Software Developer Jobs at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

About CERN

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN) is the European research organization. It operates the largest Particles Physics laboratory in the world. This 1954 established organization has 23 member countries. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, scientists of CERN studies basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that collide together at close to the speed of light. In general, CERN’s main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure for high-energy physics research. And as a result, numerous experiments have been constructed at CERN through international collaborations.

About position

CERN is looking for a junior software developer to join its Beams Department which hosts the Groups responsible for beam generation, acceleration, diagnostics, controls, and performance optimization. Basically, the position holder will involve in producing, testing, commissioning and maintaining the software required for the diagnostic devices used by the accelerator operators to control the particle beams being accelerated at CERN.

In particular, the position holder will perform the following major duties

• Maintaining and upgrading existing software in close collaboration with instrument specialists and end-users;
• Producing C++ software for the acquisition and control of new hardware to enable integration into the accelerator control system;
• Assisting the users (operators, specialists, physicists, etc) in the exploitation of the instruments, taking on board their feedback in order to further optimize performance.

Required skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology in Information Technology or related field.
• Experience in the field of computer engineering with an emphasis on C++ programming. Similarly, experience in the field of graphical user interface design using Java, Python or C++ would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of programming techniques and languages: good knowledge of C or C++.
• Testing, diagnosing and optimization of software.
• An ability to develop software for embedded and real-time systems with/without OS. Also, knowledge of the development of data visualization applications.
• Strong command in either in English or in French.