Electronics Engineer (EP-SME-SHP-2025-22-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

We are seeking a Electronics Engineer to join the detector team of the recently approved SHiP experiment at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). SHiP aims to search for signatures of feebly interacting particles, which could be linked to neutrino mass and dark matter. You will play a key role in the design and development of the Timing and Fast Control system and readout system of the experiment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing firmware for both simulation frameworks and real hardware.
• Contributing to the integration, testing, and deployment of the first proto-architecture for the timing and control distribution system and readout system.
• Supporting test beams and early integration tests with the SHiP sub-detectors.
• Assisting in the specification and development of the complete Data Acquisition (DAQ) system for SHiP.

Your profile

Skills

• Knowledge of VHDL (or alternative Verilog/SystemVerilog)
• Knowledge of modern tools for FPGA development (Integrated Development Environments)
• Familiarity with C/C++ and Python
• Familiarity with Xilinx FPGAs 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 Electronics Engineering or related field (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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 18.03.2025 at 23:59 hrs CET.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-May-2025

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

Job reference: EP-SME-SHP-2025-22-GRAE

Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 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.

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