Job Description

Your responsibilities

You are a highly-motivated applied physicist, with experience of advanced particle-detectors for high-energy physics experiments.

You will join the CERN CMS Tracker team to participate in the integration of the Tracker detector for High-Luminosity LHC. Tracker sub-structures with silicon modules will be received and tested at CERN, and then integrated in larger assemblies, that will be validated with final powering and readout hardware, and two-phase CO2 cooling.

You will contribute to development, commissioning and operation of the test setups for the reception tests of the sub-structures, and for the validation and operation of large sections of the detector. The job will include contribution to the design, procurement and assembly of the hardware of the test setups, definition of test protocols and development of the required data acquisition and data analysis routines, and tools for production quality monitoring.

More information here: https://hilumilhc.web.cern.ch/

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Proven expert-level knowledge of Python and C++.
• Solid background on silicon detectors for high-energy physics experiments.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Applied Physics (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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: August 6th 2023 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CEST.

Job reference: EP-CMX-DA-2023-29-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-December-2023

This position requires:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Residence in the immediate vicinity of the Organization’s installations.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 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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