GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) one of the world's largest research projects, will be built in international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work together in this international environment with a team of employees committed to ensure each day to conduct world-class science.

The department “Control Systems” (ACO) presently employs about 65 hardware and software developers and is responsible together with national and international partners for the design and implementation of the control system of the existing and future FAIR accelerator facilities.

We are now inviting qualified candidates to apply for the following position:

Software-Developer C++ (all genders) for the Accelerator Control System
Master of Computer Science or comparable qualification
Posting ID: 24.64-6210

You will be working in a team of Software developers that is responsible for the controls software for the accelerator complex. You will develop control system components for the GSI/FAIR facility (www.fair-center.eu). The task comprises requirements engineering, conceptual work and design, implementation, test and maintenance.

On device level, the control system of the GSI/FAIR accelerator complex is realized as distributed system with real-time device controllers. A high-precision central timing system synchronizes the control and a central middleware realizes the communication between the objects. Your task is to build and maintain device-level software for controlling components of the GSI/FAIR accelerator complex. In close communication with the device experts and the operations team you determine the requirements, develop the controls software with the CERN and GSI- developed FESA-Framework in C++ and integrate your software into the accelerator complex. The development platform is Linux, the target platform is RT-Linux with LM32 Soft Core.

You will be working as part of a team and contribute with your ideas to the overall concept of device control software. With an independent work style you will also act as contact person for internal customers as well as colleagues.

You are passionate for software development as well as conceptual work and the design and development of control software for particle accelerators pose a challenge for you.

Your Tasks:

• Conceptual work, software development, test, integration, commissioning and maintenance of device control software for the GSI/FAIR accelerator complex
• Contribution to the development and enhancement of the device control framework FESA in collaboration with colleagues from CERN
• Development and enhancement of libraries and tools e.g. for test, deployment/rollout and monitoring of more than 1500 device controllers in operation
• Supervising development projects of our international partners
• Documentation and quality assurance of in-house developments
• Support for commissioning and operation of the accelerator complex; that comprises also on-call duties (regulated by works agreement)

Required skills:

• Strong knowledge and experience in C/C++ development and object oriented software design
• Experience in Linux (system, drivers, kernel modules) as well as software development under Linux
• Practical experience in hardware oriented programming
• Good knowledge of real-time critical systems and real-time software development
• Experience with source code versioning, ideally Git
• Strong writing and communication skills in German and English
• Ability and willingness to quickly and efficiently become acquainted with new topics
• Excellent team skills, focus on a common goal
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal abilities, ability to understand business requirements of our internal customers, explain own ideas and concepts, customer-oriented thinking, positive contributions to discussions and to a common understanding
• Methodic, self-dependent, goal- and quality-oriented work style
• Independent work style, ownership of products and with a strong commitment to providing exceptional customer service

Advantageous skills:

• Experience with troubleshooting and the use of electronic measurement equipment (oscilloscope, logic-analyzer) is a plus
• Practical experience with build processes, unit tests and continuous integration (Autotools, Gitlab, Jenkins, etc.)
• Knowledge in Python and Bash
• Background knowledge in electronics, hardware, physics and/or natural sciences

For a successful application you must have a successfully completed university studies attested by a degree in Master of Computer Science or comparable qualification and fulfill the required skills.

Furthermore, your task highly demands the ability to perform conceptual work. Many connection points with other specialist teams require excellent team- and communication skills as well as delight in work that is structured and accurate in every detail.

We offer a varied and interesting work place in a dynamic and well-equipped research environment. In the context of the FAIR project a large part of the new control system is to be developed and commissioned in the next years. With the possibility to incorporate and further develop your own ideas you will actively contribute to the system design.

We offer an indefinite employment contract. Salary is equivalent to that for public employees as specified in the collective agreement for public employees (TVöD Bund).

GSI supports the vocational development of women. Therefore women are especially encouraged to apply for the position.

Handicapped persons will be preferentially considered when equally qualified.

Further information about FAIR and GSI is available at www.gsi.de and www.fair-center.eu.

If you find this position interesting and challenging and would like to work in an exceptional, international, strongly technical environment, please send your full application documents, including the desired salary, with information of your earliest possible starting date with the above posting number 24.64-6210 by 31st of Mai 2024 at the latest

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