Arista Networks

Senior Hardware Design Engineer, Ethernet Switching

Arista Networks$130K — $225K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BSEE or MSEE
  • 10+ years of relevant hardware engineering experience
  • Proven experience in designing Networking Hardware with 100G and 200G PAM4 Ethernet
  • High-level familiarity with embedded x86/ARM system design
  • Experience with 20+ layer count boards and advanced PCB manufacturing technologies
  • Knowledge of designing for high current, high transient loads in multi-phase DC/DCs
  • Familiarity with high-speed interfaces like DDR, PCIe and extensive signal integrity concepts

Responsibilities

  • Author functional specifications for advanced Ethernet switches in AI networks
  • Select and qualify components for high density designs
  • Conduct schematic capture, both flat and hierarchical
  • Collaborate with eCAD teams for PCB layout and component footprints
  • Run signal integrity simulations for power and data pathway signals
  • Specify PCB stackup and fabrication processes with vendors
  • Debug prototypes and drive complex system integration across teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Wellbeing programs and tax savings options
  • Income protection benefits
  • Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses and equity options
  • Sales roles may participate in incentive plans based on performance
Full Job Description
Job Description

Who You'll Work With

Working closely with cross-functional teams including software, product management, and manufacturing, our engineers innovate on system architectures, high-speed PCB designs, and signal integrity to deliver state-of-the-art products that drive network performance and reliability.

What You'll Do

Our Hardware Design Engineering team is at the forefront of developing high-speed networking and Ethernet products used in Enterprise campuses, hyperscale datacenters and bleeding edge AI clusters. The team is responsible for the end-to-end design and development of advanced hardware solutions that meet the demands of modern networking environments.

Candidates for this position would be responsible for the entire hardware design process:
  • Authoring Functional Specifications of high power and high density Ethernet switches used in AI networks
  • Selecting and Qualifying Components
  • Schematic Capture (both flat and hierarchical)
  • Working closely with eCAD teams on PCB layout and component footprints
  • Working with internal teams to run (or run your own) signal integrity simulations on both power and datapath signals
  • Specifying PCB stackup and fabrication details with various PCB vendors
  • Working closely with local and overseas Contract Manufacturers (CM), from proto through production
  • Lab bring up and debug of prototypes
  • Driving complex system debug between software, hardware, and test teams
  • Training CM for high yield test and manufacturing
  • Guiding groups of engineers and mentoring younger engineers


Qualifications
  • BSEE or MSEE
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in hardware engineering
  • Experience designing Networking Hardware, particularly involving 100G and 200G PAM4 Ethernet switching
  • Embedded x86/ARM system design is highly desirable
  • Experience designing 20+ layer count boards featuring 50G+ signals, and advanced PCB manufacturing technologies such as sequential lamination, HDI, and ultra-low-loss materials
  • Experience working with multi-phase DC/DC's for high current, high transient loads
  • Experience working with High speed interfaces, such as DDR, PCIe
  • Writing specifications and drawing schematics for high complexity boards
  • Working closely with CAD designers on complicated layout and routing
  • Working closely with Software and test engineers to bring-up and debug systems
  • Familiarity with signal integrity and power integrity concepts and tools, such as: impedance, PDN's, differential routing, insertion loss, S-parameters, TDR's, VNA's
  • Experience with mass production Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
  • FPGA design and system simulation using Verilog
  • Working with Contract Manufacturers
  • Successfully taking products from concept to production

Compensation Information:

The new hire base pay for this role has a pay range of $130,000 to $225,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista's Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.

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Additional Information

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing and high-frequency trading environments. Arista Networks was founded in 2004 by former Cisco Systems engineers and is led by CEO Jayshree Ullal. The company went public in 2014 and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ANET.
Learn more about Arista Networks
Size
2,993 employees
Market Cap
$36.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$634.5 million
Founded
2004
5 Year Trend
+21.2%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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