Senior Product Engineer

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.

Why Ciena:

• We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
• We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes 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 and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
• We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
• We know that financial security is important.  We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
• We realize time away to recharge is invaluable.  We offer flexible paid time off!
• Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

How You Will Contribute:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Optical Engineering, as a Senior Product Engineer, you will be capturing and understanding the basic physics and design intent of the product design with a view to both maintaining and improving the product performance over time.  In addition, this position will include working with the wider team to influence and ensure the development of a reliable product, transferred successfully to our CM partner and manufactured successfully at or better than cost objectives. This position requires a candidate with a strong, demonstrated record in the development and manufacture of advanced optoelectronic modules and devices in a Telecom or Datacom environment.

Working closely with our Design team and manufacturing partners, who have responsibility for developing and maintaining manufacturing equipment and capability, the Product Engineer shall act as the lead for pulling new products from R&D and work with the various parties to plan and action the transfer to our contract manufacturer (CM) and then maintain them in production.
 

• You will be the design authority for products in manufacture and act as support for failure analysis and develop for local Ciena and CM engineers
• You will work with R&D and the Operations team to:

• Define production requirements and specifications in terms of process and test
• Develop and maintain process and assembly tools in manufacture, constantly improving design for manufacturability (DFM)
• Review and update PFMEA
• Develop and deliver training programs for CM operators and engineers
• Manage the product life cycle from product launch to mass production

• You will manage and track product yield and develop detail product cost reduction plan according to targets, and track performance to plan through BOM management of the products in mass production.
• You will work with Test Engineering to create and manage automated analysis tools and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• You will be responsible for the development of the packaging materials for products and associated recycling programs

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• Initiative – you’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against deadlines.
• Agility – you are readily able to make key decisions and manage competing and ever-changing priorities.

• Communication expertise – you possess the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas to ensure understanding and agreement.
• The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.
• Relationship builder – with an ability to influence, you’re able to get work done through others.
• Problem solver – you possess the ability to identify solutions to complex problems.
• A commitment to learning – you keep abreast of technology and product developments in the photonics space and apply that knowledge in the best interests of Ciena.

The Must Haves:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and 5+ years product experience in the design, manufacture or test of optoelectronic products. Therefore a solid understanding of the principles and theory of optical devices such as lasers, modulators, detectors, optical sub-assemblies and transceivers is required.
• Knowledge and experience of the production processes related to the manufacture of optoelectronic devices.
• Understanding of Product Lifecycle Management coupled with a demonstrated track record of launching complex optoelectronic module products to market.
• Problem solving and the ability to solve technical issues in a high-pressure environment and resolve issues locally and remotely.
• Experience working in a global marketplace interacting with multi-functional, multi-locational teams. Therefore, good written and oral communication skills are required.
• Strong computer and analytical skills, including database management and data analysis tools.
• Willingness and ability to travel as this position will involve a higher than average level of travel (estimated at around 20%) to support the products during transfer to the CM and maintain the product in manufacturing. Travel will initially be largely within North America but will involve some Asian travel as the product transfers to manufacture.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual pay range for this position is $90,800 - $145,000
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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