City : Ottawa

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.

What will you do at Ciena?

Ciena is recognized as a leading supplier of state-of-the-art fiber optic transmission technology, and a key aspect of this development is assuring system performance at the optical layer.  Join the Optical System Performance team and leverage our world-class lab facilities and compute resources to help advance the performance of our agile optical solutions!

How You Will Contribute:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Optical Engineering, you will work alongside a team of physicists and engineers responsible for the optical performance of Ciena’s Reconfigurable Line System and WaveLogic™ optical modems. 

• You will push the boundaries of automation, speed, and data processing of an optical network using Python and/or MATLAB.

• You will play a role in crafting, developing, testing, maintaining, and improving various algorithms used to control a system of optical hardware.

• You will develop instrumentation routines to characterize the optical physics of modems and line systems.

• You will collaborate with a multi-functional team of designers, develop interactive web interfaces for your instrumentation routines and perform version control using GIT.

Required Skills and Experience

• BSc or MSc degree in Engineering Physics, Physics, or Electrical Engineering, with a specific interest in optics, photonics & telecommunications.

• Proven debugging and problem-solving skills.

• Communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills are essential.

• Ability to learn on the job and adapt to new challenges.

• Demonstrated proficiency with Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, HTML5, or REST interfaces in other co-op/inter terms or through coursework.

• Foundational knowledge of development tools such as content versioning (e.g. Git) and bug tracking software (e.g. JIRA).

• Familiarity with Linux an asset.

• Familiarity with standard lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and signal generators is required (experience with optical test equipment preferred).

• Undergraduate level training on the principals of digital communication systems.

• Coursework on fiber optic communication systems and optical components preferred. 

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• A sense of urgency – what’s important to the customer is equally important to you.  You make getting things done a priority.

• Integrity – you hold yourself to the highest level of personal and professional standards of conduct.

• A commitment to innovation – you continually seek to learn, understand new technologies and ever-changing market conditions, and endeavour to apply that knowledge to Ciena’s advantage.

• You embrace change – thriving in a diverse environment of ever-changing priorities and sometimes stressful situations.

• The flexibility to work independently with minimal supervision as well as part of a broader team.

Location

• Based in Ottawa full-time (the candidate will be expected to spend a significant amount of time on-site in the lab).

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