Electrical Technician (SY-EPC-MPC-2025-275-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities:

In this role, you will support the replacement and commissioning of power converters for the ISOLDE project. Working under the guidance of an experienced technician, you will contribute to the safe removal, installation, testing, and documentation of new equipment.

Key Tasks:

• Collaborate with electromechanics during the removal of existing converters.
• Coordinate and follow up on transport requests for the evacuation of old equipment.
• Support building consolidation activities and address needs from various stakeholders.
• Organise and supervise the transport and installation of new converters.
• Perform commissioning tests, including verifying electrical connections and interlocks, tuning current regulation loops on operational loads and testing spare converters.
• Provide training to first-line support teams and hand over equipment to operations teams once validated.
• Produce and maintain up-to-date technical documentation.

More information here .

Your profile:

Experience:

• Practical experience working with electrical or electronic systems, ideally including power converters or industrial equipment.
• Exposure to technical operations such as installation, testing, or commissioning of equipment.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Demonstrated ability to produce, manage, and update technical documentation.
• Proven organisational and problem-solving abilities.

Skills:

• Electrical and electronics fundamentals.
• Power converter systems.
• Equipment installation and commissioning.
• Technical documentation.
• Teamwork and communication.
• Organisation and attention to detail.
• 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 Electrical / Electronics (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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 10.01.2026 at 23:59 CET.

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-March-2026

This position involves:

• A valid driving licence.
• Operations on electrical installations or in their vicinity (over 1000 Volt AC or 1500 Volt DC) requiring a specific authorization.
• Exposure to electromagnetic fields under certain exposure conditions.

Given the occupational health risks associated with this position, the selected candidate must obtain medical clearance before a contract offer is confirmed.

Job reference: SY-EPC-MPC-2025-275-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.