Job Description

Your responsibilities

We are pleased to offer the opportunity for individuals with experience to join the IC Technology R&D team at CERN through the Experienced Project Graduates (QUEST) employment program. We are actively searching for an experienced Systems Engineer to become an integral part of our dynamic team. This role holds significant importance in advancing our capabilities in electronic systems modeling and simulation, with a particular focus on electronics for future particle detectors.

You will be responsible for:

• SystemC Framework Development: lead the development and enhancement of a SystemC-based framework (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/19/01/C01039) for architecture modeling of electronic systems in future particle detectors.
• Electronic Systems Modeling: Utilize the framework to create detailed models and simulations of electronic systems, ensuring accuracy and reliability in representing complex architectures.
• Performance Optimization: Identify opportunities for performance optimization and efficiency improvements within the SystemC framework and electronic system models.
• Particle Detector Integration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate electronic system models into the overall architecture of future particle detectors, considering performance, power consumption, and reliability.
• Validation and Verification: Design and implement robust validation and verification processes for electronic system models, ensuring their alignment with real-world applications and requirements.
• Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation for the developed SystemC framework, electronic system models, and simulation results to facilitate knowledge transfer and future development.
• Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate effectively with hardware and software engineers, physicists, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical expertise in electronic system modeling.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

Technical Skills:

• Strong and proven programming skills in C++.
• Proven experience in developing SystemC-based frameworks for electronic system modeling.
• Experience in scripting languages such as Python.
• Familiarity with hardware description languages (HDLs).
• Experience in verification methodologies and tools is a plus.
• Knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, including ASIC and FPGA technologies.
• Experience in the design and implementation of microelectronic systems.
• Proficient in version control systems, particularly Git.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
• Detail-oriented with a focus on precision in design and implementation
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a drive for continuous improvement
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work well in interdisciplinary teams

Language Skills:

• Fluent in English

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Electronics Eng. or Computer Science (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: 16 April at 23:59 PM CET.

Job reference: EP-ESE-ME-2024-45-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-June-2024

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 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.

We are on a Quest. A Journey into discovery like no other. Bring your expertise to our unique work and develop your knowledge and skills at pace. Join world-class subject matter experts on unique projects, in a Quest for greater knowledge and deeper understanding.

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