Real-Time Embedded Software Engineer for Networking

Ciena Corporation; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Ciena Corporation in Ottawa is seeking an intern to help design, implement, and maintain real‑time embedded platform and application software for flagship networking products. You will work across hardware interfaces, system services, and embedded applications to enable reliable, scalable software capabilities.

The role requires pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer or electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field, with internship or project experience.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s in computer/electrical engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• Previous internship, co‑op, or project experience relevant to embedded software.
• Proficiency in C or C++ is required.
• Experience with Python or bash and Git is expected.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain real‑time embedded platform and application software.
• Develop hardware and software interfaces bridging abstraction layers.
• Build fault and alarm subsystems to detect and report defects.
• Create system applications for traffic protection, equipment protection, and monitoring.
• Develop platform interfaces that abstract low‑level software and hardware components.

Skills

C/C++

Python

bash

Multithreading

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in computer/electrical engineering or computer science

Tools

git

Bitbucket

Gerrit

Jira

Job description

Ciena Corporation in Ottawa is seeking an intern to help design, implement, and maintain real‑time embedded platform and application software for flagship networking products. You will work across hardware interfaces, system services, and embedded applications to enable reliable, scalable software capabilities.

The role requires pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer or electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field, with internship or project experience.