CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

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Your responsibilities

Our Engineering Department (EN) is looking for a Mechanical Engineer or a related field, to join our Accelerators, Coordination, and Engineering Group, within the Configuration and Layouts Section. You will work as a Configuration & 3D Integration Manager for the Einstein Telescope project.

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed underground facility for a third-generation gravitational-wave observatory. Building on the success of Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO, which detected merging black holes and neutron stars, ET will have a much higher sensitivity. This will be achieved with 10km interferometer arms (up from Virgo's 3km), a depth of 150-300 meters underground, and new technologies like cryogenic cooling of optics around 15K, quantum techniques to reduce light fluctuations, and advanced noise-reduction systems. ET will enable exploration of the Universe's gravitational waves back to the cosmological dark ages, offering insights into fundamental physics and cosmology.

Responsibilities will include:

• Definition of naming convention for equipment types, engineering drawings, physical equipment and layout components; registration and maintenance of codes in our Naming Portal for design offices and integration team, as needed.
• Definition and creation of conceptual beamlines regions, functional positions of optics and mechanical equipment in our Layout Database.
• Management of the Hardware Baseline structure (Product Breakdown Structure) and associated technical documentation in our Engineering Data Management Service (EDMS); implementation of change control processes; maintenance and updating of data and records to ensure accurate versioning.
• Support the 3D spatial integration of diverse components and subsystems within the ET framework, fostering synergy and coherence across all project stakeholders, by sharing its integration methodologies and training on the job designer; this task will be mainly on the technical infrastructure premises, being underground or surface buildings; this activity will be co-supervised by experts in the areas of Configuration Management and Integration.

Your profile

Skills:

• Experience with 3D CAD software, such as CATIAv5;
• Working with Microsoft Office tools or similar;
• Configuration management practices;
• Communication skills;
• Training will be provided for skills not yet acquired;
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

QualificationsAdditional Information

Job closing date: 02.07.2025 at 23:59 CEST.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-September-2025

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.

Job reference: EN-ACE-2025-95-GRAP

Field of work: Mechanical Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6287 and 6911 Swiss Francs per month (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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