Senior Electro-optics Hardware Designer

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Ciena Corporation Full time

Senior Electro-optics Hardware Designer page is loaded Senior Electro-optics Hardware Designer Apply locations Ottawa time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R024959

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.

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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, you will be responsible for designing and delivering high-speed electro-optics components for 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 drive a wide range of innovative electro-optic technologies in a world-class R&D lab environment.

The successful candidate will

  • Own and document requirements for Wavelogic modem analog coherent receiver hardware elements, including silicon photonic electro-optic functions, BiCMOS/CMOS amplifiers, and the physical realization of the receiver chain including digital control and transitions between the elements.

  • Own the concatenated Rx OE modem subsystem RF response and coordinate/allocate subcomponent RF requirements.

  • Collaborate with internal and external electro-optic component suppliers to define component specifications and the required performance characterization/verification against the specifications.

  • Work within an interdisciplinary modem integration team consisting of systems, test, ADC, DSP, PCB, firmware, production, and product engineers.

  • Work with factory component and modem test engineers to optimize existing test methods and design new methods.

  • Interpret wafer, device, and modem factory test data to identify problems and help devise solutions.

  • Provide mentorship for testing prototypes in the lab to validate designs.

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 to work independently and as part 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:

  • An advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in the field of Engineering or Physics with exposure to high-speed electro-optics or equivalent experience.

  • Strong hands-on experience in design, integration, and test of high-speed electro-optic components. 

  • Experience with RF test methods and equipment.

  • Exposure to ADS and/or HFSS RF design tools.

  • Ability to navigate PCB schematic and layout tools.

  • Some experience with digital control systems.

  • 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:

  • Silicon photonics component design knowledge or experience.

  • Knowledge of photodetector physics.

  • User working knowledge of CMOS/BiCMOS/Silicon Photonic fab processes.

  • Knowledge of optoelectronic packaging technologies.

  • Transimpedance amplifier design experience.

  • Knowledge of fiber optic communications and/or DSP theory.

  • Experience with statistical analysis of large datasets.

  • Project management and/or technical leadership experience.

  • Comfortable in conversational French.

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