System Engineer, Hardware - Sydney at Arista Networks

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

NPI Hardware Engineering, Leadership, Project Management, Communication, Problem Solving, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Customer Interface, Program Planning, Validation, Qualification, Schedule Management, Issue Resolution, Technical Documentation, Stakeholder Communication

Industry

Computer Networking Products

Description

Company Description 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. Job Description Who You'll Work With Arista is seeking a Hardware System Engineer. 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. As a Hardware System Engineer you will work directly with experienced internal cross-disciplinary engineering team leaders, customers, and strategic partners to drive hardware product development from planning, design, validation, qualification, through release to volume production. You will lead the cross-functional engineering team through the NPI product lifecycle phases and the associated design and phase gate reviews. Strong leadership, communications, problem solving, and communication skills are essential. What You'll Do Specific Duties and Responsibilities: 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 15+ years of NPI hardware engineering and leadership experience Design engineering, New Product Introduction, and manufacturing experience with rack-mounted data center or enterprise equipment Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, software, diagnostics, test, and manufacturing engineering team members Exceptional project management skills. Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills. Significant working knowledge of hardware development. Proven track record of managing hardware projects and delivering on time. Demonstrated ability to take initiative, define, document, implement new processes. Experience interfacing with product management, internal cross-functional engineering teams, and sub-tier suppliers Ability to listen and simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences, and prepare summaries for executives and stakeholders. Education: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering or equivalent experience. MS/MBA and PMP desirable. Additional Information Australian work Rights Only candidates with Australian Citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency or otherwise a demonstrable legal entitlement to work in Australia for the duration of employment, will be considered for roles in Australia. Please review open roles in other geographical regions of Arista if you have complementary skills.

Responsibilities

The Hardware System Engineer will ensure that customer-driven programs meet milestone deliverables and prevent delays. This role involves leading cross-functional teams through the product development lifecycle and managing program schedules and deliverables.