Senior ASIC Design Engineer – Ciena

Title of the Job: Senior ASIC Design Engineer

Location: Ottawa, ON

Job Description: 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.Not ready to apply? Join our to get relevant job alerts straight to your inbox.Why Ciena:

• You will be a member of a successful team working on the forefront of technological innovation focused on leading edge 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 well-being 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.

How You Will Contribute: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. Reporting to Senior Manager, as a Senior Digital Design Engineer, you will be asked to propose innovative solutions in order to design power and area-optimized functional blocks for the Wavelogic family of products.

• You will read and understand the architecture and functional requirements specification document(s) and communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects.
• You will produce an implementation specification document and have it reviewed by your team, architects, and analog designers, if applicable
• You will be accountable for the creation and integration of new and existing RTL and/or C source code, algorithms and functions.
• You will be responsible for designer testing of your code as well as debugging of your code during simulation and regression verification.
• You will assist the verification team in determining coverage and provide design assertions and waivers as needed.
• You will craft timing constraints for your code, and will participate in synthesis log reviews, constraint reviews, timing report analysis, layout and backend reviews.

What Does Ciena 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.

The Must Haves:

• Minimum Bachelors degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science coupled with proven experience in the use of System Verilog for design.
• Familiarity with digital (including formal) verification methods.
• Experience with digital design synthesis, STA, timing closure and asynchronous clock crossing.
• Good understanding of timing/power/area analysis and trade-offs.

Assets:

• Experience with

• digital silicon design backend process.
• digital design for low power.
• DSP and/or Forward Error Correction
• Using Jira for bug tracking and GIT for source code management and revision tracking
• Familiarity with programming languages such as: Python, C, C++

Compensation and BenefitsThe annual pay range for this position is $99,400-$158,800.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.Not ready to apply? Join our to get relevant job alerts straight to your inbox.At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.

Company Name: Ciena

Salary: $99400 – 158800 per year

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