JOB DESCRIPTION

How You Will Contribute:

Ciena is a global telecommunications company, engaged in the design and manufacture of next-generation optical networking equipment. We are seeking applicants to join our Integrated Circuit Design team. The position offers excellent training and practical experience in a large and dynamic company, with abundant opportunities for career progression.

As part of the Ciena ASIC design team you will contribute to the design, development, and verification of ASICs for our evolving line of leading-edge optical access products.

Responsibilities may include:

• Design of digital logic.
• RTL coding in Verilog HDL.
• Design and implementation of test cases at the block level.
• Implementation of prototypes in FPGA.
• Design, implementation, and execution of test cases at the system level using UVM.

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• The ability to build trusted customer relationship quickly.
• A sense of urgency – what’s important to the customer is equally important to you.  You make getting things done a priority.
• The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team.
• You embrace change – thriving in a diverse environment of ever-changing priorities and sometimes stressful situations.
• Curiosity - to understand new technologies, analyze, troubleshoot and resolve customer concerns.
• A dedication to ongoing learning – not only related specifically to your role and technological developments, but also other technical concerns that may impact your customers.
• Problem solver – you take pride in your ability to readily identify and find solutions to complex issues.
• Your self-motivated – always seeking out and methodically tackling sophisticated technical issues.

The Must Haves:

• BS in Electrical, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Demonstrated interest in the design and manufacture of integrated circuits, digital logic and communication systems.
• Exposure to digital design.
• Exposure to computer architectures and arithmetic.
• Some familiarity with Hardware Description Languages such as Verilog.
   

Salary Range for California:$80,100-$127,900 USD