Introduction

As a Mechanical Engineer in CERN's Engineering Department, you'll have the opportunity to get involved in the whole lifecycle of mechanical fabrication of components for CERN's particle accelerators. Come test yourself against a diverse range of technologies, serving as the link between physics and mechanical fabrication.

You will join:

The Engineering Department (EN) pushes forward the limits of technology to provide innovative research tools to the physics and engineering worldwide community. The position is opened in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) Group, which provides specific engineering solutions for CERN, combining mechanical design, fabrication facilities, and material science support.

In particular, the Machining & Maintenance section (MA), which masters a wide range of machining technologies through dedicated in-house fabrication facilities. MA section provides a CERN-wide service in the machining and mechanical assembly of devices for particle accelerator applications, while maintaining and developing a corresponding 40 years old know-how. You will join a team of highly qualified technicians and engineers in CNC machining. Perform tasks in a highly technical content, involving state-of-the-art fabrication equipment;

Functions

As a Machining and Assembly Mechanical Engineer in the MA Section, you will:

• Develop machining, manufacturing and mechanical assembly methods for the fabrication of high-precision prototypes and components for accelerators and experimental facilities;
• Identify and justify investments in new tooling, fixtures, or equipment and implement into fabrication process. Manage technical tendering for procurement of machining centres and related systems, including drafting of technical specifications and management of related supply contracts;
• Take the lead in manufacturing and component repair operations such as machining, EDM, shaping, welding, heat treatments, vacuum brazing, surface finishing, NDT, etc.
• Manage to the whole fabrication process of product design, materials selection, assembly methods, programming and tooling on CNC machining centres;
• Review drawing files and adapt them for machining and assembly, including providing technical advice to stakeholders on machining methods and related design (design for manufacturing);
• Provide costs and resources estimates for fabrications;
• Assume direct responsibility for the technical coordination of CERN internal fabrication projects;
• Establish and maintain a network with specialised laboratories / firms worldwide; perform technical coordination of stemming collaborations;
• Supervision of graduates.

Imagine getting involved in work that is changing the world and imagine doing it before you’ve left university. Imagine working in an international environment and having a great quality of life.

Take part in CERN’s Administrative Student Programme! 

There’s no better way to learn than on-the-job. When that job happens to be in a world-famous organisation and centre of scientific excellence, even better. If you’re an undergraduate in Administration and are looking for a practical training period or a place to complete your final project, you could spend 2 to 12 months at CERN during the course of your studies (Bachelor or Master). If your university requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. 

It could be in any of the following disciplines: translation, human resources, advanced secretarial work, business administration, logistics, law, finance, accounting, library and information science, engineering management, science communication, education, audiovisual, communication and public relations, psychology, audit are but a few examples of the many domains in which successful applicants will learn and contribute their knowledge.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October, to review all applications, and typically around 50 students are selected to join the programme annually.

Introduction

Join a great team pushing the limits of superconductors and of superconducting devices for accelerators, to shape the future of CERN. CERN, take part!

You will join the Superconductors and Superconducting Devices (SCD) Section, part of the Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostats (MSC) Group within the Technology (TE) Department. The Section is responsible for development, measurement and procurement of superconducting materials, LTS and HTS wires, tapes and cables for the CERN accelerator complex; development and construction of HTS superconducting devices, e.g. current leads and electrical transfer lines; operation and upgrade of laboratories for characterization of superconducting materials.

SCD is also responsible for interventions in the LHC tunnel for aspects related to LHC superconducting powering equipment and for the associated maintenance activities.

The section is presently launching the R&D on Nb3Sn and HTS technologies for novel applications, in particular high field magnets. The next years will be crucial in the demonstration of the potentials of these technologies for future accelerators and other uses.

Functions

As applied physicist in the SCD Section, you will:

• Play a key role in the technology development and in the design and construction of superconducting magnet systems for the next generation of accelerators and for various diversification programs by:
  • Being a driving and innovative force in the development of new types of superconductors, HTS and others, and devices for use in accelerators, seizing opportunities for applications of the new technologies to other fields.
  • Participating to the design and assembly of HTS devices, including power transmission cables and demonstration coils. This requires defining manufacturing sequences, assembly procedures, instrumentation needs and test procedures.
  • Taking responsibility for the characterization of HTS superconductors, wires, tapes and cables at liquid helium temperature and above, including the definition of dedicated experiments on existing or new test installations, the elaboration of a test program and the analysis of test results.
  • Leading the qualification and quality control measurements for each step of the design and manufacturing phases.
  • Participating in the analyses to assess and correlate design parameters, assembly and test data from mock-ups and models, and being proactive in proposing design iterations whenever required.

