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Introduction
Great technology needs great people! Are you a self-motivated administrative assistant with strong organizational skills and customer-service oriented? Join the Planning, Administration & Safety (PAS) Group in the Engineering (EN) department and provide a seamless administrative assistance service to one of the Groups and their respective Group Leader in the EN department. CERN, take part!
Functions
As Administrative Assistant in the Planning, Administration & Safety Engineering Group, you will participate in the daily management of a Group Secretariat with special emphasis on information, communication and organizational services.
You will:
- Welcome members of the personnel upon their arrival at CERN;
- Provide information and ensuring application of the Organization’s rules and procedures;
- Process confidential information in the form of e-mails, letters, procedures, presentations;
- Seek and receive official information, provide assistance for document drafting, translations, edit, proofread, follow-up, distribute, archive and update by using the appropriate tools. Provide administrative support for the review of procurement documentation;
- Provide personal assistance to the group leader (management of the agenda, support for administrative matters, data collection and pre-analysis, minutes preparation, follow-up of actions, meetings organization and logistics);
- Assist the group members as required, in particular provide administrative support and advice to all categories of members of personnel (upon arrival, departure and throughout their appointment) of the Department and contribute to the smooth operation of the administration;
- Organise official duty trips and events (conferences, workshops, etc.);
- Take care of the group website content management;
- Provide administrative support to the contract technical manager;
- Replace other assistants during their absences.
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
Are you an experienced and motivated people leader with a passion for building and growing lean/agile software development teams that deliver complex and compelling information systems end-to-end? Are you at ease with leading and developing software engineers, with nurturing teams into a culture of relentless improvement and self-organisation? Are you familiar with concepts such as design thinking, and Lean/Agile? Are you passionate about working with people, driving organizational change, and coaching individuals and teams? Then join CERN's Business Computing group. CERN, take part!
You will join the Business Computing (BC) group in the Finance and Administrative Processes (FAP) department, where 70+ talented international colleagues are responsible for delivering information systems for all of CERN’s business functions.
The product management driven group is working for clients across the whole Organization (HR, Finance, Planning, Safety, Security, Purchasing, Logistics, and Accelerator Operations). The type of products under the group’s responsibility ranges from custom-made solutions for a few users to large and widely integrated systems with 15,000+ users. Hence, working for the BC group provides numerous perspectives for being in touch with different business areas, technologies, and organizational challenges.
Functions
As an Agile Team Lead, you will head one or more agile software development teams. You will be responsible for recruiting, coaching, and developing individuals, as well as ensuring that the individuals work together in high performance self-organized teams for agile solution delivery. In addition, you will consult the group's management to ensure further growth of the group's lean/agile maturity and help nurturing a group culture based on relentless improvement, learning and innovation.
More specifically, you will take on the following responsibilities:
- Lead one or more agile computer engineering teams
- Mentor newcomers, coach and grow individual talents, steer and monitor individual career development, drive the annual performance appraisal exercise
- Anticipate future talent needs, plan and execute new recruitments
- Build and nurture high performance self-organised teams for agile solution delivery
- Help teams and individuals by recognising and actively managing conflicts
- Be a member programme of the group's leadership team with a focus on group-wide Lean/Agile growth and coaching
- Uphold and further promote Lean/Agile values and behaviours in the with BC group business partners
- Work with the Product Managers, Product Owners, and the group's external stakeholders to build and maintain an efficient agile-minded demand management process
- Potential additional responsibilities such as Product Owner/Designer/Manager as required
Introduction
Are you a skilled applied physicist who is passionate about conceiving, designing and testing state of the art instrumentation for accelerators at the high energy and intensity frontier? CERN, take part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes.
The position will be in the Intensity and Tune monitoring Section (IQ) of the Beam Instrumentation Group .
You will take part in designing, manufacturing and commissioning of large and complex beam monitoring systems for the charged particle beams that are operated daily in the CERN accelerator complex.
