CERN Position: Junior Electrical Engineer (EN-EL-CS-2025-273-GRAE)

Location: Geneva, ch

Job Description:

As a Junior Electrical Engineer within the Cabling Section, you”ll play a key role in expanding, strengthening, and maintaining CERN”s signal and power cable installations, required for various systems within the CERN accelerators.

In this role, you will also be closely involved in the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) programme. This major upgrade requires the installation of more than 800 km of signal cables over the next three years, offering a unique opportunity to participate in one of CERN”s most ambitious and technically demanding projects.

Your responsibilities

You will:

• Analyse requests for new cable circuits and for modification of existing ones;
• Define cables routing taking into technical constraints including cable trays occupancy, electromagnetic compatibility and safety rules;
• Ensure the compatibility between the cable type required and the selected connector;
• Revise cable lists;
• Prepare planning and cost estimation;
• Prepare execution documentation for CERN”s electrical installation contractor;
• Organise, supervise and ensure safety on your worksites, requiring interactions with contractors and CERN users from other groups/departments;
• Ensure comprehensive and timely reporting;
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and optimisation of the section”s processes and workflows;
• Development of quality plans and procedure.

More information here.

Your profile

Skills:

• Knowledge in the domain of electrical cables for signal transmission and power distribution;
• Knowledge in the domain of connectors for signal and power cables;
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables) and knowledge of VBA for task automation;
• Project planning skills (Gantt charts, progress tracking);
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Eligibility criteria:

• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Electrical/Electronics 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: 04.01.2026 at 23:59 CET.

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

Job flexibility: Hybrid

Target start date: 01-March-2026

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organisation.

Job reference: EN-EL-CS-2025-273-GRAE

Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Benchmark job: 301140 – Electrical Technical Engineer

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.

Level of Education: Master Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24