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We believe that when passionate people are able to spend less time struggling with technology, they can spend more time on what matters - like teaching children, running businesses, keeping airports safe, and connecting disaster victims with relief. That’s the real power of simplicity. Cisco Meraki is the leader in cloud-managed IT, thanks to our creative, inclusive, fearless team that is driven to simplify technology so the world can simply work!

Cisco Meraki has grown to become an industry leader in the IT space, with over 500,000 plus customers and with over 3 million active networks and counting around the world. We have a comprehensive set of solutions which allows customers to seize new business opportunities and reduce operational costs. Meraki is known for simplifying powerful technology through our products and services - and for the people behind them. As the fastest growing cloud-managed networking team in the world, our products and technology architecture are changing the face of networking and making cloud-managed IT a reality.

We are seeking a Supply Base Engineer who will work with our EE commodity suppliers, JDM partners, and Meraki engineers to source and manage EE components with the goal of maintaining Meraki’s new product development, quality, and supply goals across our diverse product families.

Supply Base Engineer for Electrical Components

Your work will involve:

• Support Sourcing Managers and Hardware PMs with supplier sourcing initiatives, supplier qualifications RFQ and drive continuous improvement

• Supply base engineer to provide technical expertise of alternate sourcing strategies and industry market trends

• Provide assessments of supplier product technology, manufacturing, and quality control capability

• Support all engineering or quality related issues, including but not limited to root cause analysis and working with supplier technical/quality teams

• Generate new part numbers and manage ECNs, MCNs and PCNs through Agile PLM

• Drive suppliers and collaborate with the Quality Team and JDMs for electrical component qualifications and manage the progress. This can include review, verification and approval of test data and reports

• Manage and monitor all electrical component quality from NPI, MP to EOL

• 20%+ international travel; primarily to Asia

You have:

• BS/MS or equivalent in Electrical Engineering

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience as electrical component engineer, supply base engineer or ASIC design engineer

• Strong knowledge of electrical component requirements and technologies, willing to develop new commodities and evaluate alternate sources

• Self-motivated, focused and hands-on individual for problem solving and task completion

• Experience with Agile or a similar PLM environment

• Experience working with Asian-based contract manufacturers and component suppliers

• Good oral and written communication skills

• Good project management and data collection skills

• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, highly cross-functional environment

• Detail oriented and driver of continuous improvement

• Ability to travel internationally 20% of the time

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

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