City : Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Category : Engineering

Industry : Telecommunications

Employer : Ciena

Since 1992, Ciena has been driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation.  We believe in a network that grows smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day. This means that when you digitally interact in your world - picking up the phone, streaming video, texting a friend or loved one – your interactions are being enabled by Ciena technologies.  Ciena makes your social / entertainment / business existence REAL.

What will you do at Ciena?
Ciena is recognized as a leading supplier of state-of-the-art coherent optical modem technology, and a key part of this technology lies in our custom DSP (digital signal processing). Join the WaveLogic Science Team to create and analyze digital algorithms for next generation high-speed optical systems.
Responsibilities

• Create and analyze digital algorithms for next-generation high-speed optical communication systems.
• Work closely with the Modem Signal Processing Team on the implementation of digital algorithms in Ciena products.

General Activities

• Analyze questions in your areas of knowledge which would be a subset of: communications theory, probability, optical physics, control theory, and high-speed algorithms.
• Create innovative solutions that can be implemented in CMOS.
• Model in Matlab.
• Independently plan and schedule work.
• Test at 400 Gb/s and beyond in the lab.
• Learn new mathematical areas.

Collaboration with stakeholders

• Interface and collaborate with DSP, hardware, firmware, electro-optic, systems and lab teams.
• Provide feedback & suggestions on existing designs; contribute ideas to improve design procedures.

Areas of impact

• Key DSP technology to enable state-of-the-art coherent optical modem development.
Experience
• Post-graduate degree in Math, Physics, or Engineering with focus on DSP, communications, or control theory.
• Must have Matlab experience.
• C++, C, SystemC, CatapultC, Verilog, HTML experience would be an asset.


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About Ciena 
Ciena is a network strategy and technology company with a passion to provide an experience, to you and our customers that is as rewarding as the outcome.   We attract the best and brightest– those with outstanding talent, motivation, and the right attitude to contribute to our success. Our culture balances our openness and informality with professionalism and trust and is built on the foundation of our core values: Customer First, Integrity, Velocity, Innovation, and Outstanding People.  

Ciena enables everyone to have a voice and a network that supports them while on the journey to discovering their passion and purpose.  We trust each individual to do what they can to reach their full potential and make an impact on the business, whenever, wherever they are in the world.  With Ciena’s highly innovative, forward-thinking business practices, we reward people for pushing the boundaries.  Unlock your potential at Ciena! 

 
Being You @ Ciena 
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we want to foster an environment that values and respects all individual’s strengths, perspectives, ideas, and ability to meet the needs of our customers globally. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status or any other category protected by applicable law. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination. 

Ciena is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. 

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