Applied Physicist for Particle Detectors

Big Science Sweden; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Big Science Sweden is seeking an Applied Physicist to work at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The successful candidate will engage in the development of cutting-edge particle detectors for the ALICE experiment. Responsibilities include modeling physics systems and collaborating in multidisciplinary environments to advance new technologies supporting CERN's research. Candidates should hold a PhD in Physics and possess experience with particle detectors. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking experiments at CERN.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in Physics or a related field is essential.
• Experience in working with particle detectors and related R&D.
• Strong research background with multidisciplinary collaboration experience.

Aufgaben

• Develop physics models and conduct research for particle detector technologies.
• Support CERN’s research program by solving engineering challenges.
• Participate in the assembly and commissioning of the new silicon vertex detector.

Kenntnisse

Particle detector expertise

Physics modeling

Research and development

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Ausbildung

PhD in Physics or related field

Tools

Simulation software

Jobbeschreibung

Datum: 5 oktober, 2025 Tid: 11:59

Placering: CERN

Mer information

Are you an applied physicist with expertise in particle detectors? Do you want to help build ALICE's next-generation silicon vertex detector and drive the R&D for the experiment's future evolution? This could be your opportunity. Take part!

As an Applied Physicist, you will use and develop physics models and conduct research in a multidisciplinary environment to develop new technologies and solve engineering challenges in support of CERN's research programme.

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is one of the four large experiments at the LHC and a general-purpose heavy-ion detector designed to study strongly interacting matter using nucleus-nucleus, proton-nucleus and proton-proton collisions. ALICE is upgrading its Inner Tracking System with a novel ultra-light vertex detector (ITS3) based on wafer-scale monolithic active pixel sensors (MAPS) bent around the beam pipe. After the completion of its development, the detector will be assembled, commissioned and installed during LS3 (2026-2029) for operation in Run 4 (2030-2033). In parallel, ALICE has proposed an all-silicon experimental apparatus for Run 5 (2036-2040), ALICE 3, featuring a retractable silicon vertex detector installed in secondary vacuum inside the beam pipe.

The successful candidate will join the Detector Technologies (EP-AID-DT) section of the ALICE Detector and Systems (EP-AID) group.