Senior Hardware Design Engineer

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering, you will be an integral part of a strong and vibrant hardware team that performs design, development, and validation of sophisticated printed circuit boards for Ciena’s current and next-generation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of complex hardware circuits packs.
• Implement design alternatives and select components that satisfy functional requirements while fitting within cost, power, and real estate budgets.
• Perform schematic capture, assess signal integrity, and guide PCB layout.
• Work with operations to coordinate PCB fabrication and circuit pack assembly.
• Ensure compliance through detailed validation of design interfaces against component and commercial requirements.
• Lead investigations and draw in expertise from other teams as needed to uncover the root cause and resolution for technical issues.
• Support internal customers and prototype inventory during the development phase and external customers during the production lifetime.
• Author design documentation and conduct design milestone meetings to ensure fulfillment of multidisciplinary architectural objectives in alignment with TL9000 requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in design practices, tools, and processes.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance and growth opportunities for junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, or Master’s, degree in Electrical Engineering, with 7+ years of hardware design experience.
• Implementation history as a design lead of high layer count circuit packs and possess a deep understanding of technology related to CPU’s, Networking devices, FPGA, timing devices, DDR, PCIe, FLASH memory.
• Expertise in analog and digital circuit design, including simulation, design, and testing of high-speed SERDES interfaces (e.g. 56G/112G PAM4).
• Experience in design validation with a focus on lab measurement techniques and test equipment.
• Ability to parse component datasheets and extract design and verification criteria.
• Proven record of supporting and troubleshooting hardware issues both during development and within production environments.
• Proficiency with Schematic Capture and Layout tools, such as Cadence Concept and Allegro, or equivalent EDA software.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, documentation, interpersonal and team-working skills.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, collaborate, and delegate as necessary to meet schedules and respect internal and external customer commitments.
• Datacom and Telecom experience (400GE/800GE, OTN, PCIe, Pluggable Optics, etc.).

Skills

• High-level understanding of electrical engineering principles and technologies.
• Experience with high-speed signal integrity analysis and PCB design.
• Knowledge of industry-standard design tools and methodologies.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues.

Benefits

At Ciena, we offer 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.
• Paid family leave and other leaves of absence.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $101,800 - $162,600. 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.