Job Description

Your responsibilities

The MPT workshop is at the forefront of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) technology, designing and producing innovative detectors such as GEMs, Micromegas, THGEMs, uRWELL, and more. This position is dedicated to overseeing manufacturing processes for detectors that are relevant in the context of the CERN EP strategic R&D program on technologies for future experiments.

Responsibilities include:

• Contributing to the full design and production cycle of MPGDs.
• Mastering various fabrication techniques:
  • Resistive coating deposition (DLC, B4C)
  • Printed circuit board (PCB) production
  • Thin film circuit fabrication
  • Flex-rigid board creation
  • Chemical milling & fine-line flex circuits
  • Multilayer build-up with micro-vias
• Focusing on interconnection devices and detector parts, bridging the gap between nanometric and millimetric fabrication.
• Playing a key role in manufacturing processes for advanced detectors, supporting CERN’s EP R&D program.

Field of Interest: Material Science, Electro-Mechanical Technologies, Electronics, Applied Physics Field of Diploma: Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Experience in microfabrication techniques.
• Strong understanding of electronics and mechanics.
• Knowledge of particle detectors would be an advantage.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• 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 Engineering,Technology,Physical Sciences (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: 01.04.2024 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: EP-DT-2024-36-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-May-2024

This position requires:

• Participation in a regular stand-by duty, including nights, Sundays and official holidays.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays.
• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

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

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

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