Digital Verification Engineer Lead

2 weeks ago

Outaouais, Canada Ciena Canada, Inc. Full time

About Ciena Canada, Inc.

Ciena Canada, Inc. is a technology company that leads with its humanity, driving business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact. Our company is committed to our people-first philosophy, prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers individual passions, growth, wellbeing, and belonging.

Why Join Our Team?

  • You will be a member of a successful team working at the forefront of technological innovation, focused on innovative technologies, flows, and products. You will be working with, and learning from, industry-recognized experts.
  • Our team supports an inclusive, diverse, and barrier-free work environment, making for empowered and committed employees.
  • We recognize the importance of wellbeing and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families.
  • Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

About the Role

The Wavelogic family of products is widely used in Ciena's optical fiber transmission solutions and is one of the main contributors to Ciena's success in the telecommunications industry. To further strengthen our team, we are looking for an expert digital verification engineer who will be involved in the verification of these products, working within a team of digital design engineers, verification engineers, and architects.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • You will be expected to quickly understand the architecture and functional requirements of the project to effectively communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects.
  • You will be responsible for the complete and detailed validation of entire subsystems by using an appropriate combination of simulation, formal, and coverage methods.
  • You will be responsible for creating, reviewing, and optimizing simulation environment components, test case scenarios, as well as functional coverage and formal verification test plans.
  • You will be expected, if/when appropriate, to lead focused groups of individuals, mentor them, and manage their priorities toward reaching a specific set of objectives.
  • You will be accountable for estimating schedules and once approved, track them toward timely completion while providing clear and precise status updates at regular intervals.
  • Possibility of reporting directly to the Senior Manager as an ASIC Verification Prime. As an ASIC verification Prime, you would be responsible for all aspects of the verification of the digital portion of the Serdes as well as working with partner teams to ensure overall Serdes coverage. You would also be responsible for participating in architectural and design reviews to proactively advise on verification impacts and improvements for schedule and/or coverage.

What We Expect of You

  • Sense of urgency and accountability – what's important to the customer is important to you; you make getting things done a priority.
  • Detail-oriented – you will deliver on objectives through meticulous, thorough, and comprehensive work.
  • Problem solver – you possess the ability to analyze and methodically solve complex technical problems using engineering principles and approaches.
  • Commitment to learning – you keep abreast of technology developments and are keen to share your knowledge with others.

Requirements

  • BEng/BSc, MEng/MSc, or PhD-level degree in electrical or computer engineering or computer science.
  • Expert-level understanding of System Verilog, UVM, SVA, and simulators from major vendors.
  • Validated ability to apply appropriate, comprehensive, and optimized digital verification and coverage strategies.
  • A highly motivated self-starter, able to work independently, while being a great teammate.
  • Ability to methodically address (debug) sophisticated technical problems.
  • Excellent organization, written, and oral English communication skills.

Assets

  • Experience with formal verification methods.
  • Experience with standards and protocols such as OTN/FlexO/B100G, Ethernet (100GE+).
  • Experience with using GIT for source code management and revision tracking.
  • Experience with using Jira for schedule planning, assignment tracking, and bug reporting.
  • Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, Make, bash, object-oriented programming, C, C++, System C.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual pay range for this position is $121,400 - $193,800. Pay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business. Please note that the pay range information provided in this posting pertains specifically to the primary location, which is the top location listed in case multiple locations are available.

Non-Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission. In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

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