Job Description

Your responsibilities

The ATLAS Pixel Detector is part of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, providing the tracking of charged particles arising from proton-proton collisions. Maintaining the optimal performance of the Pixel Detector is vital for the physics analysis program of the ATLAS experiment.

The successful candidate is expected to take a leading role in Inner Detector Pixel Operations and Data Acquisition to ensure the Pixel Detector continues to operate with maximum efficiency. The person will be required to learn the Pixel DAQ software and infrastructure quickly, as well as operational requirements and procedures. We are looking for a candidate with software affinity and an interest in software architecture. The candidate should have experience with online systems and have demonstrated programming and software management skills (including C++, gitlab). Experience of working with particle detectors for particle physics experiments is an advantage.

He or she will be expected to work closely with colleagues in the ATLAS Pixel Collaboration, to supervise students or qualification tasks in this area, and be willing to work outside normal working hours where necessary for ATLAS data taking (including possibly nights and weekends). He or she should be willing to take on call duties.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Knowledge of programming (C++) and software management (gitlab) is required.
• Experience with detector operations and working in the field of particle detectors is an advantage.
• Working in teams and supervision of students is an asset.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Physics, Applied Physics (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 18.06.2024 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: EP-ADE-TK-2024-105-GRAP

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-July-2024

This position requires:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6212 and 6828 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

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