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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Hardware Design Engineer - **Company:** Arista Networks - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Networking Hardware, PCI Express, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, User-Centered Design, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Network Switches, Pcb Layout - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f15b7abd-07d2-4825-bbed-2a58f1238dd6 ## About the Role * BSEE or MSEE * 10+ years of relevant experience in hardware engineering * Experience designing networking hardware, particularly involving 100G and 200G PAM4 Ethernet switching * Embedded x86/ARM system design is highly desirable * Experience designing 20+ layer count boards featuring 50G+ signals, and advanced PCB manufacturing technologies such as sequential lamination, HDI, and ultra-low-loss materials * Experience working with multi-phase DC/DC's for high current, high transient loads * Experience working with high speed interfaces, such as DDR, PCIe * Writing specifications and drawing schematics for high complexity boards * Working closely with CAD designers on complicated layout and routing * Working closely with Software and test engineers to bring-up and debug systems * Familiarity with signal integrity and power integrity concepts and tools, such as: impedance, PDN's, differential routing, insertion loss, S-parameters, TDR's, VNA's * Experience with mass production Design for Manufacturability (DFM) * FPGA design and system simulation using Verilog and or VHDL * Working with Contract manufacturers * Successfully taking products from concept to production ## Description Working closely with cross-functional teams including software, product management, marketing, and manufacturing, our engineers innovate new system architectures and develop high-speed PCBs requiring state-of the-art signal integrity and power integrity design practices. What You'll Do Our Hardware Design Engineering team is at the forefront of developing high-speed networking and Ethernet products used in Enterprise campuses, hyperscale datacenters and bleeding edge AI clusters. The team is responsible for the end-to-end design and development of advanced hardware solutions that meet the demands of modern networking environments. Candidates for this position would be responsible for the entire hardware design process: * Authoring functional specifications of high power and high density Ethernet switches used in AI networks * Selecting and qualifying components * Schematic capture and tool-based design verification * Working closely with eCAD teams on PCB layout and component footprints * Working with internal teams to run (or run your own) signal integrity simulations on both power and datapath signals * Working closely with mechanical and thermal engineers on the system general arrangement and physical realization * Specifying PCB stackup and fabrication details with various PCB vendors * Working with internal teams to develop (or develop your own) programmable logic devices for control and timing planes * Working closely with local and overseas Contract Manufacturers (CM), from proto through production * Lab bring up and debug of prototypes * Working closely with diagnostics software engineers on both design validation and manufacturing test development * Driving complex system debug between software, hardware, and test teams * Training CM for high yield test and manufacturing * Guiding groups of engineers and mentoring younger engineers ## Related Videos - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [Breaking the Hardware Mindset: Overcoming Barriers to System-Level Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1635-breaking-the-hardware-mindset-overcoming-barriers-to-system-level-innovation) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [How to Domain Model – An example from manufacturing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/742-how-to-domain-model-an-example-from-manufacturing) ## Related Articles - [Why Event-Driven Architecture Isn’t About Speed (and When You Actually Need It)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/745-why-event-driven-architecture-isn-t-about-speed-and-when-you-actually-need-it) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)