Accelerator Controls Engineer

Software Engineer - Accelerator Controls Mer information

As part of the software team of the Machine Protection and Electrical Integritygroup, you will work on the upgrade of the Beam Interlock System (BIS) and Safe Machine Parameters system (SMP), which are key protection systems for the safe and reliable operation of the whole accelerator chain.

Both systems are undergoing a major overhaul, starting from their components and extending to software elements: data acquisition, control, supervision and monitoring. While each have their own purposes, use-cases and domain specificities, the two systems share the same technical stack: low level C++ real-time controls application, Java data transformation layer, Python and Angular GUIs, and integrations within the wider CERN accelerator controls.

Key aspects of the job include extending the reference model of the SMP system, implementing the real-time controls application integrating with the SMP and BIS hardware elements, as well as the upper software layers (Java, Python, Angular), and facilitating their integration with other software systems and the accelerator controls environment.

• You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State. Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani and Lithuanian nationals for positions with a 2026 start date, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
• By the Final date to receive applications, you have a maximum of 2 years of professional experience since graduation in the respective field and your highest educational qualification is either a bachelor’s or master’s degree. You must have a university degree and can’t hold a PhD.
• 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.