Control System Software Engineer (Software Development) 80-100%
Publication date:
12 December 2024Workload:
80 – 100%Contract type:
Unlimited employment- Place of work:Villigen PSI
The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform cutting-edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. By performing fundamental and applied research, we work on sustainable solutions for major challenges facing society, science and economy. PSI is committed to the training of future generations. Therefore, about one quarter of our staff are post-docs, post-graduates or apprentices. Altogether, PSI employs 2300 people.
For the Real Time and Embedded Systems Development Group we are looking for a
Your tasks
- Develop software applications for various platforms used at PSI (SOM/SOC, Zynq US+, Intel, ARM, PowerPC)
- Develop systems, tools, drivers and applications for the EPICS Control System and integrate and commission in the PSI Particle Accelerators, as well as do the long-term maintenance changes and upgrades - Analyse and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of critical particle accelerator hardware and software systems and large-scale distributed, real-time and failure-critical systems
- Interface and collaborate on Hardware and FPGA design and development with different groups
- Actively document the subsystems and provide guides, courses, specifications, and other technical reports
Your profile
- Degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Software or Embedded Systems Engineering, Physicis or related
- Experience in distributed systems design and development with multitasking real-time operating systems, variety of hardware and FPGA interfacing and / or development
- You possess sound technical, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills and have gained extensive experience in software development of the large failure-critical distributed systems, knowledge of OS coding techniques, protocols and interfaces
- You enjoy working as part of a team and your excellent communication skills in English make it easy for you to deal with different contact persons and stakeholders
We offer
Our institution is based on an interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic collaboration. You will profit from a systematic training on the job, in addition to personal development possibilities and our pronounced vocational training culture. If you wish to optimally combine work and family life or other personal interests, we are able to support you with our modern employment conditions and the on-site infrastructure.
For further information, please contact Dragutin Maier-Manojlovic, phone +41 56 310 40 23.
Please submit your application online by 15 January 2025 for the position as a Control System Software Engineer (index no. 8211-01).
Paul Scherrer Institute, Human Resources Management, Melanie Rapisarda-Bellwald, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
