Technical Program Manager, Hardware (PEL)

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges. At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation. Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

Arista is seeking a Hardware Technical Program Manager. This is a critical role, ensuring that Arista customer driven programs complete milestone deliverables to meet the customer’s needs and prevent delays to their internal development and deployment programs. Who You’ll Work With As a Hardware TPM you will work directly with experienced internal cross-disciplinary engineering team leaders, customers, and strategic partners to drive hardware product development from concept through release to volume production. You will lead the cross-functional engineering team through the NPI process from concept through release to mass production. Strong leadership, communications, problem solving, and communication skills are essential. The total estimated annual compensation range for this position, inclusive of base salary, bonus, and equity, is $250,000 to $350,000. This range is a good faith estimate only. Bonus and equity are discretionary, subject to plan terms, and are not guaranteed components of total compensation. Actual total annual compensation may vary based on employee performance, company or equity performance, company policy, board approval, or similar factors. Please see additional base salary information below. What You’ll Do Creating statement of work (SoW) and product requirement documents (PRD) for complex technical programs Owns and facilitates weekly cross-functional engineering team meetings. Interface with key customers and strategic partners to develop program plans including negotiating schedules, milestone deliverables, prototype allocations, and feature set. Lead a cross-functional team from HW, SW, Central, and Diagnostic engineering, manufacturing engineering, product management, ODM/JDM partners, and customer support to deliver outstanding products to the market. You will be responsible for tracking and reporting on the cross-functional design engineering validation, and qualification status of your programs, as well as identifying and solving any concerns prior to them causing impact. Create a master schedule that captures and inter-connects the key cross-functional deliverables as defined by the product development lifecycle and ensure the team stays on track to meet program milestones. Lead program design review and bug scrub meetings Drive, coordinate, and monitor engineering programs including scheduling, planning, product and project cost analysis, and milestone checkpoint reviews. Drive cross-functional issue resolution ensuring issues are identified, assigned owners, and tracked to closure. Ensure issues are escalated to the appropriate functional leaders. Facilitate engineering portion of phase gate review meetings Qualifications 10+ years of NPI hardware engineering and leadership