Introduction

Are you an experienced and motivated Civil Engineering technician, passionate about construction sites? Do you enjoy achieving high-quality results in a very wide range of project typologies in collaboration with highly skilled technicians? Then join an agile and dynamic team of talented civil engineers and technicians within the most unique particle physics laboratory in the world: CERN. Take part!
You will join the Civil Engineering section (CE), within the Site Asset Management (SAM) Group, which is in charge of the operation, maintenance, design, tendering and work phases of buildings and infrastructure.

Functions

As Civil Engineering technician, you will:

• Collect, prioritize and process work requests from users and managers.
• Take part in the definition of technical proposals according with user requirements for constructions projects, modifications and renovation works.
• Draw up technical specifications and all relevant documents that will be used for quotations by external contractors.
• Monitor works, including cost, quality, and schedule follow-up, until acceptance by the users.
• Ensure that all necessary safety measures are taken on work sites.
• Liaise with other CERN services for electrical, plumbing, heating works, etc.
• Use existing service and frame contracts (quality/cost/delay) according to the team standards
• Periodically report on and document your activities.

Introduction

The Engineering Department (EN) pushes forward the limits of technology to provide innovative research tools to the physics and engineering worldwide community. Within the Accelerator Coordination & Engineering group (ACE) group, you will join the Configuration and Layout section.

Within the Configuration and Layout section, as Configuration Manager, you are responsible for the layout and configuration management of one (or more) of the CERN accelerators, guaranteeing the traceability of the equipment changes and the coherence between the different databases and engineering tools. You will also be involved in the spatial integration studies with the Integration section. This is key to ensure high performance and long-term availability of the CERN discovery machines.

Would you like to be a key player in our configuration management and are you willing to contribute to a unique working environment at the heart of one of the world's most complex and exciting scientific experiments? Then, this opportunity is for you - join the largest particle physics research laboratory in the world. CERN, take part!

Functions

As configuration manager, you will:

• Be responsible for the configuration (CERN layout) database of different accelerators at CERN ensuring quality, coherence and updating of the relevant data;
• Evaluate requests for technical changes, interacting with different stakeholders of the projects and equipment owners to provide required justification and documentation for formal review and approval;
• Ensure conformity of the actual modifications with the approved documents;
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of the Facility Breakdown Structure in the Engineering & Equipment Data Management Service (EDMS);
• Verify and update the documentation of electrical circuits and mechanical drawings in collaboration with the concerned groups;
• Provide 3D and 2D Layout of the LHC accelerator and participate to 3D integration studies;
• Ensure that naming conventions and quality assurance rules are defined and applied to every item installed and contribute to the review of the naming conventions used in CERN accelerators;
• Review the processes and tools used for accelerators configuration at CERN and participate in their sustainability.

Grants for Corresponding Associates are awarded to experienced scientists holding research or teaching posts for a period of at most six months to help them keep abreast of developments in particle physics and related fields. During their stay at CERN, Corresponding Associates are expected to be on a leave of absence and receive normal salary payments from their home institute. CERN supplements these with a subsistence allowance to cover the additional costs of living in the Geneva area.

Introduction

Are you a Data Scientist and Machine Learning enthusiast willing to take an active role in designing, developing and implementing novel machine learning algorithms in the field of accelerator technologies and medical applications?

Would you like to contribute to the mission of assisting engineers to improve the performances of accelerators and clinicians in the diagnosis, prevention and management of diseases? Then join CERN and take part in supporting knowledge transfer to society of machine learning algorithms used in the accelerator technology field.

You will join:

• the Data and Image Analysis team in the Technology Department which is responsible for the development and implementation of machine learning algorithms for particle physics accelerators infrastructure data analysis - to improve performances and provide robust modelling – as well as centralised and decentralised federated learning and distributed computing to provide robust, efficient and privacy preserving models
• a H2020 funded European project that proposes a novel, trustworthy by design, and privacy-preserving AI-based platform to develop algorithms to assist clinicians, patients and caregivers in the management of acute and chronic phases of ischemic stroke
• an international collaboration to develop, deploy and operate a Federated Learning infrastructure hosted by CERN to enable multiple clinical and research infrastructure sites to collaboratively build trustworthy AI based predictive models.

