Firmware Engineer (index no. 6222-00)

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform cutting-edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. By performing fundamental and applied research, we work on sustainable solutions for major challenges facing society, science and economy. PSI is committed to the training of future generations. Therefore, about one quarter of our staff are post-docs, post-graduates or apprentices. Altogether, PSI employs 2200 people.

For the Photon Science Detector Engineering Group we are looking for a

Firmware Engineer
80 % or more, flextime

Your tasks
You will participate in the firmware development of next generation high-speed X-ray cameras with frame rates of several kHz. These cameras are able to produce several tens of GBytes per second of data. Therefore, the focus will be on firmware development for data readout in the detector and online processing in FPGA boards inside the data backend server. You will develop and test firmware in collaboration with the other firmware engineers and physicists in the group. You will also be involved in the development of the necessary firmware and software interfaces.
As our group philosophy relies on a strong teamwork, you will be able to get an insight in many aspects of detector development, from the design of the individual components of the detector to the pilot experiments at X-ray facilities.