Coherent Pluggable Transponder – Systems Engineer

Coherent Pluggable Transponder – Systems Engineer

Requirements

• Performing integration test plans for adopting Ciena pluggable transmitters into 3rd party platforms
• Lab-based tests verifying transponder (WL5n, WL6n) performance/specs across a range of metrics (TX/RX interfaces, power consumption, software interface, etc.)
• Software automation accelerating lab/field work (Python, JavaScript)
• Lab/field activities maximizing capacity/performance, interoperating with foreign systems, resolving issues and demonstrating features
• Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Meaningful experience related to coherent transponders, especially pluggable form factors. E.g., CMIS, C-CMIS, SFF-8024, QSFP-DD MSA MSA, etc
• Knowledge of CMIS, C-CMIS and CFP-MSA standards and client mappings (e.g., GAUI-n)
• Experience with routing/switching equipment (e.g., Ciena, Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, Arista, Huawei)
• Experience with optical transmission (L1), routing/switching (L2/L3), lab instrumentation and/or coherent modems
• Lab experience with optical technology/instrumentation: optical transmission, lab environments, instrumentation (e.g., OSA), coherent modems (e.g., BPSK, DPSK)
• Demonstrated proficiency with Python, JavaScript (Angular.js, Ember.js), C/C++, MATLAB
• Web UI (HTML5, CSS, YANG, XML, JSON)
• Northbound interfaces (REST API, NETCONF, gRPC)
• Ability to investigate, troubleshoot, determine root causes across functional teams
• Customer-facing experience; proven ability of establishing confidence/rapport across cultural lines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Multilingual an asset
• Ability for international travel to Ciena facilities and/or customer sites (~5-15%)
• Organized, meticulous team player

Responsibilities

• Help ensure transponders and hosts adhere to ‘Coherent Common Management Interface Specification (C-CMIS)’ – a plug/host interop standard
• Help customers adopt these technologies into a variety of hosts (native and 3rd party) via technical consultancy, proof-of-concept (PoC) demos, and competitive demos and field trials demonstrating features and performance
• Work with Ciena Product Line Management (PLM), R&D, Sales, and Services for evolving solutions and capturing customer feedback

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with coherent transponders, especially pluggable form factors
• Experience with optical transmission (L1), routing/switching (L2/L3), lab instrumentation and/or coherent modems
• Lab experience with optical technology/instrumentation: optical transmission, lab environments, instrumentation (e.g., OSA), coherent modems (e.g., BPSK, DPSK)