23 Oct
Ciena
Ottawa
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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Start Date: ASAP or January 2025
Why Ciena?
- We are a company rooted in people—seeking to create a vibrant and inclusive environment, where everyone feels they can belong.
- Accelerate your career path by gaining hands-on experience and exposure to the latest technology.
Our interns and graduates work on real projects in real time in world class labs. Be a part of tomorrow’s future – today.
- Mentoring. Networking. Leadership Opportunities. We recognize that learning does not stop when you leave school - we champion a team environment for development and provide the tools to achieve success.
- We are big proponents of life-work integration. Our people make a significant difference at Ciena, but we want to shine light on their differences outside of working hours too. CienaCares supports non-profit causes important to employees by matching employee financial contributions and dedicating time for volunteering.
How You Will Contribute:
We design, implement, and maintain real-time embedded platform and application software for several of Ciena’s flagship products. Functional areas in our scope range from low level bit flipping drivers to high level software state machines for interfacing with external applications:
- Hardware/software interface to provide bridging of various abstraction layers.
- Fault and alarms subsystems to detect, report and maintain defects and manage their hysteresis and co-relations.
- System applications such as traffic/equipment protection, performance monitoring, etc.
- Software Development Kits that abstract the underlying low-level software and hardware to facility platform application developments and integration.
What Does Ciena Expect of You?
- A sense of urgency – what is important to the customer is equally important to you. You make getting things done a priority.
- Integrity – you hold yourself to the highest level of personal and professional standards of conduct.
- A commitment to innovation – you continually seek to learn,
understand modern technologies and ever-changing market conditions, and endeavor to apply that knowledge to Ciena’s advantage.
- You embrace change – thriving in a diverse environment of ever-changing priorities and sometimes stressful situations.
- The flexibility to work independently with minimal supervision as well as part of a broader team.
High Value Skills:
- Enrolled in a bachelor’s or master's degree in computer or electrical engineering, computer science, or similar disciplines
- Coding with C or C++
- High-level programming and scripting languages such as Python or bash
- Knowledge of software revision control systems such as git
- Familiarity with software design patterns (e.g., blocking vs non-blocking, multithreading)
Assets:
- Developing software for embedded systems or telecom products
- Understanding of real-time operating systems and embedded systems
- Software development tools such as git, BitBucket, Gerrit, Jira, etc.
- Unit test frameworks such as Google Test, JUnit, Robot, PyTest, and the like
- Debuggers and tools (e.g., gdb), especially for troubleshooting embedded systems
- YANG modeling language and toolchains
- Software development methodologies such as Agile or Waterfall
- Familiarity with microservices and interaction patterns
- Bare metal programming
- Familiarity with datacom and telecom concepts such as OTN, Ethernet, OSI Model, DWDM, SONET/SDH
Compensation and Benefits
The annual pay range for this position is $66,400 - $106,000
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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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.
▶️ Embedded Software Engineer - New Grad
🖊️ Ciena
📍 Ottawa