Industrial Control System Engineer (SY-EPC-CCS-2026-158-GRAE)

Join us and contribute to the development and commissioning of industrial control systems for CERN's largest power installations. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge automation technologies and modern software engineering tools.

Your responsibilities:

• Design, develop and commission large, distributed control systems based on Siemens S7-1500 PLCs and the CERN's UNICOS framework.
• Development of Matlab Simulink models for Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) testing.
• Development of test scripts in Python.
• Contribute to our CI/CD and automated testing framework.
• Supervise students.

More information here.

Your profile:

• Experience in developing, testing, and commissioning Siemens S7-1500 PLC-based control systems.
• Knowledge of automation technologies, including industrial fieldbuses and SCADA.
• Experience with Python programming.
• Knowledge of Git, Gitlab and CI/CD practices.
• Familiarity with system testing and Hardware-In-The-Loop.

Skills:

• Siemens S7-1500 PLCs and TIA Portal.
• Python.
• Matlab Simulink.
• Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) testing.
• Strong communication skills.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Skills that would be an advantage:

• Git, Gitlab, CI/CD.
• Industrial fieldbuses (Profinet) and SCADA (WinCC OA).

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 Electrical or Automation Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's 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.