Instrumentation Engineer

Instrumentation Engineer

CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

Geneva, Switzerland

What you'll do

Within the framework of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider project, and long shutdown activities, you will join the Cryogenic Group as a full member of the team, working in a multidisciplinary environment focused on cryogenic instrumentation, control systems, and electrical engineering. You will contribute to R&D activities, as well as to the design, reception, and maintenance of tooling and test benches used for validation and commissioning operations.

Your responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of new cryogenic instrumentation like pressure, level, temperature or heater, ensuring their design, qualification, and adaptation to the complex and challenging operating conditions of CERN accelerators, including cryogenic environments, high magnetic fields, and other harsh constraints inherent to accelerator operation;
• Ensure the maintenance of existing test benches based on LabVIEW, including legacy systems, while also developing new test facilities for the qualification of series of radiation-tolerant electronic cards, the calibration of absolute and differential pressure sensors, and associated data analysis;
• Provide field support for cryogenic instrumentation deployed across CERN accelerators, cryogenic plants, and test facilities, including diagnostics, maintenance, and repair activities to ensure reliable and continuous operation of the equipment.

Your profile

• Testing, calibration, and validation of instrumentation sensors under cryogenic conditions;
• Experience with front-end and back-end electronics, as well as real-time data acquisition systems;
• Performance analysis and optimisation of cryogenic instrumentation systems;
• Your studies focused on pplied Physics/Electromechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering (or a related field).

Your skills

• Metrology, Radiology, LabView or similar, Python, data acquisition system;
• Diagnostics and troubleshooting of electrical and instrumentation issues in complex process systems;
• Applying practical knowledge of measurement and electronic technologies in operational environments;
• Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams and contributing to the training and supervision of students;
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.