AI Champion

How you will make an impact

• Drive adoption of AI across ASIC design, verification, and physical design workflows
• Create and implement AI use cases for RTL design, verification, scripting, documentation, and regression analysis
• Develop guidance, workflows, and guardrails to enable pragmatic and repeatable AI adoption
• Evaluate and integrate AI tools, applications, and agentic workflows from internal teams and external vendors
• Establish standardized methodologies for developing reusable AI agents and skills
• Collaborate with engineering, CAD, IT, and methodology teams to prioritize and deploy high-value AI applications
• Mentor engineering teams on AI-enabled workflows and promote sharing of outcomes, learnings, and best practices

The must haves

• Experience: 5+ years in ASIC design, verification, or physical design environments
• Experience: 2+ Years in application of AI agents and skills in engineering workflows, including development and deployment of agent-based solutions
• Experience delivering presentations to management audiences
• Application of project management practices to support structured and disciplined workflows

Nice to haves

• Experience with multi-agent workflows

Additional information

Location: Ottawa office, in-person attendance five days a week

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Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity, building 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.

Compensation and benefits

Non-Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission. In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.

Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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