Manager, Electrical New Product Engineering (ENPIE)

Arista Networks•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

Arista Networks is hiring a Manager of Electrical New Product Engineering to lead a specialized team of 8–10 Electrical NPI Engineers. The role is highly technical and hands-on, focused on introducing advanced SMT PCB designs and ensuring their manufacturability, reliability, and quality as they move from prototype through high-volume production and end of life. The manager serves as the technical bridge between internal Hardware and Mechanical Engineering leaders and external Contract Manufacturing partners. Working with Engineering, Product Operations Managers, and cross-functional teams, the manager identifies design-for-manufacturability improvements early in development and supports hardware design, signal integrity, and CAD layout engineers during product introduction. The role emphasizes advanced manufacturing processes, high-layer-count PCB structures and methodologies, SMT, and complex PCB assembly, while leading improvements to yield, scalability, cost, and quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering is acceptable with appropriate engineering experience.
10+ years of NPI engineering experience specializing in advanced SMT, high-layer-count PCB assembly (30+ layers), and prototype- and production-level DFM.
Working knowledge and experience with PLM systems; experience with Agile or Propel is preferred.
Experience with ECO, MCO, DEV, and PCN processes.
Strong background in bench-level circuit debugging, troubleshooting, failure and root-cause analysis, and 8D methodology.
Leadership, mentoring, problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

PCA design or layout experience.
5+ years leading an electrical NPI manufacturing engineering team.
Experience with large form-factor BGA components, advanced high-layer-count PCB structures, and liquid-cooled products.
Knowledge of data center equipment lifecycle management and PCB- and component-level coordination from NPI through production and end of life.
Experience reviewing PCB layout files in Allegro or other viewers.

Responsibilities

Lead a specialized team of 8–10 Electrical NPI Engineers.
Act as the technical bridge between internal Hardware and Mechanical Engineering leaders and external Contract Manufacturing partners.
Work with Engineering, Product Operations Managers, and cross-functional teams to prepare high-performance, high-layer-count PCA designs for high-volume production.
Identify and resolve design-for-manufacturability issues for SMT, PCB assembly, and system integration in new PCA designs.
Optimize manufacturing of complex, high-layer-count PCBs, including advanced structures and large BGAs.
Oversee process validation, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
Support new product introduction from prototype through full production and end of life.
Manage engineering change orders and version control using PLM systems such as Propel.
Lead continuous improvement in yield, cost, quality, and scalability.
Develop best practices for SMT and PCB assembly and ensure compliance with IPC and regulatory standards.
Collaborate across functions and with supply chain and procurement to improve efficiency and inventory optimization.
Support hardware design, signal integrity, and CAD layout engineers with product introduction at contract manufacturers.