Jobs at Ciena

Design and validate analog and mixed-signal subsystems for optical modems using C++, SystemC, and MATLAB within a collaborative DSP team.

This role leads the testing and development of automated systems for telecommunication hardware, optimizing processes within manufacturing teams and collaborating across global sites.

The Product Line Manager will drive product strategy for SDN applications, translate market needs into requirements, and collaborate with teams for product execution and go-to-market success.

The Global Tax Accountant supports Ciena's direct tax function, ensuring compliance with tax regulations, preparing workpapers, and coordinating audits.

As a Principal Analog Layout Engineer, you will develop complex layouts, collaborate with teams, verify design quality, and mentor juniors, leveraging deep sub-micron CMOS technology expertise.

The Digital Senior Verification Engineer will propose and implement verification strategies for Ciena's Wavelogic products, collaborating with teams to validate functionality through simulations and formal methods.

The role involves driving Managed Services opportunity development, supporting pre-sales activities, and designing ITIL-aligned service management processes to enhance customer outcomes.

Contribute to broadband RF driver and transimpedance amplifier development. Responsible for design, simulation, testing, and verification of broadband amplifiers as part of a team.

Design and implement automated testing solutions using AI technologies, develop test frameworks for complex systems, collaborate globally, and analyze test results.

Support FP&A forecasting, budgeting, and rolling forecasts; build driver-based financial models; analyze variances and deliver insights; create BI dashboards; validate data across ERP, Anaplan, and Snowflake; and automate reporting while enabling AI-driven forecasting.

Support FP&A modernization through automated, driver-based forecasting, budgeting, and rolling forecasts. Analyze variance and performance drivers, build BI dashboards, automate reporting and data workflows, apply predictive models and ML techniques, and leverage AI tools to produce financial insights and narratives.

The Senior Digital Design Engineer at Ciena will design functional blocks for optical transmission products, collaborate with teams, and ensure code quality and verification through testing and analysis.

Drive growth of Ciena's VAR ecosystem across Japan by managing partnerships, executing joint go‑to‑market strategies, enabling partners, coordinating sales planning, and implementing partner-focused marketing while ensuring program compliance.

Lead the sales compensation function, managing commission processes, collaborating cross-functionally, and implementing compensation plans while mentoring a team.

Lead qualification and new-product introduction of optical systems into high-volume manufacturing. Perform manufacturability/DFM reviews, first-piece builds, and prototype validation. Collaborate with design, supply chain, EMS partners; investigate quality issues, implement corrective actions, and drive process/tooling improvements to increase yield, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Manage New Product Introduction (NPI) for optical modems from design through production ramp. Lead cross-functional R&D and operations teams, define schedules and milestones, track deliverables, manage prototype builds in lab and with contract manufacturers, and support production ramp and risk/contingency planning.

Lead supply chain operations, optimize product lifecycle processes, collaborate with engineering, manage suppliers, and mitigate supply disruptions.

Manage Ciena's global legal entity portfolio and corporate governance across 50+ subsidiaries. Coordinate entity formations, maintenance, restructurings, board/shareholder actions, and outside counsel. Partner with Tax, Finance, Treasury, People & Culture, and Real Estate; administer entity management tools, drive process improvements, and support strategic transactions and global projects.

Lead and manage the RLS LCM test engineering team to develop, automate, and optimize test systems for optical and modem products. Drive test automation software, design-for-test reviews, prototype validation, and collaboration with NPI, repair teams, and contract manufacturers to scale robust production testing and integrate stations into corporate manufacturing systems.

The Global Trade Analyst assists in project management, compliance, process improvements, training development, and ensuring adherence to trade policies and regulations.