Network Engineer in Santa Clara, California at Foxconn-PCE Technology
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Job Description
Company Overview:
Established in Taiwan in 1974, Hon Hai Technology Group, commonly known as Foxconn, is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer and leading provider of technological solutions with a network of over 233 campuses across 24 countries. In the US, Foxconn employs 8,000 across 56 different sites with manufacturing operations in Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and California. As of 2025, Foxconn ranks 28th among the Fortune Global 500 and reported revenue of approximately USD $259 billion.
The company’s diverse product offerings span four major segments: smart consumer electronics, cloud, and networking solutions, computing, and various other components. Foxconn makes 40% of the consumer electronics that we find in our everyday lives. In recent years, Hon Hai has adopted the 3+3 strategy, focusing on three emerging industries - electric vehicles, digital health solutions, and robotics - while leveraging three key technologies: next-generation communications, artificial intelligence (AI), and semiconductors. Together, these initiatives position the company as a leader in innovation for the 21st century.
Hon Hai Technology Group is deeply committed to championing environmental sustainability within its manufacturing processes. By integrating sustainability into its operations framework, the company strives to serve as a best-practice model for global enterprises, enhancing corporate responsibility while meeting the growing demand for environmentally conscious production methods.
Job Summary:
The Network Engineer is responsible for the administration, performance, and continuous improvement of the company's campus-wide network infrastructure. This role performs advanced network configuration, troubleshooting, and system enhancements while collaborating with internal teams and customers to support network changes, expansions, and reliable business operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan, deploy, and coordinate all network projects and changes by managing project timelines, implementing network upgrades, coordinating system migrations, and ensuring minimal disruption to business operations during planned maintenance and infrastructure changes.
- Administer and maintain the campus-wide network infrastructure to ensure high availability, reliability, security, and optimal performance of wired, wireless, and enterprise network services that support daily business operations.
- Monitor network utilization, performance, and security events using network monitoring tools to proactively identify potential issues, analyze network trends, troubleshoot connectivity problems, and implement preventive measures to minimize downtime.
- Collaborate with the Global IT team on network proposals, designs, and implementations.
- Evaluate and recommend new networking technologies and solutions to improve network performance, scalability, reliability, and security while supporting business growth and ensuring alignment with industry’s best practices.
- Coordinate and administer third-party vendor installations and services by working with service providers, contractors, and equipment vendors to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network hardware, telecommunications, and related infrastructure.
- Develop, maintain, and update comprehensive network documentation including network diagrams, architecture designs, IP addressing schemes, configuration standards, operating procedures, and technical documentation for campus-wide network infrastructure.
- Provide network support for CCTV, access control, and other physical security systems by ensuring reliable network connectivity, troubleshooting communication issues, and collaborating with security and facilities teams to support critical security infrastructure.
- Continuously expand technical knowledge and stay current with emerging networking technologies.
- General knowledge of infrastructure, including data centers and server services.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related technical field.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in enterprise network administration, engineering, or infrastructure support.
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining campus-wide LAN/WAN, wireless, and network infrastructure in a corporate or manufacturing environment.
- Experience configuring, troubleshooting, and optimizing network equipment, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, and VPN technologies.
EEOC Statement
Foxconn is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Foxconn prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetics, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal law. In addition to federal law requirements, Foxconn complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.