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About CERN

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN) is the European research organization that operates the largest Particles Physics laboratory in the world. This 1954 established organization has 23 member countries. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, scientists of CERN studies basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. CERN’s main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure for high-energy physics research – as a result, numerous experiments have been constructed at CERN through international collaborations.

About position

The CERN is looking for highly qualified, talented, and experienced Analogue Electronics Specialists to Beams Department, which hosts the Groups responsible for beam generation, acceleration, diagnostics, controls, and performance optimization. He/She will have to develop, produce, test, operationally deploy and maintain the acquisition and control electronics for various accelerator beam instrumentation systems installed throughout the CERN accelerator complex, including the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Roles and responsibilities 

• Designing the analogue electronic circuits used to condition the electrical signals coming from the various detectors measuring the properties of particle beams in the CERN accelerators. This will include RF engineering and/or the acquisition of very low-level signals;
• Building and testing prototypes;
• The construction of test benches;
• Installing, commissioning and maintaining large scale systems throughout the CERN accelerator complex.

Required qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of electronics or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in the field of electronics with emphasis on analogue circuit design.
• Experience in the field of RF engineering and/or low noise, the low-level signal acquisition will be an advantage.
• Design and simulation of analog electronic circuits.
• Testing and measurement of analog electronic circuits.
• Assembly of electronic components.
• Knowledge and application of instrumentation and measurement techniques.
• Spoken and written English or French. An ability to draw-up technical reports and to make oral presentations in at least one of the two languages.