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Join the Beam Loss Measurement (BL) Section within the Beam Instrumentation (BI) Group as an Electronic Engineer to work on the LHC Beam Loss Monitor Diamond System!
The LHC Beam Loss Monitor Diamond system is based on polycrystalline chemical vapour deposition (CVD) diamond detectors. Its nanosecond response time makes it the ideal LHC instrument for measuring localised bunch-by-bunch beam losses. This has become an invaluable resource for physicists to analyse loss mechanisms and optimize the LHC performance.
The detector signals are captured by high-speed digitizers with an AD9680 device, which provides 14-bit, 650MSPS, dual ADCs. The samples are transmitted to an Arria V FPGA, hosted in a VME64x FMC carrier card via 4 JESD204B lanes, delivering a total throughput of 6.5 Gbps. The FPGA performs real-time processing of the data, including among others histogramming, baseline reconstruction, signal capture via auto-triggering (based on detected signal patterns) and synchronization with multiple beam timing signals.
In this role, you'll design, implement, and fully validate the next generation firmware solution for the LHC BLM Diamond system. You will work with state-of-the-art hardware platforms and utilise industry standard digital communication protocols such as JESD204B, Wishbone, VME64x, Intel Avalon, SPI, and I2C.
The responsibilities will include:
This role offers an opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project that directly supports CERN's LHC operations, providing exposure to high-performance computing, advanced hardware design methodologies, and real-time signal processing.
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Job closing date: 29.07.2025 at 23:59 CEST.
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Target start date: 01-November-2025
This position involves:
Job reference: SY-BI-BL-2025-114-GRAP
Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering
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