Senior Digital Verification Engineer

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How You Will Contribute:

At Ciena, we are at the forefront of the telecommunications industry, and our Wavelogic modem family of products plays a crucial role in our success. As a Senior Digital Verification Engineer, you will be an integral part of a team responsible for implementing innovative verification strategies for the Wavelogic family of products. Reporting to the ASIC Senior Manager, you will collaborate with a team of Digital Design Engineers, Verification Engineers, and Architects to simulate and validate functional blocks and subsystems.

Responsibilities:

• Read and understand the architecture and functional requirements specification document(s) and communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects.

• Thoroughly validate one or more architectural functional blocks using a combination of simulation, formal, and coverage methods.

• Develop verification, functional coverage and formal verification test plans.

• Create testbench environments and components, agents, scoreboard, and test scenarios using System Verilog UVM and/or C.

• Perform coverage-driven verification, monitor regressions, and debug failures with the support of the function's designer.

• Provide regular status updates on verification progress on a regular basis. 

The above lists are intended to describe the general nature and level of work by the selected candidate. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required to be qualified and to be performed by the selected candidate. You will have an opportunity to better understand the role through the interview experience.

The Must Haves:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.

• Significant experience in using System Verilog, UVM, SVA, and simulators from major vendors.

• Knowledge of digital analog converters and PLLs

• Proven ability to determine comprehensive digital verification and coverage strategies.

Assets:

• Experience with formal verification methods

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

• Proficiency in bug tracking using Jira and source code management and revision tracking using GIT.

Pay Range:

The annual pay range for this position is $109,000 - $174,000

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