Aditya Chaturvedi
Product-focused hardware engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering carrier-grade networking products across optical, PON, routing, and switching platforms. Proven track record in building automation-led test and manufacturing solutions that improved product reliability, accelerated release cycles, and scaled production readiness. Extensive experience collaborating with R&D, manufacturing, and systems teams to translate engineering rigor into customer-ready products.
Work Experience:
5 years 6 months Years
Industry:
Product Management, R&D
Function:
Telecom
Hardware Engineer – Automation Testing and Product Validation
Ciena India, Gurugram | July 2020 – Present
Led end-to-end design and scaling of automation test frameworks for carrier-grade optical and PON products (4-port UNI, 10G XGS-PON), reducing regression test cycles by ~30% and improving release predictability for high-traffic deployments.
Developed Python-based quality and validation frameworks across GPON and XG-PON ecosystems, increasing test coverage by ~25% and materially reducing manual effort and defect leakage.
Executed comprehensive manual and automated hardware validation across routing and switching platforms (51xx, 39xx, 81xx series), accelerating early defect discovery and improving pre-release product stability.
Partnered closely with R&D, manufacturing, and systems teams to identify issues early in the product lifecycle, shortening time-to-market and strengthening field and customer readiness for revenue-critical deployments.
- MBA, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 2024 – 2026
- B.Tech (Electronics & Communication Engineering), Delhi Technological University, Delhi | 2020
- Sports & Teamwork: Active member of the corporate cricket team, participating in inter-corporate tournaments.
- Social Impact & Volunteering: Active volunteer with Ciena Cares, contributing to tree plantation drives, city clean-up initiatives, and community engagement programs.