Mechanical Technician (EP-DT-EO-2024-122-GRAE)

Your responsibilities

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is undergoing a major upgrade to extend its service life and boost its performance, and we need you to help make it happen! The Experimental Physics department's Detector Technologies (DT) group is developing the future ATLAS ITk Pixel detector, which requires advanced materials, lightweight technologies, and innovative design solutions to meet strict mass and thermal performance requirements.

As a mechanical technician, you will contribute to the EP-DT group's activities in this project. Your functions will include:

• Machining of components by conventional and computer numerical controlled machines (CNC)
• Participating in the construction of complex mechanical assemblies, including high-precision support structures for the Pixel detector
• Supporting the activities of the EP-DT Composites laboratory
• Performing quality control tests of detector components and assemblies
• Supporting detector integration activities, taking part in the development of tooling and test setups
• Procuring components, material and tooling.

You will have access to state-of-the-art CAD, engineering tools, and manufacturing facilities (e.g. mechanical workshops, rapid prototyping, and composites lab), and will work under the close supervision of experienced CERN staff, interacting daily with the group's technical team and collaborating with institutes and industrial partners.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

Specific skills required for this job:

• Comprehensive use of conventional milling machines with some basic knowledge of numerical controlled machines (CNC);
• Precision assembly of mechanical components and structures;
• Knowledge of CAD software;
• Good communication.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

The following skills would be considered an advantage, but are not essential:

• Previous experience working in a laboratory environment using metrology, electro-mechanical, thermal or pressure testing equipment;
• Basic knowledge of composite materials or joining techniques (e.g. adhesive bonding).

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Precision mechanics and/or machining (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants with a Bachelor, Master or PhD degree are not eligible.

Job closing date: 26.08.2024 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: EP-DT-EO-2024-122-GRAE

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

Target start date: 01-November-2024

This position requires:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Residence in the immediate vicinity of the Organization's installations.
• A valid driving licence.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend of 4569 Swiss Francs (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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