Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Ciena•Ottawa, ON
•CA$95,800 - CA$153,000•Onsite
About The Position
The WaveLogic Software Development team develops embedded software platforms that enable convergence across photonics, OTN, and Ethernet packet networking technologies. This role contributes to the delivery of software solutions supporting global network infrastructure through the development of embedded platforms, drivers, diagnostics, and applications. Collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams helps drive product delivery and continuous improvement. This is a fully in-office position based in Ottawa. Employees are required to work on-site 4 days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
- 6+ Years of experience with embedded C and C++ programming language application
- Linux kernel driver and user-space driver development
- Experience with BSP, security, and board bring-up
- Fundamentals of structured programming and design concepts
- Interest and aptitude for software development
- Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
Nice To Haves
- Real-time operating systems concepts
- Experience developing drivers in Zephyr
- Ability to interpret CPU hardware architectures, hardware functional specifications, and hardware timing diagrams
- Exposure to software development methodologies such as Agile or Waterfall
- Familiarity with datacom and telecom concepts including DWDM, SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet, OSI Model, TCP/IP, and MPLS
Responsibilities
- Participate in the software development lifecycle from development through customer delivery.
- Implement cross-platform software and services for embedded CPUs, SoCs, Ethernet PHYs, FPGAs, and optical technologies.
- Apply Linux kernel, TCP/IP stack, forwarding table, IP filtering, VLAN, and memory management concepts in software development activities.
- Design, code, and maintain drivers, diagnostics, and applications using C, C++, and Python.
- Debug software defects and analyze system throughput and performance.
- Port common operating system components across product families within Ciena.
- Develop scripts, test utilities, and development tools that improve engineering efficiency.
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
- Paid Family Leave
- other leaves of absence
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
