Sr Silicon Capacity Planning Engineer-Hybrid

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco in San Jose seeks a senior Capacity Planner to lead data-driven capacity planning across silicon manufacturing and OSAT networks. You will translate demand, hardware configurations, and manufacturing flows into executable plans, partnering with production, engineering, and supply teams to safeguard supply continuity.

The role focuses on modeling, forecasting accuracy, and bottleneck mitigation 6–18 months ahead, requiring deep semiconductor supply-chain expertise and practical OSAT

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering, with hands-on OSAT operations experience.
• 8+ years of capacity management experience within the semiconductor industry.
• Sophisticated understanding of silicon manufacturing processes and supply chain dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Capacity Modeling & Analytics: Build and maintain multi-variable capacity models; apply Excel modeling, capacity simulation, and data analysis using SQL/Power BI to convert demand into a backend capacity plan.
• Product Data & Resource Architecture: Define resource types, shared vs. dedicated, and maintain planning parameters (OEE, test time, index time, retest rate).
• Capacity Forecasting & Constraint Prediction: Translate forecasts into tester capacity by platform/factory, identify bottlenecks 6–18 months out, plan investments and trade-offs.
• Supply Chain Performance Excellence: Own capacity plan accuracy, forecast-vs-actual utilization, and constraint prediction; improve tester/manufacturing utilization and NPI/ramp readiness.

Skills

Capacity management

Semiconductor domain knowledge

Analytical thinking

Education

BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 10/25/2026.

Your Impact

As a key member of the Capacity Planning team in Cisco’s Silicon Manufacturing Operations, you will champion the technical data foundation and scenario modeling that converts product demand, hardware configurations, and manufacturing flows into an executable backend capacity plan. Your work with directly shape capacity decisions across a multi-billion-dollar silicon and OSAT supply network, safeguarding supply continuity and time-to-market for next generation AI networking products.

• Capacity Modeling & Analytics: Build and maintain sophisticated, multi-variable capacity models grounded in yield and efficiency dynamics and semiconductor supply chain fundamentals. Apply sophisticated Excel modeling, capacity simulation, and large-scale data analysis – using SQL, Power BI, or equivalent tools – to convert demand, hardware, and test requirements into an executable backend capacity plan. Operate across MRP/MPS, APS, manufacturing, and ERP platforms to ensure capacity plans remain grounded in accurate, current operational data.
• Product Data & Resource Architecture: Define the resource types requiring capacity planning and determine whether each is shared or dedicated across products. Establish and maintain planning parameters – such as OEE, test time, index time, and retest rate – that drive capacity calculations. Configure new resource and parameter data to support NPI readiness and maintain and update resource master data as existing products, processes, or manufacturing configurations change. Track on-hand and on-order resource availability, ensuring planning models reflect accurate, current resource positions.
• Capacity Forecasting & Constraint Prediction: Translate product demand forecasts into required tester capacity by platform, packaging type, and factory utilization by site and manufacturing process. Identify capacity constraints and bottlenecks 6-18 months in advance, along with the capacity investments and trade-ratio adjustments needed to support growth and mitigate supply risk from demand, yield, or product mix changes.
• Supply Chain Performance Excellence: Own capacity plan accuracy, forecast-vs-actual utilization, and constraint prediction accuracy as core metrics. Drive measurable outcomes in tester and manufacturing resource utilization, throughput attainment, bottleneck reduction, and NPI/ramp readiness through proactive capacity management. Improve supply commit accuracy by ensuring capacity positions are reflected reliably in commitments to internal and external partners.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline, with demonstrated hands-on experience in OSAT operations.
• 8+ years of capacity management experience within the semiconductor industry.
• Sophisticated understanding of silicon manufacturing processes and supply chain dynamics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a start-up environment
• Elite problem-solving skills and high level of attention to integrated business planning impacts

SiOps

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 $162,500.00 to $205,400.00 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.

• 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

$162,500.00 - $236,200.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$144,100.00 - $214,500.00

• 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.