Senior Optical Systems Architect — Coherent Networking

Ciena Corporation; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ciena Corporation is seeking a System Architect to drive the architecture, validation, and evolution of next-generation coherent optical networking platforms. You will integrate optical, electrical, software, and networking technologies, influencing product direction from concept to deployment.

The role requires defining architectural requirements, leading cross-disciplinary evaluations, and guiding system integration and validation across hardware, firmware, software, and management interfaces

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 10+ years hardware, system design, or system support experience in optical networking or related high-speed technologies.
• Experience defining system architectures across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Application of coherent optical systems and line card architecture in product development environments.
• Background in optical protection architectures and high-speed signal integrity.
• Application of networking protocols, including Ethernet 400/800/1600GE+ and OTN.
• Utilization of synchronization technologies, including PTP and SyncE.

Responsibilities

• Architect coherent optical line card solutions, including requirements definition and system-level modeling across subsystems.
• Lead evaluations of high-speed hardware architectures involving 400/800/1600GE+ connectivity standards and related tech.
• Define system-level interactions across hardware, firmware, software, and management interfaces.
• Guide system integration activities, including hardware characterization and interoperability testing.
• Oversee end-to-end system-level validation and document architectural content for cross-team alignment.

Skills

Hardware design

System design

High-speed optics

Coherent optical systems

Ethernet 400/800/1600GE+

OTN

Synchronization: PTP/SyncE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

Ciena Corporation is seeking a System Architect to drive the architecture, validation, and evolution of next-generation coherent optical networking platforms. You will integrate optical, electrical, software, and networking technologies, influencing product direction from concept to deployment.

The role requires defining architectural requirements, leading cross-disciplinary evaluations, and guiding system integration and validation across hardware, firmware, software, and management interfaces