Functions
As an Applied Physicist specialised in beam instrumentation systems, your main task will be to develop and test state-of-the-art beam monitoring systems for the CERN accelerator complex and for the next generation beam colliders, in particular the CERN Future Circular Collider (FCC) study mission.
The job will involve the:
- R&D on electro-optical beam monitors and beam induced radiation monitors;
- R&D on high energy photon and particle detectors;
- Validation of prototypes with test benches as well as beam tests;
- Supervision of students and post-doctoral fellows.
Introduction
Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer willing to take an active role in the support of the IT data store services used by the entire CERN community? Then join our team and take part in one of the most incredible scientific experiments in the world!
You will join one team of the CERN IT Database and Analytics group responsible for providing data store services to the CERN users. You will be working with several large scale open-source tools (OpenSearch, Hadoop, HDFS, HBase) as well as enterprise storage solutions (NetApp).
Functions
As a DevOps Engineer in the Database and Analytics group, your main activities will consist of:
- Manage multiple Elasticsearch and OpenSearch clusters contributing to the service deployment, configuration, monitoring, disaster recovery, security, and maintenance activities.
- Design the evolution of the OpenSearch service deployment, keep up-to-date with the latest releases, implement/integrate new functionality, and contribute to upstream when applicable.
- Take part in the ongoing migration to OpenSearch and support the affected users in this process.
- Contribute to the operations and development of other services, such as the database storage service.
- Provide technical mentorship and training to peers and share domain and technical expertise.
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 forward the limits of technology so that physicists can carry out their research. Within the EN department, you will join the Access and Alarms group (EN-AA) which is in charge of the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, operation, and consolidation of the systems that ensure the safety and access of CERN personnel, users, and visitors on all CERN sites, accelerators and experimental facilities. You will collaborate with the group’s engineers and other CERN groups contributing to CERN’s fire safety and access projects, in particular CERN North Experimental Area consolidation project.
Are you a dynamic electrical engineer looking forward to new challenges? Are you interested in safety systems, automatic fire detection, protection and extinguishing systems? Join us and contribute to CERN’s ambitious projects. Take part!
Functions
As a member of the EN-AA team, you will actively participate in EN-AA safety projects such as the renovation of the automatic fire detection, protection and extinguishing systems of the North Area Consolidation project.
As an electrical engineer, you will:
- Manage the preliminary study, specification, design, follow-up of manufacturing and installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance and operation;
- Study and design specific customized solutions when industrial off-the-shelf products are not available;
- Draft verify and validate engineering specifications, system concepts, electrical designs, and design reports;
- Ensure that the technical choices comply with specifications (functional, technical, integration, applicable standards…);
- Develop testing processes, perform tests and validation of new systems;
- Plan, monitor, and control the project’s schedule, costs, and quality;
- Manage activities in the framework of existing industrial contracts;
- Ensure supervision of on-site works including logistics and commissioning tests;
- Oversee schedules, costs and quality;
- Support smaller size projects as well as operation and maintenance of safety systems under the responsibility of the group whenever required.
The work requires close collaboration with CERN personnel from other departments and groups such as fire prevention, fire and rescue service, 3D integration, radioprotection, accelerator, experiment coordination teams, as well as contractor teams.
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
Are you an enthusiastic electrical technical engineer looking to acquire experience whilst working on RF power systems? Take Part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes.
The team is responsible for the design, operation and maintenance of large RF power plants and related infrastructure, and we are also designing the amplifiers of the future!
Functions
As an Electrical technical Engineer in the Amplifiers and Couplers section, you will be part of a team working on RF power systems.
More specifically, you will:
- Carry out the technical design phase (making the necessary calculations, choosing components) and make the necessary schematics or supervise the detailed design studies;
- Commission large electrical units or systems;
- Develop test procedures and define plans (acceptance tests, QA, QC, acceptance criteria);
- Plan, organise and coordinate the operation, maintenance, repair, testing, modification and consolidation of major systems, equipment and complex technical installations;
- Contribute to fault-finding;
- Define technical schedules and implement them in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams;
- Ensure all necessary safety measures are taken on the work sites;
- Contribute to procurement and contracts by drafting technical specifications and taking part in contract negotiations;
- Supervise junior technicians.
