Software Engineer, beam instrumentation systems

Big Science Sweden; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CERN in Switzerland is seeking a Software Engineer for beam instrumentation systems to maintain and evolve critical real-time software powering accelerator instrumentation, data analysis, and system operations.

You will collaborate with experts, operators and multidisciplinary teams to gather requirements, implement robust software, and apply AI/ML techniques to enhance performance, reliability and maintainability of beam instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experts, operators, and multidisciplinary teams to understand needs, gather requirements, and develop effective software solutions.
• Contribute to the adoption of modern AI-assisted software development tools and practices in collaboration with colleagues across CERN.
• Maintain, support, and continuously improve existing beam instrumentation software systems.
• Design, develop, test, commission, and maintain new and upgraded real-time software systems.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing within the team and, where appropriate, supervise and mentor students or early-career talent.
• Enhancing the performance, maintainability, and reliability of beam instrumentation systems through thoughtful redesign, refactoring, comprehensive testing, and safe recommissioning.
• Designing, developing, deploying, and optimising machine learning solutions for a range of beam instrumentation applications, such as anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, signal classification, and automated diagnostics.

Job description

Software Engineer, beam instrumentation systems

Datum: 6 september, 2026 Tid: 11:59

Placering: CERN

Mer information

You will take responsibility for the maintenance and further development of several key existing beam instrumentation systems. As automation, AI and ML continue to transform scientific computing and software engineering, you will play a major role in the coordination of our group’s efforts as we embark on an ambitious programme to apply these technologies to accelerator instrumentation, data analysis, software development, and system operations.

Your responsibilities

• Collaborate with experts, operators, and multidisciplinary teams to understand needs, gather requirements, and develop effective software solutions.
• Contribute to the adoption of modern AI-assisted software development tools and practices in collaboration with colleagues across CERN.
• Maintain, support, and continuously improve existing beam instrumentation software systems.
• Design, develop, test, commission, and maintain new and upgraded real-time software systems.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing within the team and, where appropriate, supervise and mentor students or early-career talent.
• Enhancing the performance, maintainability, and reliability of beam instrumentation systems through thoughtful redesign, refactoring, comprehensive testing, and safe recommissioning.
• Designing, developing, deploying, and optimising machine learning solutions for a range of beam instrumentation applications, such as anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, signal classification, and automated diagnostics.