Overview
As Field Coordinator for HGCAL, you oversee the assembly, integration, testing and commissioning of a state-of-the-art detector. You will coordinate surface assembly, underground installation, and system-level testing within a multinational team, ensuring safe, efficient execution. You provide technical support to physicists and engineers while liaising with coordinators and service groups. This role combines hands-on construction with high-level project planning to advance CMS capabilities.
Leistungen / Benefits
- Competitive salary (tax free)
- 30 days of paid leave per year + 2 weeks annual closure
- Comprehensive health insurance
- CERN Pension Fund membership
- Relocation package (installation grant, removal, travel)
- Potential contract extension up to 8 years + indefinite tenure eligibility
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Oversee HGCAL assembly and testing facilities, including cleanrooms and assembly hall
- Coordinate cassette insertion, stacking, and electrical/mechanical connections between detector sections CE-E and CE-H
- Plan and supervise large-scale detector integration and testing, including cold testing of the full system
- Support installation and commissioning underground within CMS and surface tests of sectors
- Manage logistics for detector modules, cassettes, and ancillary equipment
- Provide technical support to physicists, engineers and technicians using facilities
- Liaise with HGCAL Technical Coordinators, Safety Officer, CMS Technical Coordination and CERN service groups
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Master's Degree or PhD or equivalent relevant experience in Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Experience planning and coordinating facilities for assembly and testing of complex devices
- Experience in assembly and testing of particle detectors, preferably silicon-based
- Familiarity with Merlin and MS Project for project planning
- Proven ability to work in multinational, multidisciplinary teams
- Experience operating and maintaining electromechanical equipment and experimental facilities
- Strong planning, organisation and control capabilities
- Ability to supervise testing and validation of detector components
- Fluency in English; willingness to learn French
- Driving licence and willingness for on-site/underground work
- Flexibility
- Setting Direction
- Managing Self
- Operation and maintenance of electromechanical equipment
- Operation and support of experimental facilities
- Organisation, planning and control
Field Coordinator for the CMS High-Granularity Calorimeter (EP-CMS-EC-2026-191-LD) in Genève Arbeitgeber: CERN
CERN in Genf ist ein herausragender Arbeitgeber, der außergewöhnlichen Nachwuchswissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit bietet, ihre eigenen Forschungsprogramme zu entwerfen und zu leiten. Mit einem strukturierten Programm, internationalen Kooperationen und umfangreichen Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten in einem inspirierenden Umfeld fördert CERN nicht nur die wissenschaftliche Exzellenz, sondern auch das persönliche Wachstum seiner Mitarbeiter. Die großzügigen Vergütungen und umfassenden Vorteile machen die Arbeit in Genf besonders attraktiv für engagierte Forscher.
