Electro-optics Hardware Designer

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Why Ciena:

• We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
  
• We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes 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 and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
  
• We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
  
• We know that financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU's (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
  
• We realize time away to recharge is non-negotiable. We offer flexible paid time off!
  
• Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.
  

How You Will Contribute:

As an Electro-optics Hardware Designer in the Coherent Receiver team, you will contribute to the integration and test of the receiver optical-to-electrical (Rx OE) modem subsystem in Ciena's coherent Wavelogic products. In this role, you'll collaborate with an interdisciplinary modem integration team to design, test, and verify a wide range of innovative electro-optic technologies in a world-class R&D lab environment.

The successful candidate will

• Work within an interdisciplinary modem integration team consisting of systems, test, ADC, DSP, PCB, firmware, production, and product engineers.
  
• Develop code in Matlab to calibrate and perform design verification testing of the Rx OE subsystem in prototype and early production Wavelogic coherent optical modems.
  
• Collaborate with external electro-optic component suppliers to define component specifications and the required performance characterization/verification against the specifications.
  
• Work with a very large existing Matlab codebase to
  
  • develop new calibration and verification factory procedures, including sophisticated heuristics, for current and next-generation Rx OE subsystems in Ciena coherent modems;
    
  • debug, improve and optimize existing calibration and verification procedures.
    
• Support the factory calibration and verification of coherent modems by
  
  • investigating modem receiver hardware issues;
    
  • debugging test station issues;
    
  • writing new drivers and algorithms for new test-station instrumentation;
    
  • analyzing "big data" to identify manufacturing drift, optimize yield/throughput, and re-center Rx OE application designs.
    
• Interpret wafer, device, and modem factory test data to identify Rx OE subsystem problems and help devise solutions.
  
• Write unit-tests and practice test-driven design in all coding activities.
  
• Conform to existing code standards.
  
• Use Git (Bitbucket) for version control.
  
• Write excellent documentation.
  

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• Customer First Mentality - what's important to the customer is also important to you.
  
• Initiative - You're a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.
  
• Creative thinking - you're keen to understand technology and see opportunities to compartmentalize higher level requirements into design tasks.
  
• Agility - you are readily able to manage competing and ever-changing account priorities and maintain a balanced and methodical approach to problem solving.
  

• Communication expertise -You can tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and clearly articulate designs, specifications, test results and trade-offs.
  
• Leadership - the ability to influence, empower and get things done by people who don't necessarily report to you.
  
• The flexibility towork independentlyand aspart of a broader team - you thrive in a team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.
  
• A commitment to learning - you keep abreast of market, competitor and technology developments and use that information to Ciena's advantage.
  

The Must Haves:

• Bachelor or Master's degree in the field of Engineering or Physics with some exposure to high-speed electro-optics, software, optical communications, and/or control systems.
  
• Familiarity with standard lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, network analyzers, power supplies, and spectrum analyzers.
  
• Experience coding in a language such as Matlab or Python for the purposes of simulation, test automation, and/or data analysis.
  
• Experience in data collection and statistical analysis.
  
• At least a basic working knowledge of photonic devices and systems.
  
• At least a basic working knowledge of software version control (Git).
  
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
  
• Assertiveness to drive design and test engineers.
  
• Initiative, enthusiasm, and a good sense of humour.
  

Assets:

• An advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in the field of Engineering or Physics with exposure to high-speed electro-optics or equivalent experience.
  
• Knowledge of fiber optic communications and/or DSP theory.
  
• Hands-on experience in design, integration, and/or test of high-speed electro-optic components.
  
• Experience with electro-optic/RF test methods and equipment in a lab environment.
  
• Silicon photonics component design knowledge or experience.
  
• Knowledge of photodetector physics.
  
• Experience with statistical analysis of large datasets.
  

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