Research Scientist Engineer - FEC Design Engineer

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well‑being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

How You Will Contribute

Create and analyze forward error correction (FEC) designs for next-generation high-speed optical communication systems.

Work closely with the Modem Signal Processing Team on the implementation of digital algorithms in Ciena products.

Analyze challenging problems in your areas of knowledge which would be a subset of: coding theory, statistics, signal processing, communications theory, control theory, high-speed algorithms, and optical physics.

Create innovative solutions that can be implemented in CMOS.

Model in MATLAB.

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