NPI Build Lead — Cross-Functional CM & Timely Launch

Arista Networks, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 124,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

Wellbeing programs

Income protection

Job summary

Arista Networks, Inc. is seeking a disciplined NPI Build Lead to own end-to-end execution and operational accountability for New Product Introduction builds at assigned Contract Manufacturing sites.

You will drive programs from Prototype through market launch, including Transfer Qualification builds and Early Field Trial units. Responsibilities include aligning with Hardware Engineering on milestones, managing CM build schedules, ensuring full build readiness, and coordinating with NPI

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in NPI, manufacturing, operations, program management, or contract manufacturing.
• Experience managing NPI builds and working directly with Contract Manufacturers.
• Strong understanding of NPI processes, build readiness, manufacturing operations, and schedule management.

Responsibilities

• Drive alignment with Hardware Engineering on NPI milestones, build quantities, EFT requirements, priorities, and Time-to-Market commitments.
• Own and drive CM build schedules across multiple concurrent programs, managing priorities and capacity to deliver against committed dates, quantities, and milestones.
• Drive full NPI build readiness, ensuring materials CTB, capacity, staffing, tooling, equipment, manufacturing, test, engineering, debug, and rework resources are available.
• Ensure NPI Material Managers align material availability and CTB with the NPI build schedule and SCR.
• Monitor upcoming Arista Build Start Requirements (ABSR) and proactively address readiness gaps before they impact the build.
• Drive CM execution of NPI and TQ builds, taking corrective action on schedule variance and enforcing recovery plans for at-risk builds.
• Serve as the single point of accountability and escalation for operational issues impacting NPI execution.
• Identify opportunities to pull in build schedules, facilitate capacity and allocation decisions between NPI and production, and elevate when additional resources are required.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Hardware Engineering, NPI Materials, Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Planning, Quality, POMs, NPI Engineering, and CM teams to deliver build targets.
• Partner with POMs to secure product-specific manufacturing, test, quality, and operational requirements impacting build execution.
• Maintain executive visibility into build status, risks, recovery actions, and resolution paths, ensuring committed builds are completed on time.
• Enforce CM accountability for NPI execution, own NPI-related inputs and scoring metrics for the CM QBR, and drive corrective actions for recurring issues.
• Drive lessons learned, best practices, and process improvements to improve build readiness, schedule predictability, and CM execution across sites.
• Ensure mass production PO readiness at Pre-Pilot (PPLT).

Skills

NPI execution

Contract manufacturing

Schedule management

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing

Job description

Arista Networks, Inc. is seeking a disciplined NPI Build Lead to own end-to-end execution and operational accountability for New Product Introduction builds at assigned Contract Manufacturing sites.

You will drive programs from Prototype through market launch, including Transfer Qualification builds and Early Field Trial units. Responsibilities include aligning with Hardware Engineering on milestones, managing CM build schedules, ensuring full build readiness, and coordinating with NPI