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Introduction
Are you a skilled Electronics Engineer with experience in FPGA and hardware design? Do you want to contribute to the new control hardware platform for the accelerator complex in the High Luminosity LHC era? Join CERN’s Controls Electronics and Mechatronics group, to work on the Distributed I/O Tier (DI/OT) hardware platform.
DI/OT (https://ohwr.org/project/diot/wikis) is a modular hardware platform featuring a Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ System-on-Chip and a radiation-tolerant implementation of a RISC-V processor in a Microchip Igloo2 FPGA.
You will join:
The BE Department, responsible for the beam generation, acceleration, diagnostics, controls and performance optimisation for the LHC and its injector accelerators.
The CEM Group, responsible for development and maintenance of controls hardware and low-level software, electronics design, production and radiation tolerance, mechatronics and robotics, test and measurement systems.
The EDL Section, responsible for the development and support of a collection of general-purpose electronic modules for controls and data acquisition.
Functions
As Electronics Engineer in the DI/OT project you will:
Take part in the design evolution of the hardware of various DI/OT components like the System Boards, Peripheral Board FMC Carrier, Crate and Fan Tray.Develop FPGA designs including DMA, high-speed transceivers and SoC processing system.Develop radiation-tolerant FPGA designs for the Igloo2 family using mitigation techniques like TMR and Error Correction Codes.Support users in the adoption of the DI/OT platform and development of application-specific hardware and FPGA modules.Develop low-level C code and Python for testing hardware and FPGA modules.Document and present your work as appropriate.Supervise a small team of Graduates.Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of electronics engineering or a related field.
Experience:
The following experience is required for this position:
Development of complex FPGA designs including DMA, Multi-Gigabit Transceivers, integration with the SoC Processing System.Development of testbenches for FPGA designs.Design of digital hardware modules using Altium or Kicad EDA tools.Analysis and debugging techniques for hardware modules and FPGA designs.Low-level C and Python programming, including interfacing with hardware modules.The following experience is considered as non-mandatory assets:
Radiation mitigation techniques in digital systems.EMC testing and industrial norms.Development of Linux kernel device drivers.Technical competencies:
Design and simulation of FPGA-based electronicsDesign and simulation of digital electronic circuitsDevelopment of software for embedded and real-time systems with/without OSKnowledge of radiation effects on electronics and mitigation techniques: would be an advantage;Design and modelling of power electronic components and systems: would be an advantage.Behavioural competencies:
Achieving results: driving work / projects along and seeing them through to their conclusion.Solving problems: addressing complex problems by breaking them down into manageable components.Working in teams: working well in groups and readily fitting into a team; participating fully and taking an active role in team activities.Demonstrating flexibility: adapting quickly and resourcefully to shifting priorities and requirements.Learning and sharing knowledge: keeping up-to-date with developments in own field of expertise and readily absorbing new information. Sharing knowledge and expertise freely and willingly with others; coaching others to ensure knowledge transfer.Language skills:
Spoken and written English or French: ability to understand and speak the other language in professional contexts. Ability to draw-up technical specifications and/or scientific reports and to make oral presentations in English.
Eligibility and closing date:
Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all Member States and Associate Member States.
This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible, and applications should normally reach us no later than 23:59 CET Monday 15 January 2024.
Employment Conditions
Contract type: Limited duration contract (3 years). Subject to certain conditions, holders of limited-duration contracts may apply for an indefinite position.
These functions require:
Work in Radiation Areas.Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.Job grade: 6-7
Job reference: BE-CEM-EDL-2023-167-LD
Benchmark Job Title: Electronics Engineer