Contract - Controls software engineer in the computing division

Consortium CELLS

Barcelona, Spain

Deadline date: 2014/02/05

Description

The consortium for Construction, Equipment and Exploitation of the Synchrotron Light Laboratory (CELLS) is jointly funded by the Spanish State Government through its Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Ministry of Education and Science) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Autonomous Government) through its Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació (Department of Universities, Research and Information Society).

The accelerator was commissioned in 2011 and the Beamlines started official operations in May 2012. The control systems for the beamlines use common tools and reuse most hardware and software. However every beamline will require particular developments for fast data acquisition and on-line data analysis.

CELLS offers you a unique opportunity to participate in this adventure as part of a dynamic team with many possibilities in an great environment. Come and join us! 

The controls software section consists of 15 staff members. The section is part of the computing and electronics division with its 50 staff member.

Functions:

  - Develop Software for the control system and data analysis of the accelerators and beamlines.

 - Participate on the development of the Alba control system, including the core, graphical interfaces, support for detectors, and specific hardware.

Requirements

  - A Software engineer, Telecommunications engineer, physicist or equivalent. 

  - C, C++, Python, Java and Qt.

 - Good interpersonal skills and capabilities to work in a group, as well as to work independently for some tasks.

  - The working language at ALBA is English. A good level of English both written and spoken is required.

More information and applications

http://www.cells.es/Jobs/Apply/index_html

Reference: CD-CS-2013-06