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 DescriptionWho 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 Engineering team is at the forefront of developing high-speed networking and Ethernet products used in Enterprise campuses, hyperscaler datacenters and bleeding edge AI clusters. With this comes complex, oftentimes cross-platform issues requiring engineers passionate about debugging and delivering root cause analysis and fixes to the design team, executives, and customers.
Candidates for this position would be responsible for debugging production system problems and delivering solutions.
- Deep dive into various aspects of any existing hardware design - CPU/ASIC, power, SI, clocking, PCIE, optics, fab, components.
- Work closely with sw & customer teams on high pressure escalations from the field, including reading logs, identifying the bug, determining the best fix with minimal interruption to the field, delivering the final solution, determining if any other systems are susceptible, and implementing measures to prevent the issue from occurring again.
- Writing scripts to look for specific information in the logs or to capture information in live debug sessions
- Work closely with the hw design team, but also be able to make firmware, schematic, BOM, fab changes as needed.
- Lab measurements and debug.
- Work closely with component, FA, ODM teams to identify component level or third party RCAs and fixes needed.
- Identify test escapes. Work with the design validation team to examine current test limitations and develop new tests.
- Write and present root cause analysis for executives and customers.
- BSEE or MSEE
- 5+ years of relevant experience in hardware engineering
- Experience debugging Networking Hardware
- Experience with proper design of 20+ layer count boards featuring 50G+ signals
- Experience debugging and validating multi-phase DC/DC’s for high current, high transient loads
- Experience with design and debug of high speed interfaces (DDR, PCIe) as well as low speed signals (I2C, SPI)
- Familiarity with signal integrity and power integrity concepts and tools, such as: impedance, PDN’s, Bode plots, PCIE analyzers, TDR’s, VNA’s
- FPGA design using Verilog
Compensation Information:
The new hire base pay for this role has a salary 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 InformationArista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal, state, or law law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- BSEE or MSEE
- 5+ years of relevant experience in hardware engineering
- Experience debugging Networking Hardware
- Experience with proper design of 20+ layer count boards featuring 50G+ signals
- Experience debugging and validating multi-phase DC/DC's for high current, high transient loads
- Experience with design and debug of high speed interfaces (DDR, PCIe)
- Familiarity with signal integrity and power integrity concepts and tools
- FPGA design using Verilog
Arista Networks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arista Networks and has not been reviewed or approved by Arista Networks.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is positioned as generous, including unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and flexible hours with hybrid options. Parental leave is also included, supporting time off needs beyond standard vacation.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is a notable component of rewards through RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount. This structure can materially increase total compensation when stock performance is favorable.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Everyday perks and wellness supports are broad, including on-site gym/showers, secured bike storage, stocked break rooms, discounted lunches, wellness webinars, and social events. Family-planning benefits add to lifestyle and wellbeing coverage.
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What We Do
Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software driven cloud networking solutions for large datacenter storage and computing environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 400 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.









