Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer The 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 2300 people. The Control Systems section at PSI has around 35 developers and integrators divided into 6 groups. The Section develops and maintains core software tools, APIs, and building blocks that enable reliable and robust control systems for some of the world's most advanced large-scale research facilities. Our control systems are based on the open-platform toolkit EPICS, addressing the demanding challenges of data acquisition and device control in modern accelerator and beamline environments. For the Real-Time and Embedded Systems Development group we are looking for a Senior Software Developer Your tasks Independent development, implementation, and maintenance of control system software, including real-time applications, Linux/EPICS drivers, client applications, and user interfaces (UIs) Design and development of low-level OS (Linux) components, covering kernel customization, configuration, compilation, Linux image creation, device trees, filesystems, kernel drivers, and libraries Creation of software support and tools (drivers, U-Boot, Yocto, BSP adaptations, testing, and commissioning) for current and next-generation PSI hardware platforms (cPCI-S, SoC/SoM, UltraScale+, Intel/ARM/PowerPC, etc.) in collaboration with the electronics section and other internal and external specialist groups Participation in internal initiatives within the Control Systems section, collaborating closely with other groups, and actively contributing to the development of architectural designs and overarching goals for the Section