Jobs at Ciena

Entry-level role on Ciena's Professional Services team to learn engineering and deployment of advanced optical and IP network solutions, support implementation, testing, migrations, collaborate with global teams, and participate in customer deployments under mentorship.

Own and manage commercial relationships with EMS partners, lead RFQs and negotiations, drive pricing, claims resolution, cost-reduction initiatives, and supplier business reviews to optimize TCO and supply chain performance.

Execute functional, performance, and stress test plans for pluggable optical modems in a factory environment. Analyze, document, and report test results and defects. Support root cause analysis with senior engineers. Develop and maintain automated test scripts and tools (Python/MATLAB). Collaborate with hardware, software, and firmware teams. Travel up to 20%.

Design and architect optical systems, manage product specifications, mentor juniors, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate across teams to improve functionalities.

Lead teams delivering AI-enabled applications for network management and optimization. Mentor engineers, drive feature planning and delivery within Agile frameworks, champion AI adoption, collaborate with product, data science, UX, and platform teams, and implement engineering best practices including modular design, performance optimization, and automated testing.

Design and validate silicon photonics chips for high-speed optical transmitters and receivers, focusing on performance, cost, and reliability. Collaborate on circuit layouts, lead design reviews, support prototyping, and drive continuous improvements in product lifecycle performance.

Lead medium-to-large telecommunications deployment projects from inception through closure. Manage scope, schedules, resource planning, risks, change orders, hardware delivery, testing, and handover. Drive customer communication, governance, financial targets, and stakeholder alignment while maintaining project documentation and compliance.

Create and maintain photomask layouts for photonic integrated circuits, perform quality control and mask reviews, develop automated layout tools and design rule checks, script masks, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external foundry partners to ensure manufacturability.

Configure and maintain Kinaxis RapidResponse for end-to-end supply chain planning: design, build, test, and deploy workbooks, alerts, scripts, dashboards and integrations; support users, troubleshoot analytics, and assist with releases and data integrations.

The role involves defining architectures for optical interconnect products, leading modeling efforts, collaborating across engineering teams, and presenting insights to stakeholders.

The role involves designing and analyzing FEC for optical communication systems, collaborating with various teams, and improving design procedures using coding and signal processing technologies.

As a Digital Verification Engineer at Ciena, you will verify optical transmission products by implementing verification strategies and collaborating within a team to validate functional blocks and subsystems.

The Senior Director of Indirect Procurement leads the global procurement strategy, develops teams, drives transformation, and ensures alignment with corporate objectives while fostering stakeholder relationships.

This role involves designing digital components for Ciena's Wavelogic products, requiring collaboration on specifications and ensuring effective testing and validation processes while optimizing power and area.

The role involves developing and optimizing optical assembly processes, managing equipment specifications, integrating automation solutions, and overseeing production flows while collaborating with teams and contract manufacturers.

As a Senior Digital Verification Engineer, you'll develop verification strategies for Ciena's FEC IP, mentor junior engineers, and ensure thorough validation of functional blocks.

Design and deliver high-speed, multilayer PCB layouts using Cadence Allegro. Perform component placement, routing, and layout verification (Valor). Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, test, and manufacturing teams to meet electrical, thermal, EMI/EMC, manufacturability, and test requirements and produce production-ready documentation.

Manage and report third-party software royalties: track and calculate royalties, prepare quarterly vendor reports, record accruals and journal entries, reconcile accounts, analyze trends, coordinate with Product Line Management and Procurement, handle services team timecard accruals, and recommend process improvements.

Support product introductions by maintaining optical lab systems, creating and validating technical deliverables, delivering demos and trials, providing pre/post-sales technical consultation, capturing product issues and routing feedback to R&D, and resolving escalated field issues.

Lead and execute IT and security SOX and operational audits using frameworks (COSO, NIST, COBIT, ITIL). Assess ITGCs, applications, networks, and AD; leverage data analytics and AI; draft findings and drive remediation with management across global locations.