Sales Engineer – Interconnect

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Ciena

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1985

📡 Telecommunications

🔧 Hardware

💰 Series C on 1995-12

Telecommunications • Hardware • Networking

Ciena is a global leader in optical and routing systems, services, and automation software. We build the world’s most adaptive networks to address ever-increasing digital demands for richer, more connected experiences for all users. For three-plus decades, we’ve brought our innate sense of humanity to our relentless pursuit of innovation.

📋 Description

• Lead pre-sales technical engagement for Ciena’s Interconnects portfolio across hyperscalers, OEM/ODMs, and AI/compute system partners • Drive lab bring-up, debugging, interoperability validation, configuration, and performance testing activities • Translate customer system architectures and requirements into technical solution recommendations and product roadmap input • Guide complex design-win opportunities from evaluation through production with business development and account teams • Serve as the primary technical interface for proof-of-concepts, interoperability events, compliance activities, and early deployments • Deliver technical workshops, product demonstrations, architecture reviews, and executive-level technical presentations • Gather ecosystem, competitive, silicon, and optical interconnect insights to inform product lifecycle management and roadmap alignment • Provide technical leadership connecting customer requirements with optical interconnect and silicon solutions, influencing product adoption and long-term business growth • Collaborate cross-functionally with business development, product management, and engineering teams

🎯 Requirements

• Approximately 10 years of experience in sales/solutions engineering, high-speed hardware, optical interconnect, silicon bring-up, or datacenter systems engineering • Experience with DSP/retimer, SERDES, optics/pluggables, AEC/ACC, PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed test equipment, or related technologies • Experience working directly with Asia-based hyperscalers, cloud builders, OEMs, or ODMs • Experience using oscilloscopes, BERTs, IBIS-AMI, simulation tools, or signal integrity tools for debugging and validation • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar field • Fluent Mandarin and professional English communication skills, including written and spoken communication • Documentation, presentation, and communication skills supporting collaboration across engineering, product management, and commercial teams • Reading proficiency in Traditional Chinese to support Taiwan customer engagement is nice to have • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar field is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment • Individual growth, well-being, and belonging • Growth, wellbeing, and recognition for teams • Equal Opportunity Employer • Workplace accommodation measures when required