Mechanical Technician, Geodetic Metrology Group

Datum: 5 november, 2026 Tid: 11:59

Placering: CERN

Join CERN's Geodetic Metrology Group and contribute to the metrology and alignment of components used in particle physics experiments. Your main focus will be the Full Remote Alignment System (FRAS), which uses a network of high-precision sensors and electromechanical actuators to monitor and remotely adjust accelerator components with micrometric precision.

As a Mechanical Technician in the High Precision Alignment Technologies Section, you will contribute to the procurement, assembly, testing, installation and commissioning of FRAS mechanical and electromechanical components.

• Supporting the procurement of FRAS mechanical and electromechanical components, including quality assurance and acceptance activities.
• Assembling and testing FRAS components, initially in the workshop and subsequently in the LHC tunnel.
• Preparing assembly, installation and validation documentation, including reports and procedure updates.
• Taking part in the commissioning of the mechanical and electromechanical equipment, from individual components through to the complete FRAS installation.

• You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State . Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Cypriot, Croatian and Turkish nationals, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
• By the Final date to receive applications, you have a maximum of 2 years of professional experience since graduation in a technical or administrative field and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma or a shorter non-university degree. You can't hold a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Please pay attention to the additional criteria and requirements for this specific position and mentioned above.