Control Systems Engineer — Particle Accelerators (Hybrid)

CERN; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

30 days paid leave + 2 weeks annuality

Health insurance & Pension Fund

Family allowances

Relocation package

Contract extension eligibility

Job summary

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, seeks a Computing Engineer to design, implement and maintain software that interfaces with accelerator protection and interlock systems. You will collaborate across disciplines to ensure safe, reliable operation of large-scale facilities like the LHC, contributing to testing, deployment, and performance improvements in a hybrid work environment.

The role requires a Master’s in Computing/Physics/Engineering or equivalent and strong experience

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or equivalent relevant experience in Computing, Physics or Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test and maintain software components interfacing with protection and interlock systems.
• Monitor deployed applications, investigate issues and improve reliability, availability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with engineers, technical specialists and operations teams during commissioning, testing and operation.
• Understand user requirements and contribute to technical decisions for sustainable software solutions.
• Strengthen development workflows, automated testing, CI and software quality, exploring AI-assisted tools where appropriate.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to colleagues and students.

Skills

Java

C++

Software engineering

Version control

Automated testing

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Kanban

Scrum

DevOps

Requirements analysis

ICT systems

Education

Master's Degree (Computing/Physics/Engineering)

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Testing frameworks

Job description

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, seeks a Computing Engineer to design, implement and maintain software that interfaces with accelerator protection and interlock systems. You will collaborate across disciplines to ensure safe, reliable operation of large-scale facilities like the LHC, contributing to testing, deployment, and performance improvements in a hybrid work environment.

The role requires a Master’s in Computing/Physics/Engineering or equivalent and strong experience