QA Routing & Switching Intern: Python Automation & Lab Testing

Ciena Corporation; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Vacation pay

Job summary

Ciena Corporation in Ottawa is offering a 4- or 8-month QA internship starting January 2027. You will contribute to software validation for IP switching platforms, performing both manual and automated testing with exposure to networking and virtualization technologies.

You will collaborate with engineers to expand lab topologies, enhance Python automation scripts, and gain hands-on experience across the software development lifecycle and QA processes in a fast-paced lab environment.

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a bachelor's degree in software or electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Foundational knowledge of electrical circuits and/or software development concepts.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Python.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to establish new lab topologies and expand understanding of integrated end-to-end IP systems.
• Enhance existing automation scripts written in Python.
• Develop new automation scripts in Python.
• Execute test suites for software validation.
• Identify software defects and document bugs.
• Retest software following defect resolution.
• Build knowledge of the software development lifecycle and quality assurance processes.

Skills

Python

Testing

Automation

QA Concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree enrollment in SW or EE

Job description

Ciena Corporation in Ottawa is offering a 4- or 8-month QA internship starting January 2027. You will contribute to software validation for IP switching platforms, performing both manual and automated testing with exposure to networking and virtualization technologies.

You will collaborate with engineers to expand lab topologies, enhance Python automation scripts, and gain hands-on experience across the software development lifecycle and QA processes in a fast-paced lab environment.