Electrical Technician (BE-CEM-IN-2026-45-GRAE)

Are you passionate about cutting-edge control systems and embedded technologies? Our Infrastructure Section within the Controls Electronics and Mechatronics group of the Beams Department is looking for a new colleague to join them. The team is responsible for the deployment, monitoring and maintenance of accelerator controls, embedded frontend systems, and fieldbuses.

Your responsibilities:

• Configure and deploy embedded frontend systems (VME, IPC, mTCA, PXIe) and fieldbus components (WorldFIP, General Machine Timing (GMT), White Rabbit).
• Support and troubleshoot operational equipment, ensuring smooth accelerator controls and rapid issue resolution.
• Perform corrective maintenance on deployed systems to guarantee reliability and performance.
• Manage hardware assets and documentation, keeping track of deployed components and system configurations.
• Collaborate closely with accelerator teams, adapting to user community requirements to enhance control systems.

Your profile:

• Embedded computers.
• Fieldbuses & signal transmission.

Skills:

• Linux & Shell scripting.
• Asset management.
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the basics of the other language.

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 Electrical Technician (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.

Job closing date: 15.03.2026 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: Hybrid

Target start date: 01-June-2026

Job reference: BE-CEM-IN-2026-45-GRAE

Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Benchmark job: 300040 - Electrical Technician

Global Benefits

• A monthly stipend of 4687 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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