Overview
As a Mechanical Engineer at CERN, you will help design, procure, assemble, test and install advanced mechanical structures for the HGCAL within CMS, tackling complex thermal and structural challenges. You’ll lead surface assembly, testing, and the underground installation of a 250-tonne detector, coordinating with a multinational team to ensure reliable integration of cabling, cooling, and services. Your work directly supports large-scale detector components and their testing, culminating in successful commissioning inside the CMS cavern. This role offers meaningful impact in a world-class, collaborative research environment.
Leistungen / Benefits
- competitive salary
- 30 days paid leave + 2 weeks annual closure
- comprehensive health insurance
- CERN Pension Fund
- relocation package
- potential contract extension / indefinite tenure
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Coordinate a team of technicians for assembling and testing the HGCAL steel structures (>200 tonnes per endcap)
- Provide engineering support for large-scale detector components (cassettes) including cold testing and assembly with lead plates
- Integrate hadronic cassettes into steel structures and support their testing
- Integrate electromagnetic and hadronic sections with cabling and piping and oversee surface testing
- Oversee lowering of HGCAL endcaps into the CMS cavern and their connection to CMS services
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Proven experience planning, coordinating handling, assembling and testing large mechanical structures
- Experience performing thermal and structural calculations using finite element analysis
- Experience developing mechanical assemblies using 3D CAD
- Ability to work effectively in multinational, multicultural teams
- Autonomous workstyle
- Pragmatic problem solving
- Strong team collaboration
- Assembly of mechanical structures and equipment knowledge of manufacturing and assembly methods
- Mechanical measurement techniques and quality control
- Detector assembly, manufacturing and installation methods
Mechanical Engineer for the CMS High-Granularity Calorimeter (EP-CMS-EC-2026-190-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.
