AI Adoption Lead for ASIC Design & Verification

Ciena Corporation; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 109,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision plans

401(K) & DCPP

ESPP

EAP

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Vacation time

Paid Family Leave

Other leaves of absence

Job summary

Ciena in Ottawa is seeking an AI Champion to lead the practical adoption of AI across ASIC design, verification, and physical design workflows, improving productivity and safeguarding IP. You will define scalable AI-driven methodologies and mentor teams on AI-enabled processes.

Based in our Ottawa office, the role emphasizes hands-on delivery, collaboration with CAD, IT, and methodology teams, and the deployment of high-value AI applications across RTL design, scripting, and regression analysis.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in ASIC design, verification, or physical design environments.
• 2+ years in application of AI agents and skills in engineering workflows, including development and deployment of agent-based solutions.
• Experience delivering presentations to management audiences.
• Application of project management practices to support structured and disciplined workflows.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of AI across ASIC design, verification, and physical design workflows.
• Create and implement AI use cases for RTL design, verification, scripting, documentation, and regression analysis.
• Develop guidance, workflows, and guardrails to enable pragmatic and repeatable AI adoption.
• Evaluate and integrate AI tools, applications, and agentic workflows from internal teams and external vendors.
• Establish standardized methodologies for developing reusable AI agents and skills.
• Collaborate with engineering, CAD, IT, and methodology teams to prioritize and deploy high-value AI applications.
• Mentor engineering teams on AI-enabled workflows and promote sharing of outcomes, learnings, and best practices.

Skills

ASIC design experience

AI agent workflows

Presentation to management

Project management practices

Job description

Ciena in Ottawa is seeking an AI Champion to lead the practical adoption of AI across ASIC design, verification, and physical design workflows, improving productivity and safeguarding IP. You will define scalable AI-driven methodologies and mentor teams on AI-enabled processes.

Based in our Ottawa office, the role emphasizes hands-on delivery, collaboration with CAD, IT, and methodology teams, and the deployment of high-value AI applications across RTL design, scripting, and regression analysis.