Electronics and Networking Engineer Job in , , Switzerland

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter, the fundamental particles. The particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.

Electronics and Networking Engineer Job Description

You will join:

• The Beams Department (BE), responsible for the beam production, beam and accelerator physics, beam diagnostics, radiofrequency, controls and performance optimization for the entire CERN accelerator complex including the LHC.
• The Controls Group (CO), responsible for the specification, design, procurement, integration, installation, commissioning and operation of the controls infrastructure for all CERN Accelerators, their transfer lines and the Experimental Areas.
• The Hardware and Timing Section (HT), responsible for the development, production and support of most of the BE-CO custom electronic modules. It also provides know-how for the technical choice of commercial modules to suit the needs of equipment groups in the Accelerator Sector.

• Take responsibility for the design, evolution and support of important subcomponents of the core White Rabbit (WR) infrastructure and of applications of WR in the domain of distributed controls and data acquisition systems.
• Take a leading role in the development and deployment of solutions to increase the robustness and reliability of WR technology.
• Collaborate with controls and data acquisition teams around CERN and support them in the integration of standard WR components into complete systems.
• Represent CERN in the High Accuracy subcommittee of the IEEE P1588 Working Group, and contribute to the standardization of WR-related techniques within the IEEE 1588 standard.
• Participate in the operational support of all the deployed solutions in the domain of distributed controls and data acquisition hardware.
• Document and present your work as appropriate.

Electronics and Networking Engineer Job Requirements

Qualification required 
Master's degree in the field of electronics, or equivalent.

Experience and competencies
The experience required for this post is:

• Demonstrated experience in programmable logic design using Hardware Description Languages, VHDL in particular.
• Proven experience with Ethernet networking technologies and the IEEE 1588 (Precise Time Protocol) standard.
• Experience in techniques for increasing reliability and robustness of hardware and software would be an asset.

• Design of electronics based on field programmable logic-based devices (FPGA): knowledge of the Xilinx design tools would be an advantage.
• Design of electronics for clock/timing generation, processing, distribution and recovery.
• Programming/software development: knowledge of software development in C, Python and/or embedded Linux and device driver development would be an asset.

• Spoken and written English: ability to understand and speak English in professional contexts.
• Abilty to draw-up technical specifications and scientific reports and to make oral presentations.
• The knowledge of the French language or the willingness to acquire this rapidly would be an advantage.

• 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.

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