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We’re a technology company shaping the future of networking, guided by innovation, integrity, and collaboration. Through development opportunities, meaningful work, and flexibility, Ciena supports growth and well-being-on and off the job. Connect with a career that matters.\nHow You Will Contribute\nWe are looking for an experienced Senior Digital ASIC Verification Engineer to join our top-level team. You will play a key role in verifying complex, highly integrated digital ASICs, with a particular focus on top-level functionality, cross-IP interactions, and system-level use cases.\nIn this role, you will take ownership of complex verification activities, working closely with digital designers, architects, and verification engineers to develop verification strategies, create functional test environments and scenarios, debug challenging failures, and drive verification toward closure.\nThis is a role for an engineer who can independently tackle complex verification problems while providing technical guidance and contributing to improvements in the team's verification methodology and efficiency.\nWhat You Will Do:\nTake ownership of complex top-level and cross-IP verification activities, from verification planning through execution, debug, coverage analysis, and closure.\nDevelop and maintain SystemVerilog/UVM functional verification environments, testbenches, testcases, checkers, assertions, and supporting verification infrastructure.\nDevelop cross-IP and system-level test scenarios that exercise interactions, data flows, and dependencies across multiple functional blocks.\nTranslate architecture, design specifications, and system requirements into comprehensive verification plans and test strategies.\nWork closely with designers, architects, and verification engineers to identify verification risks, corner cases, and potential gaps early in the development cycle.\nIntegrate and reuse block-level verification components within subsystem and top-level verification environments.\nApply formal verification techniques where appropriate, including developing assertions and properties to complement simulation-based verification and improve overall verification coverage.\nClearly communicate verification status, risks, issues, and recommendations to the broader ASIC development team.\nMentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.\nThe Must Haves\n5+ years of relevant experience in digital ASIC/SoC verification, with demonstrated experience independently verifying complex designs.\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.\nStrong hands-on experience with SystemVerilog and UVM.\nExperience developing verification plans and translating design and architectural requirements into testcases.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.\nNice to Haves\nExperience with formal verification, including property checking, assertion-based verification, formal applications, or formal coverage techniques.\nExperience writing SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA).\nExperience verifying large ASICs or SoCs at the subsystem or chip/top level.\nExperience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Make, or similar tools.\nFamiliarity with high-speed networking or communications technologies such as Ethernet or OTN.\nPay Range: The annual salary range for this position is $111,900 - $178,700 CAD.\nRequisition Status: Future Vacancy\n#LI-BH #LI-Onsite\nPay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business. Please note that the pay range information provided in this posting pertains specifically to the primary location, which is the top location listed in case multiple locations are available.\nNon-Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission. In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.\nAt Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. 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