Manufacturing Engineer, Bac Ninh, Vietnam

Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges.

At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

Job Description

Who You'll Work With

You’ll be working alongside a team shaped by industry pioneers, including founders Andy Bechtolsheim and David Cheriton, as well as experienced leaders and world-class engineers who are redefining modern networking.

At Arista Networks, collaboration runs deep across engineering, sales, and customer teams to deliver high-performance solutions for next-generation data centers, AI infrastructure, and cloud environments. You’ll be part of a culture that values technical excellence, innovation, and ownership—working with people who are pushing the boundaries of scalability, reliability, and performance in networking.

This is an environment where you’ll be challenged, supported, and given the opportunity to build your reputation while contributing to cutting-edge solutions powering HPC and large-scale cloud data centers.

What You'll Do

We are seeking a candidate who takes pride in driving product quality, process and yield within our CM manufacturing partners. As a Product Engineer, you will engage with Manufacturing, Engineering, Platform Design, CM Partners and other business functions. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the smartest engineering, manufacturing and technical leaders in the industry.

Strong SMT knowledge who can work with our contract manufacturers for SMT process development and improvement.
Manage and drive quality metrics and improvement activities (yields, bone pile, scrap rates, component fallout).
Line stops / purges / quality issues leadership.
Drive product failure debug activities to minimize scrap rate.
Actively debug product failures.
Assess manufacturing personnel technical capability.
Ensure that production site receives the required level of product training.
Provide hardware debug mentorship to contract manufacturing test engineers and debug technicians. Improve manufacturing operations test processes and actively enhance efficiency, consistency, cost avoidance, and customer satisfaction.
Address Return Rate (RMA) and customer complaints.
DRT participation and leadership. Actively work with the Defect Reduction Team to identify product issues and drive resolutions.
Manage and drive test yield improvements.
Establish technical direction through the investigation and evaluation of new test technologies.
Interface/engage with Engineering, Platform Engineering, Manufacturing and CM partners.
Understand implementation of Change Orders (Agile)
Manage test infrastructure requirements and ensure factory capacity capability.
Factory readiness for New Product launches
Identify and drive process improvement, cycle times reduction and lean activities
Develop process and/or best practice documentation.
Establish technical direction through the investigation and evaluation of new test technologies.
Work in conformance to established manufacturing test processes and procedures.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in contract manufacturing environment, preferably in a high mix, low volume PCBA environment as well as box build.
BS or MS degree required.
Strong leadership capability, with experience in managing, recruiting, developing and coaching employees.
Proven record of accomplishment driving business efficiency and improvements.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Malay.
Must be results-oriented and possess sound business judgement.
Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills combined with an ability to research information.
Experience in production process metric implementation, yield management and product quality.
Ability and experience in Test Capacity management and cycle time improvements.
Expert knowledge in ECO, BOM and Deviation processes, (Agile experience a plus).
Solid working knowledge of DFx (DFM, DFA, DFT, DFQ and/or DFR).
Demonstrated ability to establish technical direction through the investigation and evaluation of new test technologies.
Expertise in networking products related to routing, switching and data center.
Excellent computer skills with emphasis on excel and project reporting.
Excellent working knowledge of complex system level debugging and root cause analysis.
Strong knowledge of manufacturing, test, quality and reliability best practices.

Details

Location

Bac Ninh, Vietnam Vietnam

Company Description

Job Description

Who You'll Work With

What You'll Do

Strong SMT knowledge who can work with our contract manufacturers for SMT process development and improvement.
Manage and drive quality metrics and improvement activities (yields, bone pile, scrap rates, component fallout).
Line stops / purges / quality issues leadership.
Drive product failure debug activities to minimize scrap rate.
Actively debug product failures.
Assess manufacturing personnel technical capability.
Ensure that production site receives the required level of product training.
Provide hardware debug mentorship to contract manufacturing test engineers and debug technicians. Improve manufacturing operations test processes and actively enhance efficiency, consistency, cost avoidance, and customer satisfaction.
Address Return Rate (RMA) and customer complaints.
DRT participation and leadership. Actively work with the Defect Reduction Team to identify product issues and drive resolutions.
Manage and drive test yield improvements.
Establish technical direction through the investigation and evaluation of new test technologies.
Interface/engage with Engineering, Platform Engineering, Manufacturing and CM partners.
Understand implementation of Change Orders (Agile)
Manage test infrastructure requirements and ensure factory capacity capability.
Factory readiness for New Product launches
Identify and drive process improvement, cycle times reduction and lean activities
Develop process and/or best practice documentation.
Establish technical direction through the investigation and evaluation of new test technologies.
Work in conformance to established manufacturing test processes and procedures.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in contract manufacturing environment, preferably in a high mix, low volume PCBA environment as well as box build.
BS or MS degree required.
Strong leadership capability, with experience in managing, recruiting, developing and coaching employees.
Proven record of accomplishment driving business efficiency and improvements.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Malay.
Must be results-oriented and possess sound business judgement.
Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills combined with an ability to research information.
Experience in production process metric implementation, yield management and product quality.
Ability and experience in Test Capacity management and cycle time improvements.
Expert knowledge in ECO, BOM and Deviation processes, (Agile experience a plus).
Solid working knowledge of DFx (DFM, DFA, DFT, DFQ and/or DFR).
Demonstrated ability to establish technical direction through the investigation and evaluation of new test technologies.
Expertise in networking products related to routing, switching and data center.
Excellent computer skills with emphasis on excel and project reporting.
Excellent working knowledge of complex system level debugging and root cause analysis.
Strong knowledge of manufacturing, test, quality and reliability best practices.