Accelerator Physicist Job in Europe > Switzerland > Geneva, , Switzerland

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter, the fundamental particles. The particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.

Accelerator Physicist Job Description

Accelerator Physicist in the Beams Department (BE), Accelerator and Beam Physics Group (ABP), Hadron Synchrotron Incoherent effects (HSI) Section.

You will join:

• The Beams (BE) Department is at the heart of the CERN accelerator complex and hosts the groups responsible for the beam generation, acceleration, diagnostics, controls and performance optimization.
• The Accelerators and Beam Physics (ABP) group is responsible for beam performance from the source to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and carries out Research & Development (R&D) activities on the upgrade of the LHC, its injectors, and future colliders (CLIC and FCC).
• The Hadron Synchrotron's Incoherent effects (HSI) Section is responsible for theoretical, numerical and experimental studies of incoherent linear and non-linear multi-particle effects, affecting the performance of present and future hadron synchrotrons and of their mitigation.

• Study beam intensity and brightness limitations in the LHC injectors and in particular the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), with an emphasis to space-charge effects for high-intensity and high-brightness beams, both in its current status and for the on-going upgrade studies.
• Study linear and non-linear beam dynamics (theory, simulations and experiments) including space-charge for improving the intensity, brightness preservation and transmission of the present operational PSB beams and of those foreseen for the LHC injector upgrade (LIU) project.
• Contribute to the improvement of PSB performance for the fixed target and LHC beams, including taking the role of PSB supervisor.
• Contribution to the definition of the beam commissioning steps and to the commissioning efforts after the implementation of the changes related to LIU.

Accelerator Physicist Job Requirements

PhD/Doctorate in the field of physics or engineering, or equivalent.

Experience and competencies 
The experience required for this post is:

• Demonstrated experience of work in a scientific environment preferably in the design and/or operation of particle accelerators.
• Experience in accelerator physics with demonstrated ability to compute beam optics (e.g. MADX-PTC).
• Experience with multi-particle simulation codes.
• Experience in the application of experimental techniques and analysis of data from beam measurements.

• Knowledge of accelerator physics theory.
• Beam dynamics simulation.
• Accelerator performance analysis & optimization.
• Knowledge of transverse beam dynamics.
• Knowledge of space-charge effects.

• Spoken and written English or French: ability to understand and speak the other language in professional contexts. Ability to draw-up technical specifications and scientific reports and to make oral presentations in at least one of the two languages.

• Work in radiation areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.
• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

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