Data Scientist Intern (fall 2023)

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Job Description


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. Why Ciena?
  • We?re a company rooted in people?seeking to create a vibrant and inclusive environment, where everyone feels they can belong.
  • Accelerate your career path by gaining hands-on experience and exposure to the latest technology. Our interns and graduates work on real projects in real time in world class labs. Be a part of tomorrow?s future ? today.
  • Mentoring. Networking. Leadership Opportunities. We recognize that the learning doesn?t stop when you leave school - we champion a team environment for development and provide the tools to achieve success.
  • We are big proponents of life-work integration. Our people make a big difference at Ciena, but we want to shine light on their differences outside of working hours too. CienaCares supports non-profit causes important to employees by matching employee financial contributions and dedicating time for volunteering.
The Opportunity: 4 month work term: September - December 2023 How You Will Contribute: As part of the Operations Software Tools group, you will develop, build, troubleshoot, and support the cloud data ecosystem used in Ciena?s production lines. New data management systems and new tools are required for the next generation of industrial mass production, to grow our testing capabilities, which will be deployed abroad at the sites of our manufacturing partners. The ideal candidate is a flexible, highly technical problem solver, with interdisciplinary knowledge of software, statistics, and test & measurement. You feel at home in a dynamic, multi-team engineering environment, acting as an interface between product design, test engineering teams, volume production lines, operations, and finance. In this role, you will..
  • Mine data to help find and automate anomaly finding.
  • Develop data models and algorithms to apply to data sets
  • Adapt new technologies to improve or replace test processes.
  • Build and help maintain our cloud data ecosystem.
  • Optimization of test methods to increase throughput and robustness.
  • Create new tools to scale test capabilities to higher volumes.
  • Provide interfaces for other groups to use the new tools with different technologies.
  • Develop software automation with different cloud tools.
What Does Ciena Expect of You?
  • A sense of urgency ? what?s important to the customer is equally important to you. You make getting things done a priority.
  • Integrity ? you hold yourself to the highest level of personal and professional standards of conduct.
  • A commitment to innovation ? you continually seek to learn, understand new technologies and ever-changing market conditions, and endeavour to apply that knowledge to Ciena?s advantage.
  • You embrace change ? thriving in a diverse environment of ever-changing priorities and sometimes stressful situations.
  • The flexibility to work independently with minimal supervision as well as part of a broader team.
The Must Haves:
  • Enrolled in a Ph.D. or master?s program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or related fields with a focus on data science techniques
  • Proficient in a high-level programming language (e.g. python, java)
  • Experience in a variety of advanced statistical and machine learning techniques (e.g., regression, distributions, clustering, ANNs, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Machine Learning frameworks (such as TensorFlow, Keras, or PyTorch) and libraries (e.g., scikit-learn)
  • Experience in Python programming
  • Commitment to work full-time (40 hrs/week)
The Assets:
  • Knowledge of Apache Spark, and Databricks.
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS).
Desired characteristics
  • Team player to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams around the world.
  • Must be reliable and able to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Self-motivated, well-organized, and willingness to learn.
  • Assertiveness to drive our contract manufacturer engineers/technicians.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluent English (Bilingual: English/French is desirable).
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.

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  • Job Id
    JD2171757
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
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  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Ottawa, ON, Canada
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