Job Description

Are you knowledgeable in Electrical Engineering? Do you want to contribute to a unique and challenging research infrastructure? Then your Origin starts here. Deepen your knowledge and expertise faster than anywhere else on Earth. Take part!

CERN's General Safety and Equipment Integrity section of the Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection (HSE) Department is looking for Electrical Engineers to join the team and collaborate with a multidisciplinary and diverse team of engineers, physicists, and technicians.

CERN is currently embarking on a project to update and harmonise its Electrical Safety Rules, technical instructions, and conformity documentation. This involves the analysis of the existing documentation and approaches, addressing gaps, integrating updates from the Host States' standards, and contributing to a unified and modernised Safety framework.

Your responsibilities:

• Provide support in terms of electrical safety to CERN technical departments, including supporting safety awareness activities and campaigns.
• Review existing CERN electrical safety documents to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and outdated content.
• Update, draft, and consolidate electrical safety documentation (including instructions, procedures, and conformity requirements) integrating the latest requirements from standards.
• Support the development of standardised document structures, templates, and terminology, with the associated traceability and revision control.
• Provide support in safety risk assessment and risk control, equipment integrity, audits, and technical reviews.

Your profile:

• Experience/strong knowledge in the field of Electrical Engineering.
• Experience of drafting or reviewing technical documentation, reports, procedures or engineering standards in an academic, industrial or project environment.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering topics such as installation principles, safety fundamentals and/or conformity assessment.
• Familiarity with international or national technical standards and regulations (e.g. IEC/EN standards) and their interpretation.
• Experience working in a team or supporting group projects.
• Experience with photovoltaic equipment would be considered an asset.

Skills:

• Solid understanding of electrical engineering principles, particularly low voltage installations and electrical safety concepts.
• Ability to analyse technical information, instructions and procedures, and interpret and consolidate them into clear and coherent documentation.
• Attention to detail with a strong quality and consistency focus.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work independently on parallel tasks within a structured project framework.
• Capability to work in an international and multi-disciplinary team.
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

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 Electrical 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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 16.06.2026 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: Hybrid

Target start date: 01-August-2026

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.

Job reference: HSE-OHS-GI-2026-144-GRAE

Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Benchmark job: 200030 - Electrical Engineer

Global Benefits

• A monthly stipend between 5266-5793 Swiss Francs per month (tax free) depending on your degree.
• 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.

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