Who You'll Work With You will be part of the Component Quality & Technology (CQT) organization within Global Supply Chain. You will collaborate closely with: • Cisco Business Units and Hardware Design Engineering teams • External component suppliers • Cross-functional supply chain and data analytics teams to solve complex hardware challenges Who You Are • Collaborative & Driven: Motivated to develop deep expertise across multiple technical domains • Adaptable: Comfortable working in a fast-evolving AI and hardware technology landscape • Independent & Results-Oriented: Strong ownership mindset with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives to completion Minimum Qualifications Education & Experience • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field (Master's preferred) • Proven experience in capacitor and/or resistor component engineering, quality, or reliability within networking, server, or high-reliability electronics industries Technical Expertise • Strong understanding of capacitor and/or resistor technologies and applications • Experience leading failure analysis and root cause investigations • Hands-on experience with accelerated stress testing or ownership of reliability qualification programs Preferred Qualifications Technical Skills • Application-level knowledge of component behavior and manufacturing processes (e.g., material purity, plating, assembly) • Familiarity with industry standards and environmental compliance requirements Communication & Leadership • Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to engineering teams and executive stakeholders • Experience leading technical engagements with global suppliers Quality & Risk Management • Experience with supplier transfers, technical audits, and driving systemic quality improvements (e.g., CAPA) • Proficiency in risk analysis and field reliability modeling 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 ... (truncated, view full listing at source)