Senior Network Systems Engineer: Hardware & FPGA Focus

jobr.pro; Nashua (NH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arista Networks in Nashua, NH, is seeking Senior/Lead Network Systems software engineers to design and build features for switching hardware. You will collaborate with customers, PMs, and hardware engineers to create software across sensors, drivers, and FPGAs, ensuring scalable, high-performance control interfaces.

You will own projects from definition to deployment, write features in C, C++, and Python, and guide junior engineers, while working with hardware teams to bring new hardware to

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD with 8/6/3+ years of experience as stated, or equivalent work experience.
• Expert knowledge of C or C++ and Python.
• Knowledge of UNIX or Linux.
• Hands‑on experience in the design and development of hardware device drivers and/or system management utilities.
• Understanding of IP networking and/or distributed systems is a plus.
• Experience with low level hardware components is a plus.
• Applied understanding of software engineering principles.
• Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to design a solution and implement features independently.
• Ability to work in small teams.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customers, product management and hardware engineers to come up with innovative new network systems features.
• Architect, design and manage the development of these features.
• Develop and maintain features using C, C++ and Python, review and contribute to functional and design specifications.
• Build automated tests and test infrastructure to test the features.
• Work with hardware and manufacturing teams to bring new hardware to market.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to design optimal software control interfaces for managing hardware components.
• Provide technical leadership across features, projects and tools.
• Work with Customer Support Engineers and customers to analyze, mitigate and fix problems in customer networks.
• Work with the System Test Engineers to analyze problems found in their tests and provide fixes for those problems.
• Mentor new and junior engineers to bring them up to speed in Arista's software development environment.

Skills

C

C++

Python

UNIX/Linux

Hardware drivers

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Independence

Education

BS in CS/EE/CE

MS in CS/EE/CE

PhD in CS/EE/CE

Tools

Device drivers

System utilities

Job description

Arista Networks in Nashua, NH, is seeking Senior/Lead Network Systems software engineers to design and build features for switching hardware. You will collaborate with customers, PMs, and hardware engineers to create software across sensors, drivers, and FPGAs, ensuring scalable, high-performance control interfaces.

You will own projects from definition to deployment, write features in C, C++, and Python, and guide junior engineers, while working with hardware teams to bring new hardware to