Quality Account Engineer

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. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

Ciena is a global leader in high-speed connectivity, delivering adaptive networks that enable exponential growth for service providers, enterprises, and governments. Quality is fundamental to that mission. This role plays a critical part in protecting customer trust by driving end-to-end quality outcomes across hardware and software platforms, while partnering closely with customers and internal teams to prevent issues before they occur.

How you will make an impact:

• Drive resolution of customer-impacting quality issues by identifying root causes and leading cross-functional corrective and preventive actions • Act as a quality subject matter expert bridging Research and Development (R&D) teams and customer-facing Quality Management activities • Partner with account teams and customers to understand quality requirements and ensure alignment with customer baselines • Analyze, communicate, and report customer quality results and trends to internal stakeholders • Monitor and publish quality metrics that support continuous improvement initiatives • Recommend and implement enhancements to quality assurance processes and integrated hardware and software workflows • Support day-to-day Global Quality activities across the customer lifecycle

The must haves:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering or a related technical discipline • 5+ years of proven experience in quality engineering or quality management roles • Strong experience performing root cause analysis in complex, multi-layered platform environments • Working knowledge of telecommunications equipment and customer network baselines • Familiarity with Network Element technologies including Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), and Ethernet • Ability to manage multiple priorities in an agile or scrum-based development environment • Strong attention to detail with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with minimal supervision

Nice to haves:

• Experience working directly with global customers and account teams in a telecom environment • Exposure to integrated hardware and software quality processes • Experience defining, tracking, and reporting quality metrics for continuous improvement • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Documented training or quality-related certifications

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