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 Cabling Services Section which is responsible to install copper signal cables, standardised racks and DC power cables for magnets in the accelerators and experimental areas. The section provides engineering installation support to the CERN users, centralises their cabling requests.
Are you an experienced electrical technician looking to take part in the deployment, maintenance and extension of critical signal and DC-power cabling installations in a large industrial setting? Contribute your skills to the magnet-powering infrastructures that constitute CERN's accelerator complex. Take part!
Functions
As an Electrician in Cabling Section, you will actively contribute in the continuous extension, consolidation and maintenance of CERN's cabling installations, in particular signal and DC cabling, constituting the infrastructure for the various systems of the CERN accelerators (e.g. magnet powering system).
You will:
- Participate in studies including the definition of the cable types, the routing and the mechanical supports, in collaboration with users and considering the constraints of the work environment;
- Draft the necessary computer-based work files for the contractors and users;
- Plan cabling campaigns with external and internal coordination stakeholders (i.e. contractors);
- Organize and manage work site meetings;
- Monitor work progress to ensure its execution according to the defined schedule;
- Conduct performance and acceptance tests. Setup dedicated test benches when necessary;
- Organize maintenance activities, fault-finding, elaborate and perform critical repair or installation modifications when required;
- Prepare and update technical documentation, procedures, and specifications;
- Technical supervisory functions (i.e. contractors and graduates) will be required.
Introduction
Are you a skilled electrical technician with experience in installation, commissioning and maintenance of electrical power circuits, and/or in the assembly, modification and operation of electrical equipment? Are you looking to stretch yourself and take on a new challenge? Join CERN's Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostats Group and contribute to the magnet test team in the operation of their world-class test and measurement laboratories, for the qualification of the next generation of superconducting magnets, guiding particle beams in a variety of new accelerator projects. Take part!
As an Electrical Technician, you will take part in the operation and upgrade of a major installation for the testing of superconducting magnets. You will also be involved in producing, installing, commissioning, operating and maintaining specific equipment and instrumentation for test and measurement.
Functions
As an Electrical Technician, in the Technology (TE) department*, Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostat (MSC) group, you will:
- Prepare and configure the test benches and its associated power circuits, electronics and instrumentation for the test of superconducting magnets.
- Operate the test benches for the qualification tests of superconducting magnets, perform first line result validation and prepare test reports.
- Contribute to the release of documentation including test procedures and reports.
- Perform maintenance on instrumentation and safety systems, and perform on-site interventions during superconducting magnet testing.
*TE department: *http://te-dep.web.cern.ch/
Introduction
Are you a talented technical engineer, passionate about activities coordination and maintenance? Do you have experience with electrical installations? Are you comfortable in a collaborative environment aiming to improve quality and processes? Then join the Electrical Power Converter group for a unique challenge as the next step in your career. CERN, take part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes.
You will be working within the Electrical Power Converter Group (SY-EPC), responsible for the power converters installed in the whole CERN accelerator complex, and the Operation Maintenance Support Section (EPC-OMS), a section transversal to the group, whose members participate in the production, operation and maintenance of all the electrical power converters.
Functions
As Maintenance and Support Technical Engineer, you will coordinate activities related to electrical power converters and participate to the quality assurance development of SY-EPC Group.
As responsible for the infrastructure installation of Power Converters Control Systems, you will:
- Participate in the definition of Power Converters Control Systems architecture;
- Collaborate with the dedicated services for:
- The supply and installation of the different Power Converters Control System components;
- The integration and connection of Power Converters Control Systems to electrical and communication networks;
- Follow up and report of the progress of activities and major milestones with all the stakeholders;
- Testing and validation of the Power Converters Control Systems;
- The proper documentation of all activities as listed above.
