We’re hiring a Machine Learning Developer for the CERN CMS Level 1 Trigger team!

Join our team to develop ML algorithms for the CMS Level 1 Trigger system as part of the NextGen Triggers project! NGT is a 5-year collaboration between the LHC experiments and the CERN Research and Computing Departments. The project aims to advance the use and impact of innovative Artificial Intelligence technologies and high-performance computing architectures for the LHC experiments’ trigger selection, data processing, and theoretical interpretation. For the High-Luminosity (HL)-LHC upgrade, the CMS collaboration is designing a novel Level-1 Trigger system that will process collision events in real-time and select the most interesting collisions for further analysis. Within the NGT project, we seek to make best use of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in this upgrade to exploit the full potential of the upgraded experiment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop ML algorithms for the CMS Level 1 Trigger, focusing on the correlator subsystem and interfaces with upstream/downstream components.
  • Execute the full development cycle, including dataset preparation, model exploration, training, development of emulators, firmware development and integration, and testing/validation.
  • Investigate and implement techniques for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) relating to putting ML models into production, including continuous monitoring and training.
  • Collaborate with colleagues from the EP-CMG-OS section and EP-CMD, as well as other staff, fellows, and students in the section, and the wider CMS L1T team.
  • Present work at conferences and workshops at CERN and externally.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

  • Knowledge and application of physics reconstruction techniques and algorithms
  • Design, implementation, and validation of trigger algorithms, and of FPGA applications Knowledge and application of FPGA programming including Hardware Description Languages and High Level Synthesis
  • Knowledge and development of Machine Learning algorithms (boosted decision trees, neural networks) including Fast Machine Learning. Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) would be a plus
  • Software development platforms (e.g. github, gitlab), and continuous integration

For more information about the job, the full elligibility criteria, and to apply, view the opening on CERN’s hiring pages here. The application deadline will be 15th April. Feel free to contact me for more information.