Job Description

Your responsibilities

Interested in helping shape the next generation systems handling the very large amount of data coming out of CERN physics detectors? Passionate about machine learning (ML) and how it will reshape how our experiments work?

Join the CERN IT Platforms and Workflows Group and the Next Generation Trigger project to have an impact on how our future infrastructure will look like.

You will:

• Help with the system design and specification, focusing on the required resources (type and numbers) and participating in procurement and tender processes.
• Identify reference use cases from the different teams around machine learning. Run extensive benchmarks relying on multiple resource types and configurations, covering distributed training, hyper-parameter optimization and inference.
• Research and develop a shared MLOps platform to serve the different CERN teams involved. Iterate with end users on different prototype solutions and engage with industry leaders to ensure long term sustainability of our choices.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Good knowledge of machine learning use cases and software frameworks.
• Experience with GPUs and other hardware accelerators.
• Experience with Linux and cloud native system administration.
• Knowledge and experience with public clouds is a plus.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Computing Engineering, Computer Science (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 14.04.2024 at 23:59 PM CEST.

Job reference: IT-PW-PI-2024-52-GRAE

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

Target start date: 01-August-2024

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5119 and 5631 Swiss Francs (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.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.