Accelerator Physicist (BE-ABP-LNO-2021-122-LD)
- Employer
- CERN
- Location
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Salary
- competitive
- Posting live until
- 3 Dec 2021
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Job Details
Introduction
Are you an Accelerator Physicist or Engineer experienced in accelerator beam dynamics or optics, and interested in working in an exciting international environment at the forefront of modern science? Would you like to work on the LHC injector complex? Then Take Part and join one of the teams that help to deliver unique particle beams used by physicists from all over the world to answer questions at the heart of particle physics!
You will join:
The Accelerators and Beam Physics (ABP) group, part of the Beams department (BE), in charge of beam performance over the complete CERN accelerator chain, from the source to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), for maximising its performance. The Group carries out Research & Development (R&D) activities on the upgrade of the LHC and its injectors, on the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), Future Circular Colliders (FCC) and Muon Collider study, as well as on novel acceleration techniques (AWAKE).
The Linear and Non-linear Optics (LNO) Section is in charge of theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of optics, and linear and non-linear single-particle effects, affecting the performance of present and future synchrotrons.
The design of new accelerators at the high-intensity and high-energy frontier and the performance optimization of existing ones requires the development of accurate and predictive models of beam dynamics and optics. You will play a key role in the development and simulation tools associated to these studies.
Functions
As Accelerator Physicist in the BE-ABP-LNO Section, you will participate in the activities related with optics studies for the CERN Accelerators, their upgrade, and future machines. This includes activities on optics design and optimization, numerical simulations, measurements in the existing CERN machines, calculation of optics corrections and accelerator code development.
You will:
- Contribute to the maintenance and development of the optics models and repository for the CERN hadron injector rings.
- Study and optimize operational conditions for the hadron injector rings to improve their performance aided by beam dynamics simulations.
- Provide optics support to other CERN present and future synchrotrons and colliders including the LHC and its high-luminosity upgrade.
After a period of familiarisation you will:
- Identify fundamental limitations in the LHC injector rings’ performance and plan medium or long-term improvements.
- Contribute to the definition of operational conditions in Run 4 and to the optimization of the performance reach, including beam-based optimizations.
- Design and conduct experiments in the existing CERN synchrotrons to validate the concepts developed.
Company
At CERN, physicists and engineers use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles – to probe the underlying structure of the universe.
Working at CERN
CERN is a truly unique organization. A genuine collaboration between countries, universities and scientists, driven not by profit margins, but by a commitment to create and share knowledge. At CERN, students, recent graduates and experienced professionals work together to push for immense scientific discoveries, answering some of life’s most complex questions and advancing the boundaries of human knowledge.
People are free to work creatively and to trust in, and rely on, their colleagues across the organization. History is being made at CERN – and the excitement is tangible, inspiring, overwhelming at times. It is the only place in the world that you can do this work in this way.
Why work for us
Today, CERN employs more than 2500 people, and if you visit us you will find more than 2500 different reasons why CERN is such a great place to work. Six key reasons that we believe will make you love working here are: challenge; purpose; imagination; integrity; collaboration; and quality of life.
Student and graduate schemes
CERN technical and administrative internships and graduate schemes offer international students and recent graduates the opportunity to work with world-class scientists and engineers on cutting-edge research in particle physics, computational science, life sciences, engineering, international relations, and more. Whichever route you take, it will be an extraordinary experience.
What we are looking for
To conduct experiments of this scale and importance, CERN needs people from various career levels and with a wide range of abilities, skills and competencies. We have job opportunities for students, graduates and experienced professionals, from apprenticeships to PhDs (and beyond). Whatever your background, field of interest or diploma level, CERN could be the place for you.
Location
Geneva, Switzerland
Number of employees
2500+ staff members; several hundred on graduate and student programmes
Positions recently recruited for
Computing engineer, radiofrequency engineer, process operator in cryogenics, web developer, mechanical engineer, administrative assistant, system administrator, power electronics engineer, scientific writer, applied physicist and many more
Desired degree disciplines/class
From apprenticeship to PhD in a wide variety of domains
How to apply
Apply online at careers.cern
Closing date
All year round
Contact
Tel +41 22 76 63 786
E-mail recruitment.service@cern.ch
careers.cern
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