As part of the Quality Assurance team of the group, you will:
- Develop harmonized processes, procedures, instructions and document management for the electrical power systems of the group;
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of stand-by service and maintenance activities.
Introduction
Are you a motivated technician in the field of mechanics or electromechanics who is passionate about building, maintaining and testing the complex mechanical systems required to operate accelerators at the high-energy frontier? Take Part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes.
The position will be in the Mechanics and Logistics Section of the Beam Instrumentation Group.
You will take part in designing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning of the beam instrumentation system for the charged particle beams that are operated daily in the CERN accelerator complex.
Functions
Your main task will be to build, test, install and maintain the mechanical systems used to monitor the particle beams throughout the entire CERN accelerator complex.
More specifically, you will:
- Contribute to the production, assembly, testing and installation of mechanical systems for instrumentation used to optimize the performance of the LHC and its injector chain;
- Design, manufacturing and operation of mechanical test benches;
- Participate in fault-finding and corrective interventions;
- Write up detailed test procedure documentation as well as test reports;
- Collaborate with both internal and external partners.
Introduction
Do you have experience in procurement and would you like to participate in the activities related to the Organization's procurement of supplies and services? Take part!
You will join the Industry, Procurement and Knowledge Transfer Department (IPT), which is responsible for all of the Organization’s procurement, knowledge and technology transfer activities.
The Procurement and Industrial Services Group (PI) is responsible for procuring all supplies and services for the Organization, ensuring that the specified and contractual technical, delivery and performance requirements are met at the lowest possible overall cost whilst achieving balanced industrial returns for CERN Member States and respecting CERN's Procurement Rules. The Group monitors and reports procurement activities and statistics to CERN Management and Member State representatives.
Functions
As a Procurement Officer, you will be involved in a full range of activities related to the Organization's procurement of supplies and/or services, you will:
- Advise and support the Organization and assist in identifying procurement strategies within budgetary and time constraints;
- Prepare price enquiries and invitations to tender in accordance with the Organization's Procurement Rules and on an international basis;
- Analyse offers, prepare proposals for adjudications and submit these to the Management;
- Ensure the preparation, negotiation and follow-up of numerous orders and contracts;
- Develop and maintain numerous contacts at all levels, within and outside the Organization.
Introduction
Are you an enthusiastic engineer looking to acquire experience working on RF high power sources for accelerators? Take Part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes.
As an engineer, you will be working within the Radiofrequency Group, MKS Section in charge of Modulators, Klystrons and high-gradient accelerating structures.
The SY-RF-MKS section provides the RF power generation necessary to feed the particle accelerators at CERN. We are responsible of the RF power system design and specification, procurement, installation and reliable operation for a large part of the CERN accelerators, and high-power RF test facilities. We also engage on R&D for novel power sources in collaboration with external partners.
Functions
As an RF engineer, you will:
- Supervise the operation, maintenance and consolidation of klystron-based power sources for the CERN accelerator complex;
- Define test procedures for the high power, high gradient RF infrastructures across the section;
- Participate in R&D on novel power sources specifically in the design, validation and tests of new prototypes;
- Prepare technical specifications and procurement documentation;
- Ensure the safety of the test facilities in close collaboration with the Safety team at CERN.
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.
Welcome to the Research Fellowship : Theoretical Physics
The Research Fellowship Programme is aimed at PhD holders in the field of theoretical physics and up to 6 years’ experience after obtaining their PhD degree. Research Fellowships are intended for PhD graduates looking to work in a research group in the Theory Department.
Introduction
Are you an enthusiastic engineer in mechanics looking to acquire RF power experience whilst working on complex RF problematics? Take Part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes.
The team is responsible for the design, operation and maintenance of large RF power plants and related infrastructure, and we are also designing the amplifiers of the future!
