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Mechanical Engineer (Onsite)

Cisco · San Jose, California, United States of America

Cisco is hiring a lead Mechanical Engineer (Onsite) in San Jose, California, United States of America. What you'll do: hiring, prototyping, and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure, security, and compliance domains. Qualifications: 5+ years of experience and a bachelor's degree. Full-time, paying $136K.

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 ($169k vs $140k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 4% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (21% appear duplicated)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 447Active postings
  • 14Posted this week
  • 190Open 30+ days43% of active
  • 18Remote / hybrid4% of active
  • 9%List salary41 of 447
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $169kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 25dMedian agep90 52d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering390$169k n=33—
Engineering Manager1——
Server / Host1——
Maintenance Technician1——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time21$169k n=15—
Contract11$124k n=8—
Temporary7$160k n=4—
Intern7——
Part-time1——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing333$120k n=10—
Technology184$177k n=34—
Government / Public Sector144——
Healthcare36——
Retail34$185k n=13—

Top categories

  • Engineering390
  • Engineering Manager1
  • Server / Host1
  • Maintenance Technician1

In-demand skills

  • AWS17
  • Python9
  • Go8
  • Airflow6
  • REST6
  • TypeScript3
  • Agile3
  • C++1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing333
  • Technology184
  • Government / Public Sector144
  • Healthcare36
  • Retail34
  • Transportation & Logistics33

Employment mix

  • Unspecified400 · 89%
  • Full-time21 · 5%
  • Contract11 · 2%
  • Temporary7 · 2%
  • Intern7 · 2%
  • Part-time1 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Salary
$136k · fulltime
Source
careers.cisco.com
Original link
https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/CISCISGLOBAL2008200EXTERNALENGLOBAL/Mechanical-Engineer-Onsite
Posted
1 month ago (2026-04-04)
Status
active

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, Education

Activities: Hiring, Prototyping, Testing / QA

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