About the role
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.
Join Ciena’s xPO System Architecture and Simulation team driving next-generation optical interconnect innovation for AI-scale systems. This role shapes the architecture of emerging Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) solutions, ensuring industry-leading performance across integrated photonics, packaging, and system-level design.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Define architectures for current and future xPO interconnect products
- Evaluate high-level system requirements and translate them into subcomponent specifications for engineering teams
- Lead system-level modeling and simulation efforts to enable end-to-end performance validation
- Correlate simulated and measured performance data to refine internal models
- Advance internally developed Python-based link simulation tools