Senior Digital Communications Designer
Apply NowCompany: Ciena
Location: Ottawa, ON K1A 0A5
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.
How You Will Contribute:
Ciena is recognized as a leading supplier of state-of-the-art coherent optical modem technology, and a key part of this technology lies in our custom DSP (digital signal processing). Join the WaveLogic Science Team to create and analyze digital algorithms for next generation high-speed optical systems. In this role, you will have an impact on key DSP technology to enable state-of-the-art coherent optical modem development.
The Must Haves:
The Assets:
Pay Range:
The annual pay range for this position is $102,400 - $163,600.
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. 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.
How You Will Contribute:
Ciena is recognized as a leading supplier of state-of-the-art coherent optical modem technology, and a key part of this technology lies in our custom DSP (digital signal processing). Join the WaveLogic Science Team to create and analyze digital algorithms for next generation high-speed optical systems. In this role, you will have an impact on key DSP technology to enable state-of-the-art coherent optical modem development.
- Create and analyze digital algorithms for next-generation high-speed optical communication systems.
- Work closely with the Modem Signal Processing Team on the implementation of digital algorithms in Ciena products.
- Analyze questions in your areas of knowledge which would be a subset of: signal processing, communications theory, statistical estimation, control theory, and high-speed algorithms.
- Create innovative solutions that can be implemented in CMOS.
- Model in MATLAB.
- Independently plan and schedule work.
- Support development and testing at 1.6 Tb/s and beyond in the lab.
- Learn new mathematical areas.
- Interface and collaborate with DSP, hardware, firmware, electro-optic, systems and lab teams.
- Provide feedback & suggestions on existing designs; contribute ideas to improve design procedures.
The Must Haves:
- Post-graduate degree in Math or Engineering with focus on DSP, digital communications, control theory, and statistics.
- MATLAB experience.
The Assets:
- C, C++, Python experience
Pay Range:
The annual pay range for this position is $102,400 - $163,600.
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. 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 Talent Community 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.