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Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity-driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.\nSenior Software Engineer, WaveLogic Modem Software Development plays a critical role in delivering next-generation optical transport and switching capabilities at Ciena. This role contributes to embedded software that enables high-performance Layer 1/2 networking across advanced hardware platforms. The work directly impacts product quality, scalability, and customer adoption.\nHow you will make an impact:\nDesign embedded software in C running on Linux to configure ASIC and hardware components\nImplement software to manage hardware resources and meet data path requirements for transport and switching applications\nCollaborate with local and remote engineering teams to plan, estimate, and track development activities\nContribute across the product development lifecycle including definition, design, planning, implementation, and testing\nReview product requirements and customer use cases to inform software design decisions\nPrototype and evaluate alternative solutions on target hardware platforms\nDeliver functional specifications and technical design documentation for embedded software architectures\nThe must haves:\nEducation: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering\n Experience: 2+ years of experience in an embedded software development role within a networking or telecommunications environment, including building applications using C or C++\nApplication of BSP development, security features, and board bring-up\nDevelopment of Linux kernel drivers and user space drivers\nApplication of embedded systems concepts including Linux operating systems, mutual exclusion, synchronization, interrupt handling, and inter-process communication\nBackground in datacom and telecom concepts such as DWDM, OTN, Ethernet, and TCP/IP\nDebugging using tools such as GDB and Valgrind\nVerbal and technical writing skills\nNice to haves:\nExperience designing embedded systems using microservice architecture on real-time operating systems\nAbility to interpret CPU hardware architectures, hardware functional specifications, and hardware timing diagrams\nLinux as a software development environment\nExposure to CLI, TL1, SNMP, NETCONF, REST, and gRPC\nUse of development tools including Git, Eclipse, JIRA, Confluence, GDB, and Yocto\nYANG modeling language and related toolchains\nScripting using Python, Go, or Bash\nPay Range:\nPay range information for this position, in USD is:\n85,900.00 - 137,000.00\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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