Current jobs at CERN - The European Research Center of Particle Physics
Software and Infrastructure Engineer (IT-CA-OSI-2026-213-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly You will contribute to developing, deploying, and maintaining the application supporting the Open Research Europe publishing platform based on Open Journal Systems (OJS). Working under the guidance of a senior engineer, you will develop, test, and operate the platform and its integrations to ensure secure and reliable service delivery in close collaboration with the business and editorial operations team.
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Electrical Design Technician (EN-EL-DDO-2026-218-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: up to CHF 4687 - monthly The Electrical Engineering Group (EN-EL) at CERN is responsible for the electrical power-distribution network (from 400 kV to 400/230V), for the fibre-optics infrastructure, and for signal and DC-power cabling for the accelerator complex. You will join the electrical Design and Documentation Office (EN-EL-DDO). You will take on a support electrical designer role
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Research Fellowship: Theoretical Physics
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 7004 - CHF 7425 - monthly You will join one of CERN’s theoretical physics research groups, if selected for this Research Fellowship, to develop and lead your own research programme at the frontier of fundamental physics
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Mechanical Design Engineer for LHCb (EP-LCB-TC-2026-233-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly You will join the LHCb Technical Coordination section of the LHCb group. You will be part of the LHCb design office, contributing to the CAD modelling of the LHCb detector and helping to develop LHCb digital mock-up and digital twin methodologies that will support installation planning, maintenance, and operation for the next milestones of the experiment.
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Controls and Automation Engineer (EN-CV-CL-2026-230-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly The Cooling & Ventilation (CV) Group is responsible for the design, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of the cooling systems, pumping stations, air conditioning plants, and fluid distribution networks serving CERN's accelerator complex, experimental areas, selected LHC detector cooling systems, and strategic technical infrastructures such as the Computer Centre.
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Junior Field Operations Coordinator (SCE-SSC-SC-2026-232-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly You will support day-to-day logistics operations, coordinate activities and projects in the field with various stakeholders, and follow up on continuous improvement initiatives related to services and infrastructures
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Junior Supply Chain & System Professional (SCE-SSC-SC-2026-231-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly You will support day-to-day logistics operations and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging digital tools and systems to enhance operational performance, improve data visibility and support decision-making
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Vacuum / Thin film coating Technical Engineer (TE-VSC-SCC-2026-234-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly Are you an enthusiastic and curious Technical Engineer looking for a challenging professional experience? If so, joining CERN's ORIGIN programme may be the perfect opportunity for you. As a Technical Engineer in the surface coating and chemistry team, you will contribute to the production of thin films for CERN's accelerator complex
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Full-Stack Software Developer (IT-CA-2026-236-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly Are you passionate about software development and interested in supporting Open Data and Open Science in research? Join our team that is building services for open data and reproducible computational data analyses! Your responsibilities
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Project Planning & Controls Analyst (FCC-PO-2026-238-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly Want to contribute to one of the world's most ambitious science projects while building your skills in planning, data and project coordination? Join the FCC project's Scheduling, Planning & Resources Office and work with an international community of scientists, engineers and specialists
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Electrical Cabling Engineer (BE-EA-EC-2026-237-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly As an Electrical Engineer, within the Beams Department, you will join the BE-EA-EC cabling team to work on projects for the LHC and CERN's experiments. We aim to optimise and maintain the infrastructure and provide strong support to the physicists. You will support the team with the study, execution and coordination of complex technical cabling projects.
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ATLAS Detector Cooling Engineer (EP-ATL-PO-2026-240-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly As part of the ATLAS Detector Cooling team, you will contribute to the qualification, integration, and commissioning of the 2PACL CO₂ cooling system supporting future detector upgrades
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NGT Communications Officer (IT-CE-CHT-2026-242-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly
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Machine Learning Engineer (IT-CD-2026-239-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: CHF 5266 - CHF 5793 - monthly Interested in helping shape the next generation systems handling the very large amount of data coming out of CERN physics detectors? Passionate about machine learning (ML) and how it will reshape how our experiments work?
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Mechanical Technician (BE-GM-HPA-2026-243-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: up to CHF 4687 - monthly Join CERN's Geodetic Metrology Group and contribute to the metrology and alignment of components used in particle physics experiments. Your main focus will be the Full Remote Alignment System (FRAS), which uses a network of high-precision sensors and electromechanical actuators to monitor and remotely adjust accelerator components with micrometric precision.
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Full-Stack Web Engineer (IT-PW-WDA-2026-108-GRAE)
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: from CHF 5266 - monthly We are looking for a full-stack software developer with DevOps experience. In this role, you will be a member of the Web, DevOps and Authoring section in the IT-PW group. We have been consolidating all Web hosting services on our Platform as a Service (PaaS) infrastructure based on OpenShift/OKD4, including the supported CERN Web Content Management Systems (Drupal, WordPress)
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Short Term Internship 2026
Employment Type: Intern• Compensation: up to CHF 1593 - monthly Company Description 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
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Doctoral Student Programme 2027-1
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: up to CHF 3907 - monthly What you'll do: You will spend up to 36 months working on your doctoral thesis in a truly unique environment where science, technology and innovation meet. You’ll be part of an international community of experts, gaining experience at the forefront of research and engineering. Your responsibilities:• Carry out your doctoral research in collaboration with CERN and your home university.
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Early Career Professionals - Technical Field – Spontaneous Applications
Employment Type: Full-time• Compensation: up to CHF 4624 - monthly Your responsibilities Join us in a place that can be hotter than the centre of the sun, and colder than the vacuum of space, at the very same time. This is the smartest way to learn more than you can imagine and see your work travel at the speed of light. Almost. This is the fastest way to give your career momentum. This is your Origin. Where your career begins. Take part!
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Non-Member State Postdoc Fellowship Programme (Theoretical Physics)
Employment Type: Full-time Company Description 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
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