Manager, Electrical Manufacturing Engineering (ENPIE)
Santa Clara County, CA - USA
Job Summary
Who Youll Work With
In this leadership position you will be the driving force behind a specialized team of 8-10 Electrical NPI Engineers. Your role is highly collaborative; you will serve as the technical bridge between our internal Hardware and Mechanical Engineering leaders and our external Contract Manufacturing (CM) partners. By working closely with Product Ops Managers and various cross-functional teams you will ensure that our High Performance High Layer Count PCA designs are successfully translated into high-volume production realities.
What Youll Do
This is a highly technical hands-on Engineering role focused on New Product Introduction (NPI) and advanced SMT/PCB manufacturing. As the Manager of Electrical NPI Engineering you will lead a specialized team responsible for successfully introducing complex electrical designs from prototype to high-volume manufacturing. You are the primary technical bridge between design engineering and our manufacturing partners ensuring manufacturability reliability and quality are integrated throughout the product lifecycle. You will oversee advanced manufacturing process development and optimization heavily emphasizing SMT and complex high-layer-count PCB assembly and leading continuous improvement to boost yields and scalability in the following areas:
- Drive SMT process development and implement DFM for SMT PCB assembly and system integration.
- Optimize complex high-layer count PCB manufacturing including advanced structures and large BGAs.
- Oversee process validation troubleshooting and failure analysis.
- Support NPI from prototype to full production.
- Manage ECOs and version control using PLM systems (Agile/Propel).
- Lead continuous improvement in yield cost and quality.
- Develop best practices for SMT and PCB assembly ensuring compliance with IPC/regulatory standards.
- Collaborate cross-functionally and with supply chain/procurement for efficiency and optimized inventory.
Qualifications :
Required:
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
- 10 years of experience in NPI manufacturing engineering specializing in Advanced SMT High Layer Count PCB assembly (30 layers) Prototype as well as Production level DFM.
- Working knowledge and experience with PLM systems (Agile Propel preferred) and ECO/MCO/DEV/PCN processes a must.
- Strong background in debugging circuits troubleshooting failure / root cause analysis and 8D methodology.
- Excellent leadership mentoring problem-solving cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
Highly Preferred:
- 5 years of experience leading an electrical NPI manufacturing engineering team.
- Experience with large form-factor BGA components and high layer count advanced PCB structures.
- Knowledge of data center equipment lifecycle management PCB and component level coordination from new product introduction through Production and end of life.
- Experience reviewing PCB layout files in Allegro or other viewer
Additional Information :
The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $165000 to $200000. 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 Aristas Sales Incentive Plan which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible -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.
Arista 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.
Arista 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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
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 sof ... View more