CERN Position: Beam Loss Monitor Production Technician (SY-BI-ML-2025-283-GRAE)

Location: Geneva, ch

Job Description:

Are you a Mechanical technician with a passion for challenging and exciting projects in the field of beam instrumentation for particle accelerators? Then seize the opportunity! Join the CERN Beam instrumentation group (BI) and be part of the team working on the production of Beam Loss Monitors for the CERN injectors and the High Luminosity LHC.

You will be part of a multicultural diverse team working at the forefront of the scientific research, working in a very stimulating environment that will help you develop your skills in precision mechanics, assembly, vacuum testing, logistics, quality control, problem solving, documentation and ramp-up of a production.

Your responsibilities:

• Acceptance tests of arriving subcomponents.
• Assembly of Beam Loss Monitors.
• Vacuum tests.
• Documentation of all steps of the production.
• Logistics.
• Solving problems as they arise when ramping up a production.

Your profile:

Up to 2 years experience in minimum 2 of the following fields:

• Quality assurance.
• Documentation.
• Work as vacuum technician.
• Mechanical assembly and machining (conventional or CNC).
• Logistics.

Skills:

• Able to read mechanical drawings.
• Perform assembly work with high attention to the quality of the product.
• Document of all steps of the production.
• Working in a bigger team and use communication skills
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.
• Car driving license.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn 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 Mechanical Engineering (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: 15.01.2026 at 23:59 CET.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job flexibility: Fully Onsite

Target start date: 01-April-2026

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.

Job reference: SY-BI-ML-2025-283-GRAE

Field of work: Mechanical Engineering

Benchmark job: 300090 – Mechanical Technician

Global Benefits

• A monthly stipend of 4624 Swiss Francs per month (tax free).
• 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
• A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
• Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
• On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

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