City : Ottawa

Category : Engineering

Industry : Telecommunications

Employer : Ciena

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What will you do at Ciena?

The engineering team is looking for an experienced product integrity compliance engineer.  The successful candidate will be part of a product integrity team which has product-level global regulatory and commercial compliance responsibility on leading edge packet optical transport and switching products. 

Responsibilities

Under the guidance of a senior compliance specialists, work closely with product development teams to define regulatory/commercial test requirements, develop/manage compliance programs, advise on product compliance derisk activities, and advise on test requirements for customer lab engagements.  This includes design, documentation and marking requirements to satisfy the dependencies for regulatory/commercial conformance.

General Activities

• Assist EMC engineer and work with design primes to define early PI architectural requirements on new product/platform design in the areas of EMC, safety, and homologation.

• Work closely with product development primes to scope and plan test programs to demonstrate compliance to applicable EMC, safety and commercial compliance.

• Work closely with test partners during the execution of compliance test programs to demonstrate compliance and obtain reports/certifications.

• Assist sales and field support personnel with customer issues related to non-compliance, bid proposals/responses and conformity assessment.

• Assist global account teams with product homologation activities.

Collaboration with stakeholders

• Design teams – electrical, mechanical, thermal, industrial design

• Account and system engineering teams supporting customers.

• External test facilities and EMC/safety experts

• Finance primes for quarterly and annual budget management

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

• 10 years of experience dealing with global/international EMC standards/product safety standards /commercial standards in the telecom networking space.

• Working knowledge of global/international EMC standards in the ITE and Telecom Networking space is required: CISPR 32 / EN 55032, CISPR 35 / EN55035, CISPR 24 / EN 55024, FCC Part 15, ICES-003, ETSI EN 300 386, IEC/EN 61000-X-Y

• Working knowledge of ITE product safety standards is preferred: IEC/UL/EN 60950-1, IEC/EN 60825-1, IEC/EN 60825-2, IEC/EN 62368-1

• Working knowledge of various country approvals, regulatory marks and homologation processes is preferred.

• Familiarity with commercial standards/specifications in the telecom networking space is preferred: Telcordia GR-63-CORE, Telcordia GR-1089-CORE, Telcordia GR-3108, Telcordia GR-487, ETSI EN 300 019-X-Y, ETSI EN 300 132-Y

• Good communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills are essential.

• Familiarity with communication protocols (OTN, Ethernet, SONET, Fiber Channel) is preferred.