Senior FPGA Design Engineer - High-Speed Networking

Arista Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Arista Networks is seeking a hardware design engineer to drive RTL/Verilog/SystemVerilog development and verification for high-speed Ethernet products. You will own the full FPGA design lifecycle, from architectural review to bring-up and production support, collaborating with hardware and software teams across the company.

Join a team delivering scalable data center platforms, with opportunities to work on PCIe, AXI, Ethernet PHY/MAC, and advanced tooling automation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design.
• Strong background in Control Path design.
• Experience with On-Chip Bus interfaces (I2C, SPI, MDIO, PCIe, AXI).
• Local to the Bay area.

Responsibilities

• RTL Development & Verification: Develop, integrate, simulate, and verify Verilog and SystemVerilog RTL code, including custom testbench creation.
• FPGA Flow Implementation: Execute the full FPGA development flow, including synthesis, place and route, timing closure, and in-system hardware debugging.
• System-Level Integration: Collaborate directly with hardware and software engineering teams to drive rapid bring-up and debugging of next-generation network switch platforms.
• Design & Architecture Reviews: Actively participate in peer RTL code reviews, as well as PCB schematic and board design reviews.
• Toolchain Automation: Develop AI-skills, Python, Tcl, or shell scripts to streamline data processing and automate FPGA design workflows.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Control Path design

On-Chip bus interfaces (PCIe, I2C, SPI

Tools

Python scripting for EDA

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Arista Networks is seeking a hardware design engineer to drive RTL/Verilog/SystemVerilog development and verification for high-speed Ethernet products. You will own the full FPGA design lifecycle, from architectural review to bring-up and production support, collaborating with hardware and software teams across the company.

Join a team delivering scalable data center platforms, with opportunities to work on PCIe, AXI, Ethernet PHY/MAC, and advanced tooling automation.