Job Description

Your responsibilities

Within the Beams department (BE), the Industrial Control Systems group (ICS) develops solutions and provides support for large and medium scale industrial control systems, also promoting their use. The support covers the domains of the experiments, the technical infrastructure and the accelerators.
The Controls Engineering section (BE-ICS-ECS) is in charge of the engineering of the industrial control systems and provides technology support CERN wide.

Would you like to develop, commission and troubleshoot industrial control systems for one of the world’s most complex technical instruments? We use an original approach based on industrial standards and the latest technologies.

We are looking for a Technician with a versatile set of automation skills applied to industrial control systems. You will contribute to a project that covers the control systems for two new cryogenic systems (comprising industrial equipment like cold boxes, compressors and transfer lines), of the LHC accelerator cryogenics system

In this position, you will:

• Support with engineering and commissioning turn-key PLC-based control systems.
• Participate in the development and commissioning of new HL-LHC project cryogenics plants control systems.
• Gather the requirements of the control systems and compile all the relevant documents (e.g. specifications, material purchasing, etc).
• Configure and program PLCs and fieldbus systems, following up on the installations (IEC-61131-3 standard, Schneider Unity Pro (EcoStruxure Control Expert)).
• Participate in the commissioning by managing the tests on platform (FAT) and in situ (SAT).
• Introduce the assets in the CERN asset management system and consolidate the existing base of equipment of the project.
• Establish the test benches in the lab to validate the technical choices.

Your profile

Skills

• Experience configuring and programming PLCs and fieldbus systems including following up of the installations.
• Experience with IEC-61131-3 standard, Schneider Unity Pro (EcoStruxure Control Expert) and management of the control assets.
• Fluent in English or French.

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 Technician (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’s, Master’s or PhD degree are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 09.04.2025 at 23:59h (midnight) CET.

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

Target start date: 01-June-2025

Job reference: BE-ICS-ECS-2025-13-GRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

What we offer

• A monthly stipend of 4624 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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