Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.
Introducing Ciena
Since 1992, Ciena has been driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation. We believe in a network that grows smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day. This means that when you digitally interact in your world - picking up the phone, streaming video, texting a friend or loved one – your interactions are being enabled by Ciena technologies. Ciena makes your social / entertainment / business existence REAL.
Why Ciena:
- We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
- We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.
- We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
- We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
- We know that financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
- We realize time away to recharge is non-negotiable. We offer flexible paid time off!
- Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.
What Does Ciena Expect of You?
- Initiative – You’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.
- Agility – you are readily able to make key decisions and manage competing and ever-changing account priorities and largely driven by the product development lifecycle.
- Communication expertise – the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas in both English and French to the audience to ensure understanding and consensus
- The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.
- Relationship builder – with a proven ability to influence, you’re able to get work done through others.
- A commitment to innovation – you keep abreast of the market and competitive developments and are always keen to formulate new ideas and problem solve
How You will Contribute:
Join Platform Software team to develop platform dependent software and advanced technologies in Linux containers based distribution and state of the art networking technologies.
You would be required to work in Linux kernel,device drivers and related area.
Contribution in software design, development, validation and documentation to deliver high quality, functionality excellent products.
Trouble shoot and fix reported issues; identify root cause, diagnose, debug and deliver robust timely fixes.
Participate in all phases of software development life cycle, including design, product validation, documentation, and solving deployment issues.
Work in an agile development environment and participate in sprint activities to plan and produce rapid cycle, high quality deliverables.
Design in an embedded software development environment in C language development tools.
Must haves -
- Strong on C programming
- Working experience of Linux/VxWorks/RTOS Device Driver, u-boot,BSP, board bring-up.
- Working experience in Linux Kernel Space
- Self-motivated and good team player.
Desirable Skills Required:
* Good Working knowledge in board bringup, Kernel Porting, DDR, uboot, USB, I2C, SPI, PCI,PCIE, eMMC, ARM-core, and Flash technologies.
* Solid understanding of Linux internals, OS concepts, Real Time systems, Linux BSP.
* Strong skills in: GDB, live system debugging and problem solving skills.
* Experience on PowerPC( MPC82xx,83xx,P2020,P2041,P5040), ARM or similar multi-core processor is a plus.
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At 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. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.
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What We Do
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is a global leader in networking systems, services, and software. We build the world’s most adaptive networks to enable our customers to deliver richer, more connected experiences for all users. At our core, Ciena is a company rooted in people. We prioritize deep, collaborative relationships within our teams and alongside our customers, partners, and communities around the world.
For three-plus decades, we’ve brought our humanity to our relentless pursuit of innovation. We continue to lead the evolution of networking with a strong track record of industry firsts. As end-user expectations skyrocket, our customers and their networks must transform. Ciena powers this transformation by driving next-generation solutions built for maximum openness and agility—today and into the future.
Corporate/Brand Values:
• Customer First
• Integrity
• Velocity
• Innovation
• Outstanding People
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We are known for our industry-firsts, including the first coherent optical solution, converged packet-optical platform, and intelligence automation platform. Our commitment extends beyond innovation, logging in over 35,000 volunteer hours and $2 million to worthy causes in 2023. We're the perfect size and culture for you to make a difference.
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