You will join the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings Group, which is in charge of design, construction, operation, maintenance and upgrade of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) vacuum system. As a mechanical engineer, you will be part of the Experimental Vacuum team, responsible for the beam vacuum systems of the four LHC experiments (ATLAS, ALICE, CMS and LHCb).

Your main activities will include:

• Designing complex and highly specialised beam vacuum equipment, including production and installation tooling.
• Manufacturing follow-up, installation, and commissioning of beam vacuum system.
• Participation in interventions in the LHC tunnel to upgrade and repair ultrahigh vacuum systems.
• Participation in vacuum laboratory studies to validate vacuum components using residual gas analysis and dedicated simulation codes.

More information here: https://cernbox.cern.ch/index.php/s/Cf2wwutnM8I7Cvz

Who we are looking for

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

• Experience with design of ultrahigh vacuum assemblies;
• Strong hands-on experience in precise mechanics and ultrahigh vacuum domain;
• Experience with leak detections and residual gas analysis;
• Knowledge of CAD and CAE software;
• Fluent in English, knowledge of French would be an advantage.

Job closing date: please note that the closing date for this vacancy has been extended until 29 August 2023 at 23:59 CEST

Job reference: TE-VSC-BVO-2023-81-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-February-2024

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

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