Functions

As a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Expert, you will work within an international collaboration of international experts in the accelerator technology and medical fields.

You will have access to large and diverse datasets, challenging problems, cutting edge accelerator technology and clinical research and developments.

Your main activities will consist of:

• Collection of the requirements to be translated in project and research activities.
• Design, development and implementation of machine learning algorithms and federated learning (FL) infrastructures in the accelerator technology and medical fields.
• Development and optimisation of the infrastructure and network design with respect to performance, robustness, availability, efficiency and scalability.
• Implementation, testing, and validation of the algorithms and FL infrastructure.
• Configuration and support of big data FL platforms: architecture, evolution, migration, upgrades and patches, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
• Sharing domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and training to peers and students.
• Publishing and reporting results and achievements in scientific journals.

Introduction

Uncovering the mysteries of the origin of matter is the goal of the LHCb experiment at CERN. This requires analyzing an unprecedented amount of data in real-time. A dedicated state-of-the art data-center very close to the detector houses the large amount of servers (more than 4000), network-devices, storages (almost 50 PB) and other cutting-edge hardware used for the selection of the most interesting data. Joining a small team of engineers and technicians, you will be in charge of the data-center operations, the hardware life cycle and for some of the crucial infrastructure appliances.

Functions

• Organize and perform corrective and preemptive maintenance on data-center infrastructure: racks, adiabatic cooling, in-rack power-distribution;
• Responsible for data-center operations, including energy efficiency, availability, and safety;
• Manage the life-cycle of server, storage, and network hardware: procurement, rollout, operation, decommissioning;
• Operate and maintain shared storage appliances and enterprise virtualization infrastructure;
• Ensure reliable functioning and availability of servers and applications and manage incidents;
• Provide technical support for the user community and write technical documentation.

Take part in CERN’s Doctoral Student Programme! 

This is a chance to work on your thesis while spending up to 36 months at the forefront of science. Whether you’ve already chosen a subject or are still making your decision, if your specialism is Applied Physics, Engineering or Computing, this is an invitation to further your knowledge in a truly unique organisation. In fact, it’s an invitation to get involved in world-famous experiments of unprecedented scale and scope. An invitation to join an environment like nowhere else on Earth.

You will have the opportunity to work in a diversity of fields at the cutting edge of technology: applied physics, IT, mathematics, electricity, electronics, mechanical or civil engineering, instrumentation for accelerators and particle physics experiments, materials science, radiation protection, safety and environmental protection, science communication, surveying, ultra-high vacuum are but a few of the examples of the many domains in which successful applicants will learn and contribute their knowledge.

The following link provides few examples of doctoral student projects currently available (http://careers.cern/doct-projects). If any of these are of specific interest for you, please mention when completing your application on the "note to hiring manager" text field. Please note this is not mandatory nor a guarantee that these projects will be the ones for which you are selected: you may be selected on another project that matches your profile. 

Note: students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

Introduction

The Engineering Department (EN) pushes back the limits of technology so that physicists can carry out their research. Within the Electrical Engineering (EL) group of the EN department, you will join the section of the Electrical Project Management (EPM), which is responsible for the management of projects related to the consolidation and upgrade of CERN’s electrical transmission and distribution network within the group.

Are you an experienced electrical engineer looking for a new challenge in projects ranging from high voltage networks to low voltage installations? Then your skills could contribute to the operation, maintenance, consolidation and extension of the complex electrical transmission and distribution network of CERN, dedicated to a unique laboratory hosting some of the world’s most complex technical installations. Join CERN’s Electrical Engineering team. Take part!

Functions

As an Electrical Engineer in the Electrical Project Management (EPM) section, you will actively take part in section projects mainly covering the extension, consolidation and the renovation of the electrical network at CERN, as well as CERN’s electrical transmission and distribution projects for the future.

