Hardware TPM: NPI Leader for Mass-Production Hardware

Arista; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym & showers

401k plan

PTO & paid holidays

Wellness programs

Job summary

Arista is seeking a Hardware Technical Program Manager to guide hardware product development from concept to mass production. You will lead cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, and manufacturing to meet milestones and customer expectations.

You will create SoW/PRD, drive design reviews, and manage schedules, risks, and resource planning with customers and partners. Strong leadership and communication are essential for timely delivery of complex enterprise equipment.

Qualifications

• Ability to listen and simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences, and prepare summaries for executives and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, define, document, implement new processes
• Exceptional project management skills
• Design engineering, New Product Introduction, and manufacturing experience with rack-mounted data center or enterprise equipment
• Experience interfacing with product management, internal cross-functional engineering teams, and sub-tier suppliers
• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills
• Proven track record of managing hardware projects and delivering on time
• Significant working knowledge of hardware development
• Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, software, diagnostics, test, and manufacturing engineering team members
• 10+ years of NPI hardware engineering and leadership experience

Responsibilities

• Arista is seeking a Hardware Technical Program Manager to drive hardware product development from concept through release to mass production
• Lead cross-functional engineering team through the NPI process and manage SoW and PRD for complex programs
• Own and facilitate weekly cross-functional engineering team meetings with internal teams and partners
• Interface with customers and strategic partners to develop program plans, schedules, and feature sets
• Track and report design validation and qualification status, solving concerns to prevent delays
• Create a master schedule linking key deliverables across the product development lifecycle
• Lead design reviews, bug scrubs, and milestone checkpoint reviews
• Coordinate program cost analysis, planning, and resource allocation across HW, SW, Central, Diagnostics, and ODM/JDM teams
• Drive cross-functional issue resolution and escalate to functional leaders as needed
• Facilitate engineering portions of phase gate review meetings

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

NPI hardware

Scheduling & milestone tracking

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Executive summaries

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering

MS/MBA and PMP desirable

Job description

Arista is seeking a Hardware Technical Program Manager to guide hardware product development from concept to mass production. You will lead cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, and manufacturing to meet milestones and customer expectations.

You will create SoW/PRD, drive design reviews, and manage schedules, risks, and resource planning with customers and partners. Strong leadership and communication are essential for timely delivery of complex enterprise equipment.