Applied Physicist

vor 4 Stunden

Genève, Schweiz CERN Vollzeit

**Job Description** Your responsibilities**

Are you a passionate developer who enjoys solving complex problems and working with modern technologies? Join us in developing software and firmware for the real-time data processing system of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the LHC.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop software and firmware for data acquisition and real-time processing in the L1 Data Scouting demonstrator system.
- Support and contribute to the implementation of prototype physics analyses on the demonstrator system.
- Design and develop new scouting physics analysis prototypes to enhance the CMS experiment's physics program.
- Provide daily supervision and mentorship for project students.
- Collaborate closely with members of the CMS L1 trigger and data scouting groups at CERN.
- Present project work and results at CERN-hosted and international conferences and workshops.

**Your profile**

**Skills**:

- Experience with software development (C++, python, linux, git) is desidered.
- Experience of data analysis in the high energy physics domain would be beneficial.
- Experience with FPGA firmware development and familiarity with trigger / data acquisition systems and their hardware, e.g. high speed optical links, would be beneficial.
- Experience with the following specific software would be beneficial: Vivado Design Suite, Vivado/Vitis High Level Synthesis (HLS), Intel oneAPI /TBB, CUDA/Alpaka, ROOT, gitlab and continuous integration processes.
- Basic knowledge of machine learning techniques and tools would be a plus.
- Strong team collaboration skills and effective communication of work, including in presentations.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Eligibility criteria:

- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
- You have a professional background in Physics, Computer Science or Engineering (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.

**Additional Information**
Job closing date**:11.08.2025 at 23:59 CEST.**

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-October-2025

Job reference: EP-CMG-OS-2025-106-GRAP

Field of work: Applied Physics

**What we offer**
- A monthly stipend ranging between **6287** and 6911** 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.

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