FPGA Design Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Design Engineer

Role Summary

Join Arista's Hardware Design Engineering team to develop control-path FPGAs for data center switch platforms. You will own the full FPGA design lifecycle from architecture and RTL implementation through verification, system bring-up, and production support, working cross-functionally with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams.

The team focuses on high-speed networking products used in enterprise and hyperscaler data centers and AI clusters.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Target candidate has approximately 5+ years of relevant FPGA/RTL design experience.

Responsibilities

The core responsibilities include RTL development, FPGA implementation, system integration, and verification across the full product lifecycle.

• Design, integrate, simulate, and verify Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL; develop and run custom testbenches.
• Execute FPGA implementation: synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and in-system hardware debugging.
• Drive system-level bring-up and debug with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams.
• Participate in peer RTL code reviews and PCB schematic/board design reviews.
• Develop scripts to automate EDA/tool flows and streamline FPGA design workflows.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred qualifications.

• Must-have: 5+ years hands-on Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design experience.
• Must-have: Proven control-path design experience and familiarity with on-chip bus interfaces (I2C, SPI, MDIO, PCIe, AXI).
• Must-have: Experience with FPGA development flow (synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure) and lab bring-up/debugging.
• Must-have: Local to the Nashua, NH area.
• Nice-to-have: Ethernet datapath architecture and streaming interfaces (AXI-Stream).
• Nice-to-have: Experience in FPGA resource optimization, timing closure, and multi-vendor toolchains.
• Nice-to-have: Scripting proficiency (Python, Tcl, shell) for EDA/tool automation and experience using lab instruments (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes).

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arista Networks

Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA, United States

Arista Networks designs and sells cloud networking solutions for large data center, campus and routing environments, focusing on high-performance switches and software-driven, programmable networking for enterprises and hyperscalers.