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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Ciena
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $85,900.0 - $137,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Wavelength-Division Multiplexing, Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Linux, Programming Tools, Eclipse (Software), Embedded Software, Ethernet, GNU Debuggers, Integrated Development Environments, Inter-Process Communication, Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Language Modeling, Netconf, Real-Time Operating Systems, Memory Leaks, Simple Network Management Protocols, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Toolchain, Scripting, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Software Application Programming, Git, Yocto, Hardware Infrastructure, Restful APIs, Grpc, Microservices
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/21_01a12b7a-6e1b-706f-90a2-f50fd27053c0

## About the Role

* Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
 * Experience: 2+ years of experience in an embedded software development role within a networking or telecommunications environment, including building applications using C or C++
 * Application of BSP development, security features, and board bring-up
 * Development of Linux kernel drivers and user space drivers
 * Application of embedded systems concepts including Linux operating systems, mutual exclusion, synchronization, interrupt handling, and inter-process communication
 * Background in datacom and telecom concepts such as DWDM, OTN, Ethernet, and TCP/IP
 * Debugging using tools such as GDB and Valgrind
 * Verbal and technical writing skills, * Experience designing embedded systems using microservice architecture on real-time operating systems
 * Ability to interpret CPU hardware architectures, hardware functional specifications, and hardware timing diagrams
 * Linux as a software development environment
 * Exposure to CLI, TL1, SNMP, NETCONF, REST, and gRPC
 * Use of development tools including Git, Eclipse, JIRA, Confluence, GDB, and Yocto
 * YANG modeling language and related toolchains
 * Scripting using Python, Go, or Bash

## Description

* Design embedded software in C running on Linux to configure ASIC and hardware components
 * Implement software to manage hardware resources and meet data path requirements for transport and switching applications
 * Collaborate with local and remote engineering teams to plan, estimate, and track development activities
 * Contribute across the product development lifecycle including definition, design, planning, implementation, and testing
 * Review product requirements and customer use cases to inform software design decisions
 * Prototype and evaluate alternative solutions on target hardware platforms
 * Deliver functional specifications and technical design documentation for embedded software architectures