Systems Integration Engineer (BE-ICS-TMAGRAE)

Geneva - Switzerland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 C17).
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 Bachelors or Masters 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.

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-TMAGRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

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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 CERNs 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.

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