DSP ASIC Verification Engineer - Optical Transmission Systems

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Ciena’s WaveLogic family of products is a core component of optical transmission solutions, enabling high-performance telecommunications networks globally. This role contributes to the validation and quality of these products through rigorous digital verification. The position plays a critical role in ensuring reliable functionality across complex subsystems and architectural components.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Design and execute verification activities for architectural functional blocks within the WaveLogic product family
• Analyse architecture and functional requirement specifications and collaborate with systems engineers and architects
• Develop and implement validation strategies using simulation, formal methods, and coverage techniques
• Create and integrate verification environments including test benches, agents, scoreboards, and test scenarios using SystemVerilog UVM and/or C
• Define and implement functional coverage models and contribute to verification planning
• Perform coverage-driven verification, analyse regression results, and debug failures in collaboration with design engineers
• Report verification progress, issues, and status updates on a regular basis.

The Must Haves

• Education: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or other applicable scientific discipline
• Experience: 3+ years of experience in digital design verification of complex circuits
• Application of SV-UVM, SVA, and C++ in verification environments
• Creation of verification plans based on functional and architectural specifications
• Development of verification environments using SV-UVM and C++
• Application of metric-driven verification methods including functional coverage
• Utilization of EDA verification tools and flows from major vendors.
• Candidates should have good English communication skills, solid problem-solving capabilities, and demonstrate a high level of motivation with the ability to work independently.

Nice To Haves

• Experience: Experience with formal verification methods
• Experience: Experience with coherent DSP architectures
• Experience: Experience with standards and protocols such as OTN/FlexO/B100G and Ethernet (100GE+)
• Experience: Experience using GIT for source code management and revision tracking
• Experience: Experience using Jira for schedule planning, assignment tracking, and bug reporting
• Application of programming languages such as Python, Make, Bash, C, and C++
• Basic communication skills in German.

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