Ciena

Sep 3, 2026

Principal Digital Verification Engineer

On-siteUnited States

New York, United States · Pittsford, New York, United States · Rochester, New York, United States

PythonC++

About the opportunity

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena builds the critical infrastructure powering the AI era. 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.

How You Will Contribute

The Wavelogic family of products is widely used in Ciena's optical fiber transmission solutions and is one of the main contributors to Ciena's success in the telecommunications industry. To further strengthen our team, we are looking for an expert digital verification engineer who will be involved in the verification of these products, working within a team of digital design engineers, verification engineers and architects, in our Rochester NY office.

Your role as an expert digital verification engineer will be to propose and implement innovative verification strategies, in order to thoroughly simulate and validate functional blocks, cores, and subsystems for the Wavelogic family of products.

Following are examples of responsibilities in this role, however the role is not necessarily limited to this list and can vary from project to project:

You will be expected to quickly understand the architecture and functional requirements of the project in order to effectively communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects.

You will be responsible for the complete and detailed validation of entire subsystems by using an appropriate combination of simulation, formal and coverage methods.

You will be responsible for creating, reviewing and optimizing simulation environment components, test case scenarios as well as functional coverage and formal verification test plans.

You will be expected, if/when appropriate, to lead focused groups of individuals or mentor individuals and manage their priorities towards reaching a specific set of objectives

You will be accountable for estimating schedules, and once approved track them towards timely completion, while providing clear and precise status updates at regular intervals

Possibility of reporting directly to the Senior Manager as an ASIC Verification Prime

As an ASIC verification Prime, you would be responsible for all aspects of the verification of the digital portion of the Serdes as well as working with partner teams to ensure overall Serdes coverage.

You would also be responsible for participating in architectural and design reviews to proactively advise on verification impacts and improvements for schedule and or coverage.

The Must Haves

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or other applicable scientific degree coupled with expert level experience in the use of System Verilog, UVM, SVA, and simulators from major vendors.

Proven ability in determining appropriate and comprehensive digital verification and coverage strategies

Highly motivated self-starter, able to work independently, while being a great teammate

Ability to methodically address (debug) sophisticated technical problems.

Excellent organization, written and oral English communication skills.

Assets

Experience with

Formal verification methods

DSP and/or Forward Error Correction

Using Jira for bug tracking and GIT for source code management and revision tracking

Familiarity with programming languages such as: Python, Make, bash, object-oriented programming, C, C++.

The annual salary range for this position is $147,100 - $234,900.

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Pay 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.

Non-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.

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.

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