Your responsibilities

Our Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) Group is looking for a Materials Engineer to work on Superconducting Radio Frequency research activities.

Within the project, you will participate in material research at CERN, in the Materials, Metrology and NDT section within the EN-MME group, collaborating with the material procurement and fabrication related activities mainly for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) and Superconducting Radio Frequency R&D related projects, amongst others the CRAB cavity project. You will be in charge of the planning and execution of microstructural observation and mechanical test based studies related to materials and components (material and assembly qualifications, follow-up of quality controls for industrial and in-house CERN production).

You will have to exploit all observational and analytical tools available in the section such as optical microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), microanalysis, X-ray diffraction, hardness and tensile testing both at ambient as well as cryogenic temperatures, contactless Digital Image Correlation (DIC) extensometry.

You will be involved in advanced material studies performed throughout the section, such as giving support for examinations making use of non-destructive techniques (NDT) available in the section, but also in cooperation with other CERN services (follow-up of Residual Resistivity Ratio measurements), or external laboratories.

You will be involved and will be the first contact point in working groups of the above mentioned projects in order to provide them with material expertise on specific topics of material selection and qualification, and to systematically present material tests results. This will include providing support in writing and reviewing technical specifications and performing qualifications and audits related to procurement of materials and production of components.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Experience in Materials Science and Engineering.
• Familiarity with a broad range of material characterisation techniques is preferential.
• Knowledge/experience in mechanical metallurgy.
• Knowledge of fabrication techniques and mechanical engineering would be an advantage.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

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

Job closing date: 07 February 2024 at 23:59 PM CET.

Job reference: EN-MME-MM-2024-6-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-June-2024

This position requires:

• A valid driving licence.

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.

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