We are working with power systems producing between 20 kW and 2 MW of RF power in the frequency range of 100 to 800 MHz. Employed amplifier technologies include solid state, tetrodes and IOT (Inductive Output Tubes).
We also design, construct and test the RF power lines and the RF power couplers that enables the amplifiers to feed the accelerating cavities.
Functions
As Mechanical Engineer in the Amplifiers and Couplers section, you will be part of a team working on RF power amplifiers. More specifically, you will contribute to the following:
- Design of high power RF systems for CERN's present and future accelerators;
- Design, simulation, construction and testing of RF power generation components, RF couplers, and clean room tools;
- Maintenance and testing of RF systems and couplers across existing accelerators;
- Follow up of the operation and maintenance of RF components and systems as part of an on-call service;
- Definition of CERN’s future by taking a leading role in R&D in the field of RF power amplifiers and RF couplers;
- In a longer term, support the team in supervising graduates and technicians during the daily work;
- Management of procurement and contracts;
- Collaboration with people and services inside and outside the Organization (travel on occasional basis);
- Monitor the implementation of safety rules.
Introduction
Are you an enthusiastic technical engineer looking to acquire experience in a high-tech environment, working on cutting edge superconducting RF problems? Take Part!
You will join the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), which is responsible for the beam-related technical systems of the CERN accelerators. The SY teams design, build and operate equipment systems in all CERN accelerators, and are engaged in ambitious forward-looking R&D programmes. You will be working within the RF Group, in the SRF Section.
As an RF technical engineer, you will be part of a team working on superconducting RF devices with the aim of assembling, maintaining and testing high-performance superconducting radio-frequency components and infrastructure for CERN’s accelerators, including present and future projects.
Functions
You will:
- Maintain and operate special facilities such as the ultrapure water production plant, high pressure rinsing systems, clean room technical systems;
- Design and realise special instrumentation and test setups, both for RF measurements and for slow controls and interlocks;
- Prepare and carry out warm and cold tests and measurements of superconducting RF devices (cavities, ancillaries, and cryomodules);
- Support operation of the superconducting RF accelerating structures installed in CERN accelerators: LHC, and HIE ISOLDE;
- Follow up procurements, qualification and acceptance of SRF cavities and cryomodules;
- Produce quality control procedures and document test results.
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 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.
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.
Introduction
The Engineering Department (EN) pushes forward the limits of technology so that physicists can carry out their research. Within the cooling and ventilation (CV) group of the EN department, you will join the LHC Section, which is in charge of the operation and maintenance of the cooling and ventilation systems of CERN’s experimental areas, including the ones dedicated to detectors. The activity includes the work site supervision for installation work and commissioning of new systems, upgrade of existing systems and consolidation of old systems.
Are you a qualified technician, specialised in industrial cooling and refrigeration installations? Contribute your skill and experience to the operation and maintenance of highly complex cooling plants in a unique environment hosting some of the world’s most complex technical installations. Join CERN’s Cooling and Ventilation operation team. Take part!
Functions
As a Technician, you will take part in the operation, maintenance and modification works of cooling systems that are essential for the operation of CERN scientific facilities.
You will:
- Plan (by using the CMMS system), coordinate, supervise, check and perform preventive and corrective maintenance activities on the detector cooling systems;
- Perform operation activities to ensure appropriate running of the cooling systems;
- Regularly interact with the CERN Experiments for all matters related to equipment under your responsibility;
- Propose and define the most appropriate solution to meet user needs in case of modification or renovation works;
- Technically coordinate contractors’ maintenance and installation work in compliance with contractual clauses and technical standards;
- Contribute to projects from the design phase until test and commissioning of new detector cooling systems;
- Write technical reports and notes;
- Ensuring that the technical documentation is kept up-to-date and compliant with the quality standards;
- Ensure the respect of safety rules for all interventions;
- Participate to the stand-by service;
- Follow up and regularly report on activities progress issues, schedule and costs.
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.