Company Description

Job Description

Our team develops, operates, and supports industrial control system solutions used across CERN, including accelerators, technical infrastructure, and experimental facilities. We provide integration services for heterogeneous equipment and promotes standardised approaches to ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability of control systems.

In this role, you will contribute to the delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of control system integration services, with a strong focus on OPC UA-based systems and CAN Open devices.

Your responsibilities

  • Support the integration of industrial devices and subsystems into CERN control systems using OPC-UA standards.
  • Contribute to the operation and support lifecycle, including incident analysis, feedback loops, and continuous service enhancement.
  • Supporting integration and diagnostics of fieldbus-based systems, including CAN and CANopen, where applicable.
  • Work in a highly heterogeneous environment involving both commercial and custom-built systems, where reliability and maintainability are critical.
  • Contribute to the development, maintenance, and operation of validation and testing tools, primarily based on Python.
  • Design and execute automated validation workflows and test campaigns to ensure compliance, robustness, and performance of integrated systems.
  • Analyse system behaviour and troubleshoot integration and production issues across a diverse set of deployed systems.
  • Support users by providing technical expertise, documentation, and guidance on integration solutions and tools.

Your profile

  • Initial experience or strong academic background in industrial control systems, distributed systems or automation.
  • Exposure to OPC-UA or similar industrial communication protocols, including basic configuration and testing.
  • Exposure to version control systems (e.g. Git) and structured development workflows.
  • Experience working on technical projects (academic or professional) involving system integration or automation.
  • Experience with OPC-UA is preferred.

Skills

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals (requirements analysis, version control, lifecycle management).
  • Initial experience with Python development.
  • Initial experience with modern C++ (minimum C++17).
  • Familiarity with software testing practices (unit and integration testing).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and automated testing environments.
  • Problem-solving skills in diagnostics, debugging and system analysis.
  • Knowledge of CAN bus and CANopen protocols is preferred.
  • Familiarity with industrial communication protocols or field systems is preferred.
  • Exposure to large-scale or mission-critical systems is preferred.
  • Ability to learn quickly, follow technical guidelines and collaborate within a team.
  • Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

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 Software Engineering, Automation (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.

Qualifications

Additional Information

Job closing date: 23.04.2026 at 23:59 CEST.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job flexibility: Fully Onsite

Target start date: 01-June-2026

Job reference: BE-ICS-TMA-2026-91-GRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

Benchmark job: 200020 - Computing Engineer

Global Benefits

  • A monthly stipend between 5266-5793 Swiss Francs per month (tax free) depending on your degree.
  • 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
  • Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
  • Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
  • A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
  • Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
  • On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

Overview of CERN - Discover a world where the impossible is made possible!

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, we are pushing the frontiers of science and technology. Our groundbreaking work brings together not only physicists but also a diverse range of professionals from engineering, technical, scientific, and administrative fields. Together, we foster an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive.

Every day, we face exciting new challenges and opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research that shapes our understanding of the universe. We meet these challenges through the diverse perspectives within our teams, ensuring every contribution is valued and driving our shared sense of inclusion and purpose. Diversity is a core value of CERN since its foundation, and it remains central to our mission and continued success.

If you are ready to be part of a dynamic, inclusive community pushing the boundaries of knowledge, CERN is the place where your curiosity and skills can thrive. Be part of our mission to uncover what lies at the heart of the universe! TAKE PART!

More information about us, here: careers.cern

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