Are you a passionate firmware developer who enjoys developing complex digital electronics applications and working with state of the art FPGA technology? Join us in developing the custom electronics and corresponding firmware that will power the data acquisition system (DAQ) of the upgraded Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the High-Luminosity LHC.

We are upgrading the CMS experiment, and in particular the data acquisition, to handle the high data rates expected from proton-proton collisions in the upcoming High-Luminosity LHC phase. As part of this effort, we're commissioning new custom electronics boards and designing new network and processing firmware to enable the collection and selection of data from CMS at an unprecedented input rate of up to 80 Tb/s.

You will design and develop the firmware that deals with the transport and aggregation of data, using state of the art FPGA boards to implement modern network protocols in firmware. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the R&D work for future DAQ electronic boards.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Software Engineering or 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.