As Electrical Controls technician in the Electrical Engineering Group, you will actively contribute to the installation, engineering, cabling and commissioning of controls equipment, including power and signal converters, network switches, remote acquisition units and terminal units required for the supervision of electrical equipment, as part of a SCADA system for the supervision of the CERN electrical power network.
The job will also require coordination of contractor technicians for on-site activities, diagnosis and troubleshooting of controls equipment and communication bus faults, production of relevant technical documentation and reports.

The skills and/or technologies you should have and/or know:

• Experience with installation, engineering and testing of SCADA and acquisition systems.
• Experience in serial or Ethernet based fieldbus troubleshooting.
• Knowledge in programming of PLC systems.

Language requirements: fluency in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

This job requires: 

• A valid driving licence.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.

The BE-EA-DC section is responsible of mechanical beamline equipment such as beam intercepting devices (e.g. collimators) and beam instrumentations (e.g. Cerenkov detectors). This equipment required constant maintenance and upgrading to ensure its reliability and accuracy.

You will participate in the assembly, testing and installation of the various equipment, participate in the design of the upgrade program, prepare the work (order, schedule), and trace the life cycle of each equipment in the maintenance database (CMMS-Computerized Maintenance Management System).

The skills and/or technologies you should have and/or know:

• Hands-on on mechanical equipment assembling;
• Use of CMMS (InforEAM);
• 3D mechnical design (CATIA).

BE-CEM-IN section is responsible for the deployment, monitoring and maintenance of accelerator controls, embedded frontend systems (VME, cPCI and PICMG1.3, mTCA, PXIe) and fieldbuses (WorldFIP, MIL1553, General Machine Timing (GMT) and White Rabbit).

• You will be part of a highly motivated, service-oriented team. He/She will configure and deploy frontend systems as well as fieldbus components for accelerator equipment controls, answering section's user community requirements.
• You will be involved in troubleshooting operational equipment and corrective maintenance.
• You will also participate in asset management and documentation activities of the hardware parts deployed in our systems.

The skills and/or technologies you should have and/or know:

Embedded computers - Fieldbuses & signal transmission - Linux & Shell scripting - Asset management Behavioral competencies: Teamwork - Troubleshooting & user support - Good communication in English and/or French.

You will join the Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) section at CERN as a clean room technician.

• You will participate to advanced mechanical assembly operations of superconducting RF components like RF cavities, RF couplers and ultra-high vacuum components. The work includes also the preparation for cleaning of mechanical parts like degreasing, drying and particle counting, as well as the preparation of screws and gaskets of different types before assembly.
• You will also be in charge of the management of the clean room consumables like clothes, gloves and masks as well as the compressed gas cylinders (Nitrogen, Helium, etc..) which are required for the operation of the clean room.

This jobs requires: 

A valid driving licence.

You are multitasking, autonomous, inventive and passionate about mechanical engineering? Take part!

The SY-STI-TCD section oversees the conceptual design, construction, operation, and maintenance of beam-intercepting devices across the CERN's accelerator complex. The beam intercepting devices are precision mechanical equipment working in harsh environments that must be reliable for the operation of CERN accelerators.

You will be part of multidisciplinary team in charge of the conception, manufacturing, assembly, installation, maintenance and project follow-up for the future experiments and SPS & LHC Beam Dumps and absorbers.

• You will coordinate the production of the equipment, schedule the assembly as well as all required mechanical tests before installation.
• You will also contribute to mechanical support activities carried in the accelerators complex and you could mill/turn mechanical components in our mechanical workshop.

The skills and/or technologies you should have and/or know:

• Good sensitivity in assembling and testing precision mechanics;
• CAD systems, 3D and 2D;
• Good communication, well-organized with accountability. Working in a team, as well as independently.

This job requires: 

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

You will join the software team of the SY-RF group to work on Python tools for automated commissioning of the accelerator Low-Level RF systems, notably in SPS and LHC.

You will also develop graphical user interface applications in Python/Qt and Inspector for expert operation of the RF systems, as well as specialized tools for machine development studies. In addition it is foreseen to build some first trial applications using the new Web-based Rapid Application Development framework being developed in the BE-CSS group.

This job requires: 

• 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.

You will join the Electrical Power Converter group in the High Power Converter section to contribute to the realization of the POPS+ project. This project involves extending an existing power converter and completely renovating its power control and PLC system. POPS+ is one of the largest power converters at CERN and occupies a 500m2 building and seven 12m marine containers. The system currently includes six DCDC converters and two ACDC rectifiers, providing a peak power of 60MW to the accelerator magnets. The aim of the project is to add one additional DCDC converter and one ACDC rectifier.

You will be responsible for various activities, including preparing 3D CAD drawings for the two additional power converters and all control chassis, following up on the construction of the power converters by CERN personnel, preparing technical documentation such as schematic drawings and testing procedures, participating in the construction and commissioning of the new PLC and control system for the entire power converter, testing and commissioning new components such as IGBTS and capacitors, and participating in the installation and commissioning of the new power converters and control in the dedicated building.

The skills and/or technologies you should have and/or know:

• Proved electric knowledge;
• Basic knowledge of 3D CAD softwares;
• Basic knowledge of PLC operation;
• Basic knowledge of PCB construction / analysis.

Language requirements: fluency in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

You are passionate about mechanical engineering and want to project ideas into reality? 

You will join the SY-STI-TCD section which is responsible for the technical coordination and operation of the neutron Time Of Flight (n_TOF) facility and related experiments.

• You will participate to the conception, technical design, internal and external manufacturing and assembly activities for new and upgraded components, support structures and experimental devices. You need to discuss with experimental physicists, identify requirements for the experiment and translate it into a mechanical design;
• You will provide mechanical and logistics support to the n_TOF Technical coordinator for the operation of the n_TOF facility and related experiments, including the irradiation station close to the spallation target.

The skills and/or technologies you should have and/or know:

• Using CAD systems such as CATIA, 3D and 2D drawings;
• Machining, assembling and testing of mechanical systems;
• Good communication;
• Working in a team, as well as independently.