Controls Software Developer

Cosylab is a global technology company that develops and integrates state-of-the-art software and hardware for many of the most demanding and advanced radiotherapy and big-science systems in the world.

Among the many multimillion-dollar international projects we work for are also the projects that are considered to be among the largest in the world and are changing the future of humanity – ITER and CERN.

Our software and hardware expertise contributes to research institutes reaching scientific breakthroughs, hospitals providing successful cancer treatment with innovative irradiation systems, and organisations achieving greater engineering excellence and efficiency in the international market.

Working at Cosylab is a great opportunity to discover genuine teamwork and collaborate with experts from the world’s most important research projects. We are aware of the importance of good interpersonal relationships and the pleasant well-being of all our employees, and we are happy to maintain this. We are friends, proud to work together, and able to develop just about anything to which we put our mind.

In addition to our work, we are always zealously following our vision: pushing science to its limits.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are looking for Controls Software Developer to join our global technology team. This position for work performance is in Chicago, Illinois (employment in our branch company Cosylab USA with headquarters in Palo Alto, California).

You will take part in the design and development of distributed control and data acquisition systems for particle accelerators. You will be responsible for systems analysis, requirements gathering, design, implementation, integration, test, and documentation. Most of the development will take place in the EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) toolkit often used within the particle accelerator community that usually runs on Linux or other real-time operating systems (Linux RT, RTEMS, VxWorks) and is programmed via the EPICS framework (tools and libraries).

This is a multi-disciplinary role, teaming with software and hardware engineers, and has continuous interaction with scientists comprised mainly of particle accelerator physicists and operators.

• Requirements gathering and generating design documentation.
• Writing prototype code to evaluate methods and writing production code for test and integration.
• Analyzing and designing solutions, and participating in the completion and commissioning of the final software package.
• Designing and developing new Linux kernel and EPICS drivers, embedded applications, and user interfaces.
• Responsible for project leadership within cost and time-constrained environments.

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• Experience with C, C++, and Python.
• Experience with requirements and design specification creation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a dynamic work environment.

• Experience with embedded systems, real-time architecture, software design, and development.
• Experience with motion control.
• Experience with Linux, Linux RT, vxWorks, or other RTOS platforms.
• Experience with the EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) toolkit.

• Plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth combined with a competitive and periodically updated salary tailored to your skills, experiences, and results.
• Interesting work full of challenges in an international working environment.
• A work environment with flexible working hours and remote work.
• Opportunities to work abroad, on-site.
• High-impact learning culture: regular in-house and external training sessions and a team of international professionals eager to help you grow.
• Flexible working time with the possibility of working from home.
• Many recreational after-work activities, unlimited coffee, soft drinks, fruit, therapeutic massage, other well-being goodies.
• COSYlab events (Teambuildings, CosyPicnic, New Year’s Party, … ).
• Casual atmosphere with friendly faces where you can completely “be yourself”