Job Description

Your responsibilities

The Target, Collimators and Dumps (TCD) team within the Accelerators Systems Department (SY) is seeking a dedicated individual to join them as a Collimator Production and Testing Engineer. You will contribute your expertise within the small team that oversees the production of collimators and masks of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Project (HL-LHC).

The role involves supporting critical aspects such as procurement, quality assessments, testing procedures and management of collimators and masks. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a crucial phase of the HL-LHC Project.

In this role, you will:

• Oversee and manage the construction of collimator supports, ensuring adherence to project timelines and quality standards;
• Conduct procurement activities for specific components required for collimator support structures;
• Provide hands-on support during test campaigns, ensuring a smooth execution and accurate data collection;
• Supervise and manage surface activities related to collimators at CERN, ensuring operational efficiency and compliance with safety protocols;
• Coordinate various contracts with industry partners, overseeing shipment logistics, maintaining inventory records and conducting quality assessments of received components;
• Take charge of managing technical documentation associated with different contracts, ensuring accuracy, accessibility and compliance with CERN’s standards.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Experience with precise mechanical engineering assemblies;
• Project management knowledge;
• Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering concepts (structural, thermal);
• Capability to work in diverse, multicultural, multidisciplinary environment.

Advantageous:

• Knowledge of assemblies in ultra-high vacuum environment would be an advantage.

Language:

• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Mechanical Engineering or similar (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 18.03.2024 at 23:59h (midnight) CET.

Job reference: SY-STI-TCD-2023-143-GRAP

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

This position requires:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

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