Your responsibilities

The ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker (SCT) is part of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, providing the tracking of charged particles arising from proton-proton collisions. Maintaining the optimal performance of the SCT is vital for the physics analysis program of ATLAS, and the successful candidate is expected to take a leading role in SCT operations as well as in offline performance studies to ensure SCT continues to operate with maximum efficiency.

The person will be required to learn SCT operational requirements and procedures quickly including both hardware and software (data acquisition and detector control system), and be expected to lead SCT performance studies. The candidate should have experience with online systems, have demonstrable programming and software management skills (including C++, python, gitlab, JIRA), and ideally should have experience of working with tracking detectors for particle physics experiments. He or she will be expected to work closely with colleagues in the SCT collaboration, to supervise students or qualification tasks in SCT, and be willing to work shifts (including possibly nights and weekends) where necessary.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Experience with programming (C++, python)
• Software management (gitlab, JIRA)
• Experience with detector operations are relevant, as an example on-call responsibilities, run coordination or development of subsystem tools
• 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.
• You have a professional background in Physics, Applied Physics (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Job closing date: 29.01.2024 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: EP-ADE-TK-2023-151-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-March-2024

This position requires:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 Swiss Francs per month (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

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