Electrical Component Engineer

**Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.**TITLE Electrical Component EngineerDEPARTMENT Supply Chain: Component EngineeringLOCATION Zapopan, MexicoREPORTS TO Director of Component Engineering**Job description**:**Key responsibilities**:Component electrical engineer is responsible for the following tasks in a timely & professional manner.- Coding of new components, including writing the technical procurement specifications.- Definition of component qualification requirements based on industry standards.- Reliability qualification of its component portfolio.- Ensure supply security by multi-sourcing its component portfolio- Managing the technical relationship with our supply base.- Documenting the components in Ciena corporate database, including the components compliance to environmental regulations (RoHS, REACH, TSCA, others).- Provide guidance for the selection of reliable components based on failure mechanisms.- Lead steering committee in partnership with the components Global Commodity Managers to provide strategic guidance to the development teams on the technology of choice for future development.- Ongoing maintenance of the database based upon product change notifications from our suppliers.- Establish Ciena position on reliability issues, support the resolution of business critical delivery problems, cost reduction programs & supplier supply agreements/negotiations.- Coordinate prompt resolution of component level issues. Leverage quality and failure analysis support at the CM, and work directly with the component manufacturers where needed. Issues include end of life notifications, product change notices (PCN), and component level test failures, etc- Coordinate component qualifications for new revision parts, replacement parts, and/or new- Perform Supplier audits & development activities including documenting/resolving audits finding, process audited along with key parameters of the process/production capabilities and capacity.**Qualifications and Experience required**:- Bachelor’s degree or M.S Degree (preferred) in electronics or physics engineering with 10 to15 years of relevant experience.- Demonstrate extensive experience and knowledge/understanding of passives (resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers) and semiconductor (transistors, digital logic, diodes, LEDs) fabrication process.- Telecommunication knowledge with excellent command of relevant industry standards, Telcordia, IPC, JEDEC, etc.- Understanding and experience of failure analysis techniques.- Ability to recognize and detect counterfeit components- Experience with technical and ‘hands-on’ component production line audit- Strong communication/teamwork skills to work with relevant departments within Ciena.- Strong leadership skills and influence in order to drive root cause analysis and corrective actions implementation as required.- Attention to details, organized and motivated to excel.- Focused on completing assigned tasks in a timely manner.- Availability to travel 5-10% of time.LI-S**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.****If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.