Mechanical Engineer for CMS Tracker

Your responsibilities

You will join a dynamic team of engineers, physicists, and technicians dedicated to constructing the CMS Tracker for the High-Luminosity LHC. This detector will operate at -35°C, utilizing a sophisticated CO2-based evaporative cooling system. Due to the high radiation levels expected, the innermost layer of the detector will require replacement midway through the high-luminosity program. This necessity opens opportunities to develop and implement improved mechanical structures and electronics system to enhance CMS performance in the second half of the high-luminosity program.

In this role, you will engage in several crucial engineering tasks related to the tracker construction and future enhancements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the quality control of the thermal performance of the tracker mechanical structures.
• Contributing to the production and quality control of components, as well as integrating the on-detector cooling system.
• Playing a pivotal role in developing advanced mechanical structures for the first layer of the Inner Tracker, preparing for its eventual replacement.

This position offers the chance to contribute significantly to a project at the forefront of developing lightweight mechanical structures and advanced two-phase cooling techniques.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Knowledge of two-phase cooling
• Design and testing of mechanical structures
• Quality control
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

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.