Machine Learning Developer (EP-CMG-OSGRAP)

Join us to push the boundaries of real-time Machine Learning (ML) in one of the most demanding computing environments in the world. You will develop cutting-edge ML models for the CMS Level-1 Trigger - an ultra-low-latency FPGA-based system responsible for selecting the most interesting LHC collisions in real-time.

You will help design the next generation of trigger algorithms for the High Luminosity LHC era by co-training ML models across different systems to maximise physics performance while optimising information flow bandwidth and on-device resource usage. This includes developing and scaling MLOps workflows integrating ML models into FPGAs and delivering demonstrators that validate full-chain performance from training and physics performance to on-hardware deployment.

This position is part of the NextGen Triggers (NGT) project a 5-year collaboration between LHC experiments and the CERN Research and Computing Departments. The project leverages innovative Artificial Intelligence technologies and high-performance computing architectures to enhance trigger selection data processing and theoretical interpretation for LHC experiments. The insights gained will inform future detector development data flows and theoretical tools.

Your responsibilities

• Design and train ML models to boost the physics selections of the CMS Phase-2 Level-1 Trigger by targeting specific signatures and optimising information transport across the multi-algorithm system.
• Develop deliver integrate and test ML models in FPGAs (including RTL / HLS components and software emulators).
• Demonstrate physics performance gains and present results within CMS at CERN and at international conferences.
• Design and incorporate MLOps practises scaling up workflows to ensure reproducible training validation and deployment of ML-based trigger algorithms.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues in CMS CERN departments and external institutes working on ML-for-Trigger research.

Your profile

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Eligibility criteria :

a Masters degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;

Additional Information :

Job closing date : 04.02.2026 at 23 : 59 CET.

Contract duration : 24 months with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Working hours : 40 hours per week

Job flexibility : Hybrid

Target start date : 01-April-2026

Job reference : EP-CMG-OSGRAP

Field of work : Applied Physics

Benchmark job : 200140 - Applied Physicist

Global Benefits

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Employment Type : Full-time

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