Job Description

Why You'll Love Cisco:Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more relevant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' progressive ideas impact everything imaginable - from entertainment, retail, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, thoughtful cities, sensible cars, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means you'll take creative ideas from the drawing board to powerful solutions that have real world impact. You'll work with Cisco leaders, partner with experienced mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your interest in connecting the unconnected. You'll be part a team that cares about its customers, enjoys having fun, and you'll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Cisco tops the 26th annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list in 2023 for the third consecutive year. Come prepared to be inspired.Who we are:Within Cisco's end-to-end supply chain, Product Operations transforms engineering innovation into products, solutions, and offers that scale to deliver our margin, quality, and delivery outcomes that enable our customer experience. Product Ops launches product using competitive operational solutions, with optimized processes, and focuses on cost, quality and delivery to exceed customer expectations.Responsibilities :Manufacturing Test Development Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality and efficiency of the manufacturing test process. Their key roles and responsibilities include:

• Defining the manufacturing test strategy and plan
• Design for Testability & coverage analysis
• Engagement with product design teams
• Implementing test automation and regression testing
• Conducting failure root cause analysis.
• Supporting proto builds and mass production.
• Managing test capacity and the test budget.

This role is critical in maintaining product quality, optimizing test processes, and ensuring cost-effective manufacturing testing.What you will do:The role requires you to:

• Perform DFT (Design for Testability) assessment by closely working with design engineering team and identify the Risk & mitigation plan to have maximum Product test coverage.
• Develop optimized end-to-end manufacturing test strategy including reliability test for networking products / routers
• Develop test scripts for manufacturing test automation
• Implement product testing using diagnostics & IOS software
• Develop test plan for Manufacturing testing
• Develop board and system level automated functional test processes for complex electronic systems to be deployed in remote manufacturing locations
• Develop test solutions using Traffic Test analyzers (Spirent/IXIA) and test equipment's for testing Ethernet Interfaces (10G/100G/200/400G/800G)
• Define/Guide Debug process for test & debug engineers located in remote manufacturing sites
• Plan Test capacity & budget
• Drive test deployment as per the schedule

The role requires you to be:

• Self-driven team player and collaborator
• Constantly willing to learn and to take up new challenges
• Flexible to work in various time zones

The role requires you to have:

• Knowledge on Product hardware development process from concept to end of life
• Knowledge on Ethernet technology (10/100/200/400/800G) and hardware protocols like I2C, SPI, PCI, PCIe, etc..
• Knowledge on Manufacturing test solutions, Test Fixture Development, ICT and BSCAN
• Solid Understanding & knowledge on hardware & system testing, component level debug & fault isolation of product failure
• Design for Testability (Structural & Functional)
• Knowledge on test automation using scripting Language (Python)
• Having Product knowledge on Network Routers & switches are added advantage.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.

Who you will work with:You will work with product design engineering (Hardware & Software), cross functional teams within supply chain and manufacturing operations teams to define & deploy manufacturing test to meet the highest quality & efficiency.Who you are:Graduate in Electrical / Electronics & communication Engineering with 6+ Years of relevant experience in Product Test & ValidationWhy Cisco?#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCiscoMessage to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have 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 receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.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.

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