ASIC Verification Engineer 3
City : Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Category : Engineering
Industry : Telecommunications
Employer : Ciena
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.
Why Ciena:
You will be a member of a successful team working at forefront of technological innovation focused on innovative technologies, flows and products. You will be working with, and learning from industry-recognized experts.
Our team supports an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment making for empowered and committed employees.
We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families.
Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.
How You Will Contribute:
The Wavelogic family of products is widely used in Ciena's optical fiber transmission solutions and is one of the main contributors to Ciena's success in the telecommunications industry. To further strengthen our team, we are looking for a hardworking digital verification engineer who will be involved in the verification of these products, working within a team of digital design engineers, verification engineers and architects. Your role as a digital verification engineer will be required to propose and implement innovative verification strategies, in order to thoroughly simulate and validate functional blocks and subsystems for the Wavelogic family of products.
The digital verification engineer is encouraged to read and understand the architecture and functional requirements specification document(s) and communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects.
You are held responsible for the complete and detailed validation of one or more architectural functional blocks by using an appropriate combination of simulation, formal and coverage methods.
You are encouraged to build the verification, functional coverage and formal verification test plans.
You are accountable for the creation of the test bench environment and/or components, agents, scoreboard, and all test scenarios related to your architectural functional block using System Verilog UVM and/or C where applicable.
You will perform coverage-driven verification, monitor regressions and debug resulting failures with the help of the function's designer.
Reporting on status updates on a regular basis
What Does Ciena Expect of You:
Sense of urgency and accountability – what’s important to the customer is important to you; you make getting things done a priority.
Diligence – you will deliver on objectives through meticulous, thorough, and comprehensive work.
Problem solver – you possess the ability to analyze and methodically solve complex technical problems using engineering principles and approaches.
Commitment to learning – you keep abreast of technology developments and are keen to share your knowledge with others.
The Must Haves:
BEng/BSc, MEng/MSc or PhD. level degree in Electrical or computer engineering, computer science .
Proficiency above the intermediate level with the use of System Verilog, UVM, SVA, and simulators from major vendors.
A highly motivated self-starter, able to work independently, while being a great teammate
Ability to methodically address sophisticated technical problems.
Excellent organization, written and oral (English) interpersonal skills.
Validated ability to resolve appropriate and comprehensive digital verification and coverage strategies.
Assets:
Experience with formal verification methods
Experience with standards and protocols such as OTN/FlexO/B100G, Ethernet (100GE+)
Experience with using GIT for source code management and revision tracking
Experience with using Jira for schedule planning, assignment tracking and bug reporting
Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, Make, bash, object-oriented programming, C, C++, System C
The annual pay range for this position is $99,400 - $158,800.
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.
At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.