Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Ciena•Atlanta, GA

1d•$101,800 - $162,600

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. 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. In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (systems architects, mechanical, software, FPGA, operations, etc.) to bring to market high-quality and high-performance hardware solutions that meet rigorous quality and reliability standards.

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.

Nice To Haves

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.).

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design and development of complex hardware circuits packs.
Implementing design alternatives and selecting components that will satisfy functional requirements while fitting within the cost, power, and real estate budgets that you have codeveloped.
Performing schematic capture, assessing signal integrity, and guiding PCB layout.
Working 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 as they arise.
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 the 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.