Job Description
Your Responsibilities
To shape the future of superconducting magnets, we are seeking a skilled Mechanical Designer to join our team in the TE-MSC-SMT section. As part of this pioneering effort, you will play a key role in designing and optimizing mechanical systems and tooling critical for manufacturing advanced magnet components.
About the Project
In the superconducting magnet technology sector, we push the boundaries of design and manufacturing. Our magnets rely on materials with extraordinary electrical and mechanical properties, presenting unique challenges that demand creativity, precision, and specialized tools.
About the Role
As a Mechanical Designer, your primary responsibility will be to develop mechanical designs for magnet components, assembly tooling, and production processes. You will also partner with engineers and technical teams to transform concepts into practical, manufacturable solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design and Engineering: Develop mechanical designs for magnet components, assembly tooling, and production processes, incorporating advanced techniques such as additive manufacturing.
* Manufacturing Support: Design specialized tooling for coil winding, heat treatment in controlled gas environments, vacuum impregnation, brazing, and high-precision assembly of delicate components.
* Collaboration: Partner with engineers and technical teams to transform concepts into practical, manufacturable solutions.
* Quality Assurance: Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standards to ensure the precision and compatibility of designs.
* Technical Expertise: Utilize CATIA (or equivalent 3D CAD software) to create parametric models and detailed technical drawings that meet ISO standards.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of next-generation superconducting magnets for future accelerators, including groundbreaking medical applications. Your expertise will help shape the future of accelerator and medical technologies.
Your Profile
Requirements and Skills:
* Additive manufacturing experience.
* Proficiency in creating technical drawings (to ISO standards) and parametric CAD modeling (CATIA software).
* Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
* Experience with specialized tooling design for superconducting magnets.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a team environment.
* Fluent in English, proficiency in French is an advantage.
Eligibility Criteria:
* Citizenship of a participating country or having a valid permit to work in the host country.
* Professional background in Mechanical Engineering (or a related field) with either a Master's degree (2-6 years post-graduation professional experience) or a PhD (no more than 3 years post-graduation professional experience).
* No prior CERN fellow or graduate contract experience.
Additional Information
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Working hours: 40 hours per week.
Target start date: February 1st, 2025.
Field of work: Mechanical Engineering.
What We Offer
* A monthly stipend ranging between CHF 6212 and CHF 6828 per month (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 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.