AI-Driven Beamline Controls Developer

ELETTRA - SINCROTRONE TRIESTE S.C.P.A.; Italy; On-site; EUR 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company performance bonus

Insurance coverage

Supplementary medical insurance

Reimbursement for school textbooks

Job summary

ELETTRA - SINCROTRONE TRIESTE S.C.P.A. in Italy is seeking a researcher to design, develop and validate an AI-assisted software development environment for the Elettra 2.0 beamlines.

You will collaborate with beamline scientists, controls engineers, data specialists and software developers to implement advanced, maintainable software. The role requires a PhD or equivalent in a related field, strong Python and Linux skills, experience with version control, CI, and hands-on use of LLM-based coding

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Control Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong software development skills, preferably in Python and in languages used for scientific or control applications, together with experience in modular architecture, APIs and Linux-based environments.
• Practical experience with version control, code review, automated testing, continuous integration and the development of maintainable, documented software.
• Hands-on experience with LLM-based coding assistants, code-generation tools or agentic development workflows, including context design, knowledge retrieval and evaluation of generated code.
• Experience in distributed control, data acquisition, scientific instrumentation software, or the integration of heterogeneous hardware and software systems.
• Ability to translate scientific and operational needs into verifiable software requirements, with a sound understanding of secure development, access control, reproducibility, provenance and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate a domain-specific AI-assisted software development environment for beamlines.
• Collect and formalize beamline use cases, software requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Define architecture and integrate with GEKO, BACS and interfaces.
• Build context for AI tools from repositories, APIs, device specs and docs.
• Connect with FAIR data-management infrastructure ensuring provenance and access control.
• Integrate AI-generated code with VCS, code review, automated tests and CI.
• Document results, support users and plan roadmap for wider deployment.

Skills

Python

LLM coding

Version control

Code review

CI/CD

Linux

APIs

Documentation

Security concepts

Data management

Education

PhD or equivalent in CS/EE

Tools

GEKO

BACS

Job description

ELETTRA - SINCROTRONE TRIESTE S.C.P.A. in Italy is seeking a researcher to design, develop and validate an AI-assisted software development environment for the Elettra 2.0 beamlines.

You will collaborate with beamline scientists, controls engineers, data specialists and software developers to implement advanced, maintainable software. The role requires a PhD or equivalent in a related field, strong Python and Linux skills, experience with version control, CI, and hands-on use of LLM-based coding