Electronics Technician (BE-CEM-IN-2025-141-GRAE)

Your responsibilities



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.

 

In this role, you will:

• 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.
  
   

Skills:

Hands-on experience with: 

• Embedded computers;
• Fieldbuses & signal transmission;
• 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 Electronic 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: 24.09.2025 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-January-2026

Job reference: BE-CEM-IN-2025-141-GRAE

Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend of 4624 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.