NPI Engineer - Product Operations Manager

Arista Networks•Santa Clara, CA

13h•$122,000 - $166,000

About The Position

Arista is seeking a new product Operations Manager to work on our leading-edge products. This is a critical role, ensuring that Arista products are managed throughout their lifecycle to meet customer driven requirements, and support revenue, reliability, manufacturability, testability, sustainability and supportability goals. You will work with an experienced internal cross-disciplinary team, including product management, demand planning, product development, supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics. Externally you will help foster a strong network of technology and supply chain partners. We are looking for a hands-on leader, interested in being part of a world-class organization while building a strong functional team. Strong communications, problem solving, and communication skills are essential.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering is a must.
3+ years of direct engineering experience in the fabrication and manufacturing of electronic products is a must.

Nice To Haves

MS/MBA and PMP certification are highly desirable.
Combined new product introduction, operations, and program management experience is highly desirable.
Direct experience in engineering product development
Direct experience in product management
Experience working and negotiating with external partners
Experience working with sales and external customers
Significant contributions to hardware and software development processes
Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Ability to listen and simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences, and prepare summaries for executives and stakeholders
Local candidates

Responsibilities

Accountable for the overall product lifecycle of a family of Arista products, from program commit to manufacturing readiness to value engineering to portfolio management.
Lead a cross-functional team from product development, manufacturing, product management, contract manufacturing partners, ODM/JDM partners, and customer support to deliver outstanding products to the market.
Coordinate with our technology and manufacturing partners to assure timely delivery of all prototypes and early production units, including material readiness.
Champion activities with a focus on meeting manufacturability, testability, reliability, sustainability and supportability objectives of our products.
Assure new product release objectives are met: performance, cost, quality and lead time
Assure product readiness at all checkpoints
Identify program risks and drive mitigation and prevention plans
In partnership with NPI engineers, lead efforts around capacity planning and capex roll out
Perform post-project-assessments (PPAs) after each product release to assure continuous improvement.
Monitor products to assure quality metrics are being met, including production yields and RMAs
Monitor products to assure they are meeting cost objectives
Manage products throughout their lifecycle, including post-production monitoring, continuous improvement, portfolio rationalization, value engineering and end-of-life processes.
In partnership with engineering, define and implement product improvement initiatives.