Failure Analysis Engineer – Reliability & RCA Expert

Arista Networks; Región Sierra de Amula; On-site; MXN 1,531,000 - 2,041,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

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 related processes; broad knowledge of test, diagnostics, failure analysis, and debug techniques.
• Foundational knowledge of quality and reliability performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

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

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

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.