Job Description
Your responsibilities
You will work in the openlab collaboration between CERN and Siemens. Your activities will include:
Evaluate and implement software-defined automation concepts: leverage Siemens Industrial Edge Ecosystem and Virtual PLCs (vPLCs) to deploy advanced control strategies.
Develop monitoring solutions for large heterogeneous PLC deployments: design and integrate monitoring tools using the Industrial Edge Ecosystem to ensure efficient operation and scalability.
Research open-source Large Language Models (LLMs): investigate and prototype the use of LLMs to improve automation, fault detection, and predictive maintenance in industrial control applications.
Collaborate closely with Siemens Foundational Technology: act as a technical bridge and focal point for joint R&D activities, aligning project goals and ensuring smooth knowledge transfer between teams.
Your profile
Skills
Advanced knowledge of C/C++.
Proficiency in Python programming.
Proven experience with Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Background in edge or embedded computing is an advantage.
Previous exposure to Large Language Models is an advantage.
Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.
Eligibility criteria:
You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
You have a professional background in Software Engineering (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.
Additional Information
Job closing date: 03.07.2025 at 23:59 CEST .
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months.
Working hours: 40 hours per week.
Target start date: 01 August 2025.
Job reference: BE-ICS-STF-2025-69-GRAP.
Field of work: Software Engineering and IT.
What we offer
A monthly stipend ranging between 6287 and 6911 Swiss Francs (net of tax).
Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse, and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund .
Depending on your circumstances: installation grant; family, child, and infant allowances; travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
30 days of paid leave per year .
On-the-job and formal training at CERN, as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.
About us
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers probe the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter—fundamental particles that are collided at near light speed. This research provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. More information is available at http://home.cern .
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