Are you an engineer who wants to work in the challenging field of superconducting magnet R&D?

Join us, and you will contribute to the development of the next generation of Nb3Sn magnets, and will take part in the High Field Magnet Program team!

As a Magnet Engineer working at CERN, your key responsibilities include:

• Improving the magnet finite element modelling through multi-physics simulations;

• Designing and fabricating mock-ups and small scale experiments to validate modelling and to investigate long-standing issues in Nb3Sn magnets.

More information at: https://hfm.web.cern.ch/index.php/

Who we are looking for

In order to be eligible for this position, you will have to meet the following conditions: 

Eligibility criteria

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Mechanical Engineering (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.

Skills and/or knowledge

• Knowledge of mechanical, thermal, and electrical engineering; • Knowledge of a FEM computation code.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Job closing date: please note that the closing date has been extended to 17 September at 23h59 CEST.

Job reference: TE-MSC-SMT-2023-95-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-October-2023

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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