You will:

• Manage projects on the existing electrical high and low voltage network, including multidisciplinary activities such as civil engineering, cooling and ventilation, IT systems;
• Define the requirements with the stakeholders;
• Carry out conceptual design phase work, leading the development work needed to validate concepts up to the drafting of the conceptual design specifications and reports;
• Coordinate the study of the project as well as the detailed design, collaborating with resources within CERN or with external companies;
• Manage tendering process from companies qualification to contract adjudication;
• Coordinate the execution of projects, from supply of material to onsite installation up to commissioning and handover to the operation and maintenance teams;
• Define and manage project scope, planning, budget, risks, opportunities, and report to the management on a regular basis;
• Contribute to the development of the group in terms of technology, innovation, methods and procedures, and contribute to the medium-long term studies of CERN’s electrical network;
• Support the Group on operation activities when needed (for example: commissioning, attendance at periodic tests on the network, root cause analysis in case of major event);
• Be part of the stand by service.

Introduction

The Engineering Department (EN) pushes forwards the limits of technology so that physicists can carry out their research. Within the Electrical Engineering (EL) group of the EN department, you will join the Electrical Works and Services (EWS) section, which is in charge of the delivery of electrical work, the commissioning of new electrical installations, and the operation of the CERN electrical transmission and distribution network.

Are you a qualified and proactive electrical technician, specialized in the commissioning of electrical equipment and the operation of electrical networks?

Contribute your skill and experience to the operation, maintenance, consolidation and expansion of CERN's complex electrical transmission and distribution network, at the heart of one of the world's most complex and exciting scientific experiments. Join the CERN electrical engineering team. Take part!

Functions

As an Electrical Technician in the Electrical Works and Services (EWS) section, you will work on the operations of high and low voltage electrical equipment and networks.

You will:

• Operate (network configuration, lockouts, isolation) and monitor conditions (perform rounds, anticipate faults, checks labelling) and act as an interface with users for the electrical installations and equipment in the area under your responsibility. Act as back up in a second area at CERN;
• Perform repairs or troubleshooting ;
• Participate to the reception of new high or low voltage installations; prepare and execute the corresponding test and commissioning;
• Participate in the verification and monitoring of the technical compliance of contractors' activities and conduct inspections during interventions;
• Organize the realisation of small works in your area (from the definition of the users’ request to the commissioning of the system);
• Participation to the Group’s projects: definition of technical solutions, follow up works, tests and commissioning; Carry out regular inspections of the installations in your area of responsibility and in particular of safety equipment (diesel generators, automatic devices, emergency shutdowns); the safety of electrical premises under your responsibility;
• Participate in a regular on-call service, including nights, Sundays and holidays.

Introduction

Are you a skilled electrical technician, willing to take an active role in operation, maintenance and construction works associated with equipment and systems for CERN’s buildings and infrastructure? Join CERN and offer your technical expertise to the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.  CERN, take part!

You will join the Infrastructure Section (IN), within the Site Asset Management (SAM) Group, which is in charge of the operation, maintenance, design, tendering and work phases of Hvac, Electrical and Sanitary installations for buildings.

Functions

As Electrician Technician in the low-voltage activity, you will:

• Take part in the definition of technical proposals according with user requirements for construction projects, modifications and renovation works.
• Perform studies or designs of electrical systems including sizing and cost estimates for the proposed solutions.
• Draw up technical specifications and all relevant documents that will be used for quotations by external contractors.
• Works follow-up (tests and acceptances) and report on activities, schedules, costs.
• Operate installations: electrical boards, electrical power distribution in offices and laboratories, lighting management and networks, and carry out electrical consignments.
• Analyze data and information pertaining to maintenance (via Computer Maintenance Management software and by inspections onsite).
• Making sure that all necessary safety measures are taken on work sites.

Introduction

The Engineering Department (EN) pushes back the limits of technology so that physicists can carry out their research. Within the Electrical Engineering Group (EL) of the EN department, you will join the Fibre Optics Section (FO), which is in charge of CERN's optical fibre infrastructure. The section ensures the technical expertise in the field of fibre optics, and provides optical structured cabling for multiple systems on the CERN site, including in the accelerators and experimental areas. The Section provides engineering support to the CERN users, centralises their cabling requests and organises the installation activities through external industrial-support contractors. Additionally, the Section carries out research on specialty fibres for both communication and sensing applications, and provides fibre-based systems for radiation dose monitoring.

