Electrical Product Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc; Bærum; Hybrid; NOK 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Bærum, Norway, seeks an experienced Electrical/Electronic engineer to drive DFM, BOM optimization, and cost-sustainability across the NPI lifecycle.

You will design circuits, partner with PCB-assembly vendors, and perform root-cause analysis to improve reliability and manufacturability. Join a global team focused on AI-powered collaboration hardware, delivering high-quality, scalable solutions and influencing cross-functional manufacturing decisions with strong technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or 5+ years in supply chain, manufacturing, or product development engineering.
• 3+ years hands-on experience designing new electronic circuits and components.
• Demonstrated experience working with PCB-Assembly manufacturers.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the design realization of electronic circuits to optimize costs and minimize BOM risk.
• Drive cost avoidance and sustaining engineering improvements throughout the NPI lifecycle.
• Lead complex issue resolution and technical lifecycle management, including defect reduction and new component qualification.
• Assess CM and supply chain technical capability gaps to ensure consistent manufacturing quality.
• Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) activities to ensure product resiliency.
• Create, analyze, and release technical product documentation to support mass production and field quality standards.
• Represent the Values of Supply Chain in product related design discussions.
• Support Product Lifecycle changes.

Skills

PCB design

Root cause analysis

DFx methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

PCB-Assembly manufacturers

Job description

Meet The Team

The Collaboration Video Endpoints Business Unit (CVEBU) is part of the Cisco Collaboration Technology Group. We develop and support advanced video collaboration solutions, including video endpoints for conference rooms, active collaboration rooms, and individual workspaces. Our team focuses on integrating supply chain considerations from the earliest stages of product development to end-of-life to ensure high-quality, AI-powered collaboration experiences.

Your Impact

• Evaluate the design realization of electronic circuits to optimize costs and minimize Bill of Materials (BOM) risk.
• Drive cost avoidance and sustaining engineering improvements throughout the New Product Introduction (NPI) lifecycle.
• Lead complex issue resolution and technical lifecycle management, including defect reduction and new component qualification.
• Assess Contract Manufacturer (CM) and supply chain technical capability gaps to ensure consistent manufacturing quality.
• Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) activities, integrating Quality, Reliability and Testability principles to ensure product resiliency.
• Create, analyze, and release technical product documentation to support mass production and field quality standards.
• Represent the Values of Supply Chain in product related design discussions.
• Support Product Lifecycle changes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or 5+ years of professional experience in supply chain, manufacturing, or product development engineering.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing new electronic circuits and components.
• Demonstrated experience working with PCB-Assembly manufacturers.
• Proven ability to perform design lab experimentation, debug, and root cause analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience influencing cross-functional teams to adopt design changes for cost, quality and user experience improvements.
• Expert-level proficiency in applying DFx methodologies (DFM, DFR, DFQ) to complex hardware projects.
• Demonstrated experience influencing cross-functional teams to adopt design changes for cost or quality improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting technical data to stakeholders.
• Proven ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced, changing environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with industry innovations and trends in networking or video collaboration technology.

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.