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Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco · San Jose, California, United States of America

Cisco is hiring a junior Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader in San Jose, California, United States of America. What you'll do: hiring, prototyping, and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure, security, and education domains. Qualifications: a PhD. Full-time, paying $169K.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($164k vs $139k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 4% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (20% appear duplicated)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 413Active postings
  • 10Posted this week
  • 201Open 30+ days49% of active
  • 13Remote / hybrid3% of active
  • 10%List salary41 of 413
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $164kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 29dMedian agep90 54d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering360$160k n=33
Engineering Manager1
Server / Host1
Maintenance Technician1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time20$169k n=15
Contract11$120k n=7
Intern7
Temporary6$160k n=4

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing306$120k n=9
Technology175$169k n=35
Government / Public Sector125
Healthcare35
Retail29$185k n=15

Top categories

  • Engineering360
  • Engineering Manager1
  • Server / Host1
  • Maintenance Technician1

In-demand skills

  • AWS16
  • Go7
  • Python6
  • Airflow6
  • REST3
  • TypeScript2
  • C++1
  • Agile1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing306
  • Technology175
  • Government / Public Sector125
  • Healthcare35
  • Retail29
  • Transportation & Logistics29

Employment mix

  • Unspecified369 · 89%
  • Full-time20 · 5%
  • Contract11 · 3%
  • Intern7 · 2%
  • Temporary6 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Salary
$169k · fulltime
Source
careers.cisco.com
Original link
https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/CISCISGLOBAL2004180EXTERNALENGLOBAL/Mechanical-Engineering-Technical-Leader
Posted
4 weeks ago (2026-04-14)
Status
active

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Education

Activities: Hiring, Prototyping, Testing / QA

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