Test Tools & Automation Software Engineer at Ciena in Ottawa, ON

Role Overview

As part of the Data Acquisition and Test Engineering Tools team, you will be developing, building, troubleshooting, and supporting software tools used on Ciena’s production lines for the modems designed by Ciena. New test systems and tools are required for the next generation of products, to grow our testing capabilities, which will be deployed abroad at our manufacturing partner sites.

The ideal candidate is a flexible, highly technical problem solver, with knowledge of software, and test & measurement. You feel at home in a dynamic, multi-team engineering environment, acting as an interface between product design, other test engineering teams, and the volume production line.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing software tools, frameworks and applications for Windows and cloud-based platforms for data collection, and test automation to bring leading-edge telecommunication products from initial design and NPI stages to volume manufacturing
• Delivering robust, well-documented, scalable software, using CI/CD pipelines and agile development methodologies
• Drive standardization of new and existing test software frameworks
• Assist test engineering groups with adopting new technologies to improve or replace existing test solutions
• Collaborate with Electrical, Optical, Systems, and R&D teams to gather requirements and specifications for software deliverables
• Sharing best practices, influencing, and supporting other engineering teams with software development activities related to process and test automation

Technical Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in object-oriented software development (preferably C#, .Net)
• Experience implementing serverless cloud base solutions (preferably with AWS, Azure)
• Knowledge of software control management systems, and continuous improvement tools, and peer code review (preferably with Git, SVN, Bamboo, Artifactory)
• Strong troubleshooting, and debugging skills
• Experience designing and maintaining SQL, and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with software design patterns, and data structures
• Familiarity with tools for Agile software development (Jira)

Desired Characteristics

• Team player able to effectively collaborate with cross functional teams around the world
• Self-motivated, well-organized with a willingness to learn
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and meet aggressive deadlines while maintaining quality of deliverables
• Curiosity to experiment with new technologies, to solve current problems
• Ability to become proficient in new programming languages quickly
• Experience in instrumentation, optics or telecommunication
• Experience working with Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Ability and willingness to travel abroad occasionally

Work Location

This position will be staffed out of our Ottawa or Montreal facilities, however due to COVID-19 the initial work location will be remote, until such time that Ciena offices reopen.