Job Description

The TE-MSC-SMT section is responsible for advancing high-field magnet technologies for future accelerators. This work involves the use of superconducting materials, whose unique electrical and mechanical properties present significant manufacturing challenges. As a result, innovative materials, processes, and tools are essential.

As a CAD Designer, you will be part of a team focused on designing, developing, and validating new concepts, procedures, and tools to produce small-scale models of next-generation superconducting magnets. The team’s work includes:

• Coil winding
• High-temperature heat treatment in controlled gas atmospheres
• Vacuum impregnation
• Electrical connections and instrumentation
• Mechanical assembly of delicate components

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will contribute as a CAD Designer, collaborating on the design of magnet components and specialised tooling.

Your profile

Skills

• Technical drawing (ISO standards) and CAD software (CATIA or similar) proficiency
• Strong mathematical and geometric understanding
• Knowledge of industry standards and codes
• Good interpersonal and communication skills for effective team collaboration
• Proactive problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented, with a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards on a daily basis
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Fluency in English

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 Mechanical Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 27.03.2025 at 23:59 (midnight) CET.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-May-2025

Job reference: TE-MSC-SMT-2025-39-GRAE

Field of work: Mechanical Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 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.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.