[Hiring] Sales Engineer - Interconnect @Ciena

Role Description

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. This role provides technical leadership that connects customer requirements with optical interconnect and silicon solutions, influencing product adoption and long-term business growth.

The position combines customer-facing engineering engagement with cross-functional collaboration across business development, product management, and engineering teams.

How you will make an impact:

• 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 in partnership 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.

Qualifications

• ~10 years in sales/solutions engineering, high-speed hardware, optical interconnect, silicon bring-up, or datacenter systems engineering.
• Application of 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.
• Utilization of oscilloscopes, BERTs, IBIS-AMI, simulation tools, or signal integrity tools for debugging and validation activities.
• 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.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar field (nice to have).
• Reading proficiency in Traditional Chinese to support Taiwan customer engagement (nice to have).

Benefits

• 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.
• If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.