RLS Integrated Test Engineer – New Grad 2025

Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

How You Will Contribute:

Requirements for telecommunications networks are constantly evolving, and our products also need to advance and scale to meet the needs of our customers while also delivering uniform and consistent user experiences.

As an RLS Integrated Test Engineer in a dynamic team environment, you will push the boundaries of what is possible in optical network solutions. You will work alongside experienced professionals to ensure the reliability and performance of projects that play critical roles in our network solutions and help build upon our innovative technology. You will also challenge yourself and others by bringing enthusiasm and fresh ideas to new challenges and leading by example.

· You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining both manual and automated test cases which play a key role in ensuring the quality of critical optical networks utilizing the RLS platform.

· You will participate in the full software development lifecycle, collaborating with multi-functional teams of developers, designers, quality assurance teams & release managers.

· Engage engineering teams, product line managers and product owners to transform high-level requirements into optimized test coverage.

· Work in an agile development environment, participate in sprint activities to plan and produce high quality deliverables in rapid cycle and support activities across scrums.

· Participate in group design meetings and internal brainstorming discussions to discuss solutions to problems or ideas for new features.

· You will be accountable for managing individual project priorities, assignments, and timelines.

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

· Initiative – You are a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.

· Agility – you are readily able to make key decisions and manage competing and ever-changing account priorities.

· Communication expertise – the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and buy in.

· An ability to go ‘up and down the ladder’ – capable of seeing the big picture, but also understanding the importance of the details and analysis.

· The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.

· Relationship builder – with an innate ability to influence, you can quickly develop trusted connections and get work done across multi sites.

· A commitment to innovation – you keep abreast of the market and competitive developments and are always keen to formulate new ideas and problem solve.

The Must Haves:

· Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field coupled with a demonstrated ability to design and execute manual and automated test cases.

· Familiar with test automation tools and environments

· Experience working with various network interfaces to communicate with test equipment such as Serial, USB, Ethernet

· Experience working in a Linux environment

· Experience with programming in python & JavaScript

· Proven debugging skills

· Excellent written (documentation) and interpersonal communication skills.

· Passion for improving product quality through testing

· Strong abilities to work as part of a team or independently with little supervision.

· A proactive self-starter with a high degree of confidence and commitment

Assets:

· Proven experience testing software embedded solutions engineered for performance and reliability.

· Flexibility is an asset as responsibilities can change from time to time depending on the priority of the team and company.

· Familiar with the principles of fiber optic communication systems and optical components.

· Familiar with test and network equipment command line languages such as vendor specific APIs, YANG, NETCONF, REST and OpenConfig

Why Ciena:

· We’re a company rooted in people—seeking to create a vibrant and inclusive environment, where everyone feels they can belong.

· Accelerate your career path by gaining hands-on experience and exposure to the latest technology. Our interns and graduates work on real projects in real time in world class labs. Be a part of tomorrow’s future – today.

· Mentoring. Networking. Leadership Opportunities. We recognize that the learning doesn’t stop when you leave school - we champion a team environment for development and provide the tools to achieve success.

· We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental & physical health, and financial security, of our employees and their families.

· We are big proponents of life-work integration. Our people make a big difference at Ciena, but we want to shine light on their differences outside of working hours too. CienaCares supports non-profit causes important to employees by matching employee financial contributions and dedicating time for volunteering.

The annual pay range for this position is $62,100 - $99,100.

Pay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business. Please note that the pay range information provided in this posting pertains specifically to the primary location, which is the top location listed in case multiple locations are available.

Non-Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission. In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

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