Embedded Software Engineer for Sub-Nanosecond Sync

Big Science Sweden; Genf; On-site; Full time

Job description

Are you passionate about cutting-edge technology and eager to work on innovative projects? We are looking for an Embedded Software Developer to join the Electronics Design and Low-Level Software (EDL) section within the Control Electronics and Mechatronics (CEM) group at CERN, and be part of theWhite Rabbit Collaboration Bureau.

White Rabbitis a CERN-born technology and now an industry-standard that provides sub-nanosecond synchronisation and deterministic data transfer to distributed devices interconnected with a WR network.

You will enhance and maintain the basic blocks of this technology, including the software and firmware running on the White Rabbit Switch and the White Rabbit PTP Core, which are deployed in thousands of instances globally. You will also interact with institutes and companies world-wide to help them with integration and deployments of White Rabbit.

Be sure to meet the eligibility criteria

• You are a national of aCERN 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 application deadline, 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.