Applied Physicist - Silicon-Detector R&D and DAQ; Ep-Dt-Sd--Grap

What you’ll do

Join the CERN Experimental Physics department in its R&D program on technologies for future experiments, focusing on advanced silicon pixel detectors. You will work on monolithic pixel detectors for the DRD3 OCTOPUS project, further developing and adapting the Caribou data‑acquisition system and leading test‑beam data‑taking and analysis. This role involves close collaboration with the EP R&D team and international DRD3 partners.

• Perform laboratory and test‑beam data taking campaigns for monolithic pixel sensors;
• Analysis of test data;
• Development, commissioning and operation of FPGA‑based data acquisition systems;
• Report on findings in project meetings;

• Pixel‑detector test‑data taking with particle beams and radioactive sources or laser‑light injections;
• Analysis of experimental results;
• Experience with developing or maintaining silicon‑detector test setups;
• Experience with FPGA‑based data acquisition systems;

• Knowledge of silicon pixel detectors and readout systems;
• Programming languages: VHDL, C/C++, Python;
• Code management / version control:
  Git;
• Ability to work in multi‑disciplinary teams;

Ideal start date: 01/03/2026
Contract duration: 24 month contract
Job flexibility: Fully Onsite
Team supervision

• Work in Radiation Areas.

• You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State.
• By the Final date to receive applications, you have a master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of professional experience since graduation or a PhD with a maximum of 3 years of professional experience since graduation. You are not eligible with only a bachelor’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Please pay attention to the additional criteria and requirements for this specific position and mentioned above.

• Your CV (English or French)
• Any document you consider relevant to your application
• A copy of your most relevant diploma or a certificate of achievement from your school (if you don't yet have your paper diploma)