New Product Introduction - Engineering Director

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 new product leader 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. 

What You’ll Do

• Accountable for the overall product lifecycle of all Arista products, from concept 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.
• Drive effectiveness and efficiency of our lifecycle management process, including all checkpoints
• Facilitate new product releases: performance, cost, quality and delivery objectives
• Assure appropriate risk assessments and mitigation plans are in place
• Lead efforts around capacity planning and capex roll out
• Monitor products to assure they are meeting cost objectives
• Monitor products to assure quality metrics are being met, including production yields and RMAs
• Manage products throughout their lifecycle, including post-production monitoring, continuous improvement, portfolio rationalization, value engineering and end-of-life processes. 
• Define and implement product development process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.  MS/MBA is highly desirable
• 10+ years of combined new product introduction, manufacturing, operations, and program management experience with data center or enterprise equipment.
• Direct experience in product development highly desirable
• Direct experience delivering data center and/or enterprise products to market while meeting performance, cost, schedule, and DFx objectives
• Experience interfacing with product management, product development and sales
• Experience working and negotiating with external partners
• Significant working knowledge of hardware and software development processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to listen and simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences, and prepare summaries for executives and stakeholders.
• Direct experience working with external customers desirable
• Local candidates only

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Additional Information

Compensation Information:

The total compensation for this role is $350,000 - $700,000 depending on experience.

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 Pl