Installation and Maintenance Technician (SY-BI-BL-2026-176-GRAE) — CERN
- Location
- Genève
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 26 days ago
Role overview
In this role, you will contribute to a major upgrade program of CERN's accelerator complex by maintaining, replacing, and installing beam instrumentation systems.
Your day-to-day work involves removing and installing equipment components across accelerator facilities, tracking interventions using CERN's management tools, and coordinating on-site progress with engineers and technicians of CERN
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- In this role, you will contribute to a major upgrade program of CERN's accelerator complex by maintaining, replacing, and installing beam instrumentation systems.
- Your day-to-day work involves removing and installing equipment components across accelerator facilities, tracking interventions using CERN's management tools, and coordinating on-site progress with engineers and technicians of CERN
- Your responsibilities
- Remove equipment components for refurbishment or replacement.
- Comfortable using standard hand tools and basic technical equipment.
- No prior experience with particle accelerators or beam instrumentation required.
Main responsibilities
- Your responsibilities
- Remove equipment components for refurbishment or replacement.
- Install new instrumentation systems and upgrades throughout the accelerator complex.
- Track your tasks using CERN's management tools and provide updates in team meetings.
- Coordinate with engineers, technicians, and other groups to keep everyone informed of on-site progress.
- Work across different areas of CERN's accelerator facilities, following all safety protocols and ensuring precise, clean execution of technical interventions.
Key requirements
- Comfortable using standard hand tools and basic technical equipment.
- No prior experience with particle accelerators or beam instrumentation required.
- We will train you on CERN-specific systems. Skills
- Quick learner comfortable adapting to new tools, procedures, and technical environments.
- Attention to detail and careful approach when working with sensitive electronic and electromechanical equipment.
- Good communicator who works well with diverse technical teams.
- Practical problem-solving mindset.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French. Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
Application process
- By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Mechanical or Electrical (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.
- Job closing date: 02.08.2026 at 23:59 CEST.
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Fully Onsite Target start date: 01-December-2026 This position involves:
- Work in Radiation Areas.
- Interventions in underground installations. A valid driving licence.
Company and context
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization. Job reference: SY-BI-BL-2026-176-GRAE
- Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering Benchmark job: 300060 Electronics Technician Global Benefits A monthly stipend of 4687 Swiss Francs per month (tax free).
- 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
- Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
- Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
- A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
- Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
- On-the-job and formal training including language classes.
- At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, we are pushing the frontiers of science and technology.
- Our groundbreaking work brings together not only physicists but also a diverse range of professionals from engineering, technical, scientific, and administrative fields.
Additional details
- Your day-to-day work involves removing and installing equipment components across accelerator facilities, tracking interventions using CERN's management tools, and coordinating on-site progress with engineers and technicians
- We will train you on CERN-specific systems.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French. Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Fully Onsite Target start date: 01-December-2026 This position involves:
- Interventions in underground installations. A valid driving licence.
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization. Job reference: SY-BI-BL-2026-176-GRAE
- Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering Benchmark job: 300060 Electronics Technician A monthly stipend of 4687 Swiss Francs per month (tax free).
Notes and original content
- Your profile
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.
- Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Job flexibility: Fully Onsite
- Target start date: 01-December-2026
- This position involves:
- Interventions in underground installations.
- A valid driving licence.
Questions about this listing
What salary does CERN offer for this role?
CERN lists CHF 60'500 - 91'500 gross per year for this position in Genève. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does CERN offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Geneva?
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