Job Description

Your responsibilities

Software development for the low-level RF (LLRF) and longitudinal beam diagnostics in the LHC and injector chain. Real-time FESA (Front-End Software Architecture) software for signal acquisition from instruments as well as processing of high-bandwidth signal acquisition from the LLRF. Graphical interface software for control and data presentation.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Knowledge of C++ programming
• Experience with Python would be a plus
• Familiarity with version control systems (eg. git)
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Software engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 4th October 2024 23:59 PM (midnight) CEST.

Job reference: SY-RF-CS-2024-151-GRAE

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-November-2024

This position involves:

• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays.
• Work in Radiation Areas.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5134 and 5647 Swiss Francs (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

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