Failure Analysis Engineer

Arista Networks; Región Sierra de Amula; Presencial; MXN 1.531.000 - 2.041.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Arista Networks is seeking a detail-oriented Failure Analysis Engineer to investigate product failures, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions across engineering and manufacturing teams. You will analyze RMAs, supervise FA partners, and publish formal reports to support continual quality improvements.

The role involves cross-functional debugging, collaboration with Product and Hardware teams, and ensuring efficient FA operations for sustained reliability and customer satisfaction.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in high-tech manufacturing, preferably networking equipment.
• Experience working with contract manufacturing partners.
• Experience in PCBA manufacturing, electro-mechanical assembly, and related processes; broad knowledge of test, diagnostics, failure analysis, and debug techniques.
• Foundational knowledge of quality and reliability performance metrics.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze RMA, Failure Analysis, and Repair data; identify trends and raise quality alerts.
• Oversee FA contract manufacturers' performance against KPIs (cycle times, fault duplication, fault isolation).
• Collaborate with engineers to debug repair based on FA procedures and case backgrounds.
• Review and approve Failure Analysis results and update status in systems.
• Drive learnings from FA back into Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Support.
• Publish external-facing Failure Analysis Reports to support teams.
• Set up new products into FA and debug repair operations (TOI, tests, tooling).
• Coordinate with Service Planning to implement quality alerts and ECOs.
• Improve Root Cause Failure Analysis capabilities with cross-functional teams.
• Manage debug/repair backlog and aging; ensure escalation resolution.
• Maintain test plans and communicate updates to partners.

Conocimientos

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Data analysis

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field

Herramientas

ERP systems

Descripción del empleo

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

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically skilled Failure Analysis Engineer to investigate product and component failures, identify root causes, replicate reported failures on returned defective products. Analyze the findings, identify trends and communicate them with our engineering and manufacturing teams. Your work will directly impact product reliability, quality and customer satisfaction.

A Failure Analysis Engineer will interact with multiple internal and external teams, acting as a technical forensic and bridge between functions. Here’s a breakdown of the key collaborators:

Internal:

• Product Quality Engineering
• Manufacturing, Product, Software and Hardware engineering teams.
• Test and Diags engineering
• Service logistics, planning and repair teams.

External stakeholders:

• Contract Manufacturers
• Suppliers and OEM
• 3rd party testing laboratories

What You'll Do

• Analyze RMA, Failure Analysis, and Repair data. Identify trends and raise quality alerts when necessary. Drive resolution, containment, and mitigation plans for such quality alerts.
• Oversee operational performance of Failure Analysis contract manufacturer(s), ensuring partner(s) achieve key performance indicators, including FA cycle times, fault duplication rates, and fault isolation rates.
• Cross functional communication and support to contract manufacturer(s) debug repair based on FA procedures, best practices and case’s background from the FA operations.
• Collaborate with Product Engineers, Hardware Engineers, and Test Engineers in debug of specific field RMAs.
• Review and approve Failure Analysis results. Ensure status of RMA and Failure Analysis cases are updated in Arista Support case management systems.
• Drive learnings from RMA / FA back into Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Support teams.
• Publish external-facing Failure Analysis Reports to Arista Support teams.
• Oversee the set-up of new products into Failure Analysis and debug repair operations: TOI, Test plans, tooling, fixtures and/or equipment.
• Collaborate with Arista Service Planning team to ensure quality alerts and ECOs are properly implemented across service depot inventory
• Work with cross-functional teams (Test, Engineering, Diagnostics, TAC) to improve and scale Root Cause Failure Analysis capabilities.
• Manage debug and repair backlog and aging.
• Follow up resolution to operation partner(s) test-mfg critical escalated tickets.Improve contract manufactures test and debug procedures, operations and efficiency.
• Maintain latest test plan or TOI communication to our partner(s).
• Own test yields performance and drive the activities for improvement.
• Manages budget and inventory of capital equipment, golden units, tooling and fixtures related to debug and test processes for repair flow.
• Oversee the test and debug capacity and capability in repair to meet our mid and long-term demand.
• Provide input for vendor Scorecard and Quality Business Review (QBR).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• Experience in high-tech manufacturing (preferably networking equipment)
• Experience working with contract manufacturing partners
• Experience in PCBA manufacturing, electro-mechanical assembly, and associated processesBroad knowledge of test, diagnostics, failure analysis, and debug techniques.
• Foundational knowledge in quality and reliability performance metrics.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, including ability to balance the technical and business aspects of hardware manufacturing.
• Basic understanding of ERP systems and supply chain concepts.
• Self-starter who has the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to influence and motivate internal and external partners.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in Failure Analysis, Service, and Repair Operations a plus.
• Ability to analyze data through high level visual summaries, trends and patterns.

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