Your responsibilities

The Low-Level RF systems of the SPS and the future High-Luminosity LHC crab cavities are fully digital and implemented in FPGA on a MicroTCA platform.

The new graduate will develop the tools and system software libraries, in Python and C++, essential for the development of FPGA firmware, Linux device drivers and real-time FESA (Front-End Software Architecture) software for these systems.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Required: C++ skills: Proficiency in C++ programming, including maintenance and porting of software, debugging and optimizing code, object-oriented programming, and version control (e.g., Git).
• Optional: Python Skills: Proficiency in Python programming, including scientific computing & visualization libraries. Understanding of control theory principles, system modeling, stability analysis.
• 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 Computer Engineering or equivalent (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.

Job closing date: 18th August 2024 at 23:59 PM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: SY-RF-CS-2024-117-GRAE

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

Target start date: 01-October-2024

This position requires:

• 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 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.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.