Are you skilled in the domain of fibre optics technology, and are you ready to take on challenging installation projects whilst bringing innovation to the development of technologies? Are you willing to contribute to the continuous extension, consolidation, and maintenance of CERN’s optical fibre network constituting the infrastructure for the major communication systems of the various accelerators, including CERN’s current leading project: the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). Take part!

Functions

As a Fibre Optics Engineer, you will:

• Lead engineering studies of the optical fibre infrastructure and develop strategy for improving its efficiency and reliability;
• Provide expertise and engineering advice to stakeholders for converting their systems from copper cabling to optical fibres;
• Draw up technical specifications and manage industrial supply contracts;
• Define optical fibre component standards, installation methodologies, and testing procedures;
• Organize and supervise optical fibre cabling installations, ensure worksite coordination and supervision of contractors in charge of installation, and respect of safety rules;
• Manage projects, follow up with timely implementation and regularly report on issues, schedule, cost; draw up technical notes, documentation and publications;
• Contribute to team management and people supervision.

CERN is an organization that promotes the training and transmission of knowledge through various programmes, one of which is for “job shadowing” placements, created in response to the enthusiasm of young students. 

We do our best to support young students in their initiatives in finding a job shadowing placement. However, we receive a very high number of applications for internships and are only able to offer a limited number of placements to students. This “job shadowing” is for a period of minimum 1 day up to 4 weeks (less than a month) and must be an obligatory part of the school programme. We highly recommend students to come either from the local region or to be accompanied by an adult during the entire stay at CERN as well as having the necessary financial means to cover the costs in the area (see attachment).

Please send us your CV (date of birth is mandatory) and letter of motivation in PDF format outlining your field of interest as well as your preferred dates of your stay at CERN. We really would like to read, in your own words, your motivation and knowledge of CERN and the area(s) where you would like to spend your placement.

Welcome to the Post Career Break Fellowship Programme

Have you taken time out for personal reasons from your career in science or engineering? Would you be interested in returning to a scientific career if you could?

CERN has launched a programme to offer full-time or part-time fellowships to science and engineering graduates looking for a way back into science. This is an outstanding chance for you to update your knowledge and skills working for up to three years in an international environment at the forefront of research.

Please note that you are applying for a programme and not for a specific job. In order to help us offer you an interesting work project, for those of you in fields other than particle physics we recommend that you let us know how your research interests and skills relate to CERN’s diverse activities. You can include this during the online application process form or in a separate motivation letter.

Welcome to the Research Fellowship : Applied Physics and Engineering.

The Research Fellowship Programme is aimed at PhD holders, in the fields of applied science and engineering, with a maximum of 3 years of experience after obtaining their PhD. 

Please remember that you are applying for a programme and not for a specific job. You may express your motivation for applying during the interactive online application process, and/or attach a separate motivation letter.  As our online application system only allows for alphanumeric values, an attachment may provide you with a greater freedom of expression. 

Candidates holding a PhD (or about to hold one), whose specific field of interest is solely experimental or theoretical physics, should consider to apply for the 'Research Fellowship: Experimental Physics' or ‘Research Fellowship: Theoretical Physics’, respectively.

Welcome to the Research Fellowship : Experimental Physics.

The Research Fellowship Programme is aimed at PhD holders in the fields of experimental physics which have up to 6 years’ experience after obtaining their PhD degree. Research Fellowships are intended for PhD graduates looking to work in a research group.

Please remember that you are applying for a programme and not for a specific job. If selected, you will have a free choice of research group. You may express your motivation for applying during the interactive online application process, and/or attach a separate motivation letter.  As our online application system only allows for alphanumeric values, an attachment may provide you with a greater freedom of expression. 

Candidates holding a PhD (or about to hold one), whose specific field of interest is solely  theoretical physics or in the fields of applied science and engineering, should consider to apply for the 'Research Fellowship: Applied Physics and Engineering' or ‘Research Fellowship: Theoretical Physics’, respectively.

In order to fulfil its role as a European centre and as a member of the world-wide community of scientific institutes, CERN offers the use of its research facilities to a certain number of established experienced scientists with an existing professional relationship with CERN to participate in its programmes covering experimental and theoretical particle physics, as well as various related activities in applied physics, electronics, computing and engineering.

One of CERN’s key missions is education. Our experts enjoy sharing their knowledge with committed and passionate students.

