Join the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group in the Technology Department and contribute to the Beam Screen Treatment (BST) project at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This project will apply a thin carbon coating in situ to the LHC's cryogenic beam pipes during the upcoming Long Shutdown, an essential step to unlock the accelerator's future performance.
After a short hands-on training, you will be directly involved in assembling and commissioning advanced coating systems. You will then take on a leading role in deploying the coating process in the LHC tunnel, working at the heart of one of the world's most complex scientific instruments.
Your responsibilities
- Get trained and operate the coating systems for depositing carbon thin films in the LHC beam lines.
- Be part and lead a team deploying the coating in the LHC tunnel.
- Train the team members on the operation of the coating systems.
- Produce the documentation for follow-up of the coating process for quality insurance.
- Report to the engineer in charge for ensuring smooth coordination with the other teams.
- Propose ways to improve existing coating systems, procedures, and methodologies.
- Take part in the maintenance of the coating systems.
- Work in a multi-cultural team of engineers and technicians.
- This role includes team supervision responsibilities.
More information here.
Your profile
- Practical experience in assembly and operation of mechanical systems.
- Proven experience in coordinating activities on the field.
- Experience in follow-up of process quality.
- Proficiency in designing mechanical parts with CAD software.
- Practical experience in operation of vacuum system and/or coating system would be an asset.
Skills
- Mechanical assembly.
- Team management.
- Operation of vacuum systems.
- Operation of coating systems.
- Quality insurance follow-up.
- Reporting.
- Mechanical design with CATIA, or equivalent CAD software.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.
Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
- You have a professional background in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science (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.