Senior ASIC Verification Engineer

Ciena • Ottawa, ON

1d • CA$109,000 - CA$174,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact. The Wavelogic family of products are widely used in Ciena's optical fiber transmission solutions, and are one of the main contributors to Ciena's success in the telecommunications industry. To further strengthen our team, we are looking for a hardworking digital verification engineer who will be involved in the verification of these products, working within a team of digital design engineers, verification engineers and architects. Your role as a digital verification engineer will be to propose and implement innovative verification strategies, in order to thoroughly simulate and validate functional blocks and subsystems for the Wavelogic family of products. As a digital verification engineer, you are encouraged to read and understand the architecture and functional requirements specification document(s) and communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects. You are held responsible for the complete and thorough validation of one or more architectural functional blocks by using an appropriate combination of simulation, formal and coverage methods. You are encouraged to build the verification, functional coverage and formal verification test plans. You are accountable for the creation of testbench environment and/or components, agents, scoreboard, and all test scenarios related to your architectural functional block using System Verilog UVM and/or C where applicable. You will perform coverage driven verification, formal verification, monitor regressions and debug resulting failures with the help of the function's designer. Reporting status updates on a regular basis.

Requirements

• Electrical or computer engineering, computer science or other applicable scientific degree at the BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc level.
• Highly motivated self-starter, able to work independently, while being a great teammate.
• Ability to methodically tackle sophisticated technical problems.
• Excellent organization, written and oral (English) interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with formal verification methods.
• Familiarity with standards and protocols such as OTN, B100G, Ethernet.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as: Python, Make, bash, object-oriented programming, C, C++, System C.
• Employees are required to work on-site in Ottawa for a minimum of three days each week.

Responsibilities

• Propose and implement innovative verification strategies to thoroughly simulate and validate functional blocks and subsystems for the Wavelogic family of products.
• Read and understand architecture and functional requirements specification document(s).
• Communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects.
• Complete and thorough validation of one or more architectural functional blocks using simulation, formal, and coverage methods.
• Build the verification, functional coverage, and formal verification test plans.
• Create testbench environment and/or components, agents, scoreboard, and all test scenarios related to your architectural functional block using System Verilog UVM and/or C where applicable.
• Perform coverage driven verification and formal verification.
• Monitor regressions and debug resulting failures with the help of the function's designer.
• Report status updates on a regular basis.

Benefits

• 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
• Vacation time
• Compliance with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree