Kevin Mechler

Kevin is a hardware engineer at Cisco, specializing in system-level design of Ethernet switches within the enterprise edge switching portfolio. His work involves schematic capture and close collaboration with layout, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, supply chain, and test/quality teams to support high-volume products. He enjoy bringups, failure analysis, and working with large teams to solve customer problems while sustaining products designed before his time in the industry. He has been in this role for nearly four years. Prior to this, he studied electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. During his studies, he became passionate about Formula SAE, a student engineering competition where teams design, build, and race small formula-style cars. This experience honed his hands-on hardware development skills, including schematic capture, layout, manufacturing, and failure analysis.