If you are an undergraduate student in a technical or administrative field, and you’re looking to spend a few months training on-the-job, imagine doing your internship at CERN in Geneva. An impressive addition to your CV!

We offer a limited number of placements in our practical training programme.

Duration 1 – 6 months.

** Version française de ce poste disponible sur https://careers.cern/SESH **

One of CERN’s key missions is education. Our professionals very much enjoy sharing their knowledge and expertise with students who are committed and passionate about their chosen field.

Are you a student in a technical or scientific field, looking for an internship to apply your knowledge and get practical experience? Join us in the collaborative, knowledge-sharing and international environment of CERN, for a period up to 6 months.

Whilst CERN Jobs are open to all eligible candidates, as part of CERN’s commitment to advance inclusiveness and accessibility in the workplace this particular opportunity is reserved for students with disabilities.

Take part in CERN’s Technical Student Programme! 

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking to complete practical training in domains related to Applied Physics, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in disciplines as varied as particle detector physics and their applications, analysis and simulation, data processing, radiation studies, beam instrumentation, optics, lasers, cryogenics, vacuum or thermodynamics to name a few.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October,  to review all applications, and on each occasion, typically 80 students are selected to join the programme.

Take part in CERN’s Technical Student Programme! 

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking to complete practical training in domains related to general or civil engineering, surveying or safety, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in areas as varied as industrial and tertiary building structures, design and drafting, underground structures, roads, drainage, geotechnical engineering, safety risk management to name a few.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October,  to review all applications, and on each occasion, typically 80 students are selected to join the programme.

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking for practical training in domains related to Information Technologies, Mathematics or Robotics, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in areas such as web applications, virtualised infrastructure development, distributed computing, databases, software development or system administration, using the most common programming and scripting languages.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October,  to review all applications, and on each occasion, typically 80 students are selected to join the programme.

Take part in CERN’s Technical Student Programme! 

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking to complete practical training in domains related to Material and Surface Science or Chemical Engineering, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in areas as varied as mechanical testing of materials, magnetic measurements, metallography, surface treatment, optical and electronic microscopy, X-ray diffraction or radiochemistry to name a few.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October,  to review all applications, and on each occasion, typically 80 students are selected to join the programme.

Take part in CERN’s Technical Student Programme! 

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking to complete practical training in domains related to Mechanical Engineering, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in disciplines as varied as structural mechanics and machine development, magnets, fluids or heating systems, mechatronics, computer aided design or metrology to name a few.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October,  to review all applications, and on each occasion, typically 80 students are selected to join the programme.

Take part in CERN’s Technical Student Programme! 

If your university or institute requires or encourages you to acquire work experience through an internship, imagine doing this at CERN in Geneva. It’s more than work experience. In fact, it’s a student programme like nowhere else on Earth and an impressive addition to your CV!

If you are a student looking for practical training in domains related to Electrical or Electronics Engineering, you will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, contribute and broaden your knowledge in areas as varied as high or low voltage electrical engineering, energy distribution, communication networks, computer systems, signal processing, microelectronics or radiofrequency to name a few.

Please note that students specialising in theoretical or experimental particle physics are not eligible to apply for this programme.

A panel of CERN experts meets three times a year in February, June and October,  to review all applications, and on each occasion, typically 80 students are selected to join the programme.

Introduction

The CERN Theoretical Physics Department (CERN-TH) has launched a talent pool recruitment exercise for Limited Duration (LD) research staff positions. This 
pool aims at defining a list of pre-assessed and endorsed candidates that can be hired for future opportunities, determined by the needs of the organisation. We 
are looking for outstanding researchers in any of the areas of theoretical particle physics traditionally covered at CERN. 

The objectives of the Theoretical Physics Department are: 
• Develop new theoretical ideas aimed at understanding the fundamental constituents and forces of nature. 
• Develop their relevance for the experimental programme of CERN and to take full advantage of the stimulating environment of a large laboratory. 
• Contribute to the general scientific culture at CERN through active participation in the various training programmes and promotion of scientific events on site. 

Functions

Your main functions will include: 

• Making significant contributions to theoretical research related to elementary particle physics. 
• Participating in and initiating a large variety of activities within the Theoretical Physics Department and possibly in collaboration with the experimental physicists working at CERN.
• Taking part in CERN committees and study groups
• Helping maintain continued contacts with the outside scientific community.