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Ciena Corporation

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General information

Website
ciena.com
Headquarters
Hanover, United States
Industry
Technology
Category
Software
Employees
7,000
Visa sponsor
Yes

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Pay

What does Ciena Corporation actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $141,500. Note that 58% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.2

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
BracketJobs
Under $100k11 jobs (15%)
$100k to $150k37 jobs (49%)
$150k to $200k22 jobs (29%)
$200k and up5 jobs (7%)

Plus 14 hourly jobs at $20.5 to $37.5 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now2

Optoelectronic IC Package Design Director$235,600 – $376,400
Account Manager$232,500 – $371,500
Senior Director, Customer Engagement Information Technology Partner$190,200 – $300,200
$62k$376k
Director, Product Line Management – Waveserver PLM Team$166,000 – $265,200
Global Process Owner - Sales and Operations Planning$169,400 – $240,000
Principal SI/PI Design Engineer$148,600 – $237,400
Principal Digital Verification Engineer$147,100 – $234,900
Principal Digital Verification Engineer$147,100 – $234,900
Director of Carrier Managed Service Portfolio and Offer Development – Americas, EMEA$141,700 – $226,300
Transmitter (Tx) SerDes Design Lead - 224G/448G$138,000 – $220,400
Principal Analog Layout Engineer$138,000 – $220,400
Transmitter (Tx) SerDes Design Lead — 224G/448G$138,000 – $220,400
Routing and Switching Product Line Manager$137,800 – $220,200
Digital Verification Engineer Prime (FEC)$133,100 – $212,500
Senior Fiber Coupling Engineer$133,100 – $212,500
Principal/Team Lead, Digital Verification Engineer (FEC)$133,100 – $212,500
Senior Optical Engineer$133,100 – $212,500
Sr. QA Engineer - IP Routing$127,100 – $203,000
Principal SerDes System/DSP Design Engineer$126,100 – $201,500
Global Commodity Manager - Semiconductor$123,400 – $197,000
Consultant, Systems Solutions Architecture$159,744 – $193,200
Senior PCB Layout Engineer$120,000 – $191,600
IT Project / Program Manager$119,400 – $190,700
Optical System Architect$117,800 – $188,200
Technical Solutions Engineer – Data Center PON$115,500 – $184,500
Consultant/Specialist, Partner Enablement$115,500 – $184,500
Network Solutions Engineer - Onsite at Vandenberg Space Force Base$114,600 – $183,000
Optical Systems Product Line Manager$114,100 – $182,300
Routing and Switching Product Line Manager, IP Network Innovation and Modernization$114,100 – $182,300
Product Line Manager – Intelligent IP/Optical Controller$114,100 – $182,300
Product Line Manager$114,100 – $182,300
Senior Analog Design Engineer$114,000 – $182,000
Senior Analog Designer$114,000 – $182,000
Senior Analog Layout Engineer$114,000 – $182,000
Senior Analog RF Design Engineer$114,000 – $182,000
Senior Manager – Facilities & Real Estate$110,000 – $175,600
Senior ASIC Design Engineer - Client IP$109,000 – $174,000
Senior Analog & Mixed-Signal Modelling Architect$109,000 – $174,000
Senior DSP Engineer$109,000 – $174,000
SVT/PV Engineer Routing/IP 2$104,700 – $167,300
Senior Hardware Engineer, Power Design, onsite Kanata$77,500 – $164,500
Senior Analog Hardware Design Engineer, onsite Kanata$77,500 – $164,500
Senior Hardware Design Engineer$101,800 – $162,600
Product Marketing Advisor, Interconnects Portfolio$101,100 – $161,500
Specialist, Global Technical Support$149,136 – $160,900
Senior Hardware Engineer$99,800 – $159,400
Global Commodity Manager - Optics$97,300 – $155,300
Field Services Project Manager$96,900 – $154,700
Senior Level Field Service Technician$96,900 – $154,700
Network Solutions Engineer, On-site: Scott Air Force Base, IL$95,500 – $152,500
Network Solutions Engineer, On-site: Schriever Space Force Base, CO$95,500 – $152,500
Optical Design Engineer$94,100 – $150,300
Senior Optical Engineer$94,100 – $150,300
Senior Optical System Designer$94,100 – $150,300
Enterprise Integration Developer$94,099 – $147,600
Lead Solution Architect (Anaplan)$91,000 – $145,400
Mixed Signal Design Engineer$90,600 – $144,800
Hardware Systems Architect (Optical Networking)$89,400 – $142,800
Senior Financial & Data Analyst (FinOps) - Hanover, Maryland$89,300 – $142,700
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer$88,700 – $141,700
Ingénieur optique/Optical Engineer$84,700 – $135,300
CAD PCB Layout Designer$83,800 – $133,800
Digital Verification Engineer - New Grad$79,300 – $126,700
Application Support Engineer, Service Reliability Engineering$78,500 – $125,500
Hardware Engineer, Power Design, onsite Kanata$74,200 – $118,400
ASIC Synthesis and STA Engineer - New Grad$70,700 – $112,900
Platform Software Developer - 2026 New Grads$69,900 – $111,700
Wavelogic Software Development - New Grad$68,800 – $109,800
Embedded Software Developer - New Grad$68,800 – $109,800
Embedded Software Engineer - New Grad$68,800 – $109,800
Embedded Software Developer (New Grad)$68,800 – $109,800
Software Engineer (Security) - New Grad$65,500 – $104,600
Accountant - Maryland Office Based$63,900 – $102,100
SVT/PV Engineer 1 - New Grad$62,700 – $100,100
Photonic Layout Engineer - New Grad$61,800 – $98,800

Hourly jobs

THW Client Co-op$27 – $38 an hour
Software Developer Intern - Fall 2026$25 – $35 an hour
Wavelogic Modem HW Engineering Intern/Co-op (Winter 2027 - 4 month)$26 – $35 an hour
Software Developer in Test Automation Intern$26 – $35 an hour
WaveLogic Software - Intern (Fall 2026)$25 – $35 an hour
Mechanical Design Co-op (8 Months, September 2026)$26 – $35 an hour
Quality Assurance Routing & Switching Intern (Winter 2027)$26 – $35 an hour
WaveLogic Systems Design Architecture Intern (8-12 months)$25 – $34 an hour
Development Engine Infrastructure DevOps Co-op (Fall 2026 - 4-12 months)$25 – $34 an hour
MCP Applications Co-op UI or BE Co-op (Fall 2026, 8+ months)$25 – $34 an hour
Product Verification Engineer Intern (12 months)$25 – $34 an hour
System Integration Specialist Intern$25 – $32 an hour
NPI Hardware Co-op (8 month - January 2027)$25 – $32 an hour
AI & Automation Intern - GCN Services Business Operations$21 – $28 an hour

Visa sponsorship

Does Ciena Corporation sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023 as well as the number of petitions they've requested so far this year. Ciena Corporation is a top employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 28 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $161,113.3

Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)3

H1B petitions approved, by fiscal year (USCIS)
Fiscal yearApproved
FY202129
FY202234
FY20239

Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →

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Common questions

Is Ciena Corporation hiring now?

Yes. There are 150 open jobs.

Does Ciena Corporation sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Government records show 28 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $161,113.

How much does Ciena Corporation pay?

Posted pay runs $61,800 to $376,400 a year, and the median is $141,500. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

564 daily listing observations, Jun 21 to Sep 12 windowRechecked daily, last September 12, 2026
  1. 1. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Ciena Corporation's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
  2. 2. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Ciena Corporation's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
  3. 3. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.

Sources
ciena.com, checked daily
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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