Verification and Field Application Engineer - New Grad

Ciena Government Solutions • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena builds the critical infrastructure powering the AI era. We’re a technology company shaping the future of networking, guided by innovation, integrity, and collaboration. Through development opportunities, meaningful work, and flexibility, Ciena supports growth and well-being—on and off the job. Connect with a career that matters. This opportunity focuses on validating Ciena’s WaveLogic Optical Modem through test planning, execution, automation, and customer-focused solution validation. The role contributes to product quality by collaborating with customers, product management, and R&D teams while supporting lab and field activities. Success in this role helps ensure high-quality optical networking solutions that meet customer and market requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Optical Communications.
• Previous internship, co-op, or applied project experience relevant to the role.
• Knowledge with Coherent optical modem concepts and optical networks.
• Experience in a lab environment and with lab test equipment.
• Knowledge of automation languages such as Python and should be able to write, execute and fix automation scripts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in troubleshooting.
• Leadership capabilities and an aptitude for team-oriented development activities.

Nice To Haves

• Strong commitment to product excellence and quality, with ability to understand customers’ perspective.
• Communication skills, presentation, and public speaking.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate and collaborate in a multi-site environment.
• Knowledge of software testing methodologies and best practices.
• Understanding of IP and Ethernet networking concepts, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, and VLANs.
• Understanding of CLI, JSON, and SDKs and how to use them to effectively communicate with and configure devices.
• Knowledge of Jenkins CI/CD or other CI/CD platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive test plans to validate customer use-cases and product capabilities.
• Build test environments for execution while considering interactions across product features.
• Perform validation testing activities and document outcomes.
• Report defects and drive follow-up activities with the design team through closure.
• Summarize test metrics and communicate results clearly to stakeholders.
• Work closely with subject matter experts to validate customer-focused solutions, compliance to specifications, and issue resolution.
• Develop and augment automation test cases to improve execution 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level