Junior Mechanical Design Engineer (BE-EA-EC-2025-118-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

DESIGN of Supporting COMPONENTS for XTAX, VXSS (T4) and other beam line equipment in TDC2 and TCC2

In close collaboration with experts at CERN, you will:

• Develop comprehensive and precise engineering models utilising advanced CAD software.
• Conduct structural analyses of beamline equipment and associated lifting equipment, using Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations.
• Design mechanical supports to comply with TDC2 & TCC2 alignment and RP requirements, together with the appropriate tooling required.
• Participating in the reconfiguration studies for raising the H6/H8 beamlines and shifting the P42 line, and renovation/redesign of all supports in TCC2.
• Oversee the detailed design and document the qualification and acceptance testing of prototypes.
• Prepare and maintain all required conformity documentation.

Your profile

Skills:

• Very good knowledge and experience of CAD tools, preferably CATIA.
• Very good knowledge and experience of FEM tools, preferably ANSYS.
• Highly effective in organisation abilities as well as written and verbal communication.
• 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 Mechanical Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 18.08.2025 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-October-2025

This position involves:

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

Job reference: BE-EA-EC-2025-118-GRAE

Field of work: Mechanical Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 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.

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