Vacuum / Thin film coating Technical Engineer

Big Science Sweden; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CERN’s ORIGIN programme invites a motivated Technical Engineer to contribute to surface coating and chemistry for thin films used in the accelerator complex. You will gain hands-on experience with deposition setups, instrumentation, and training provided.

As part of the coating team, you will operate PVD sputtering systems, perform thickness and composition measurements with XRF, and help document procedures. Collaboration across disciplines is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Up to 2 years of professional experience since graduation.
• You must be a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State.
• No prior CERN fellow or graduate contract.

Responsibilities

• Operate Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating setups (sputtering) including assembly, vacuum pumping, bakeout, deposition processing, and disassembly.
• Measure the thickness and composition of thin films using an X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer.
• Perform validation and quality control of Non-Evaporable Getter coatings (NEG).
• Prepare technical documentation, including reports and procedures.
• Contribute to the design, procurement, and assembly of tooling for the coating setups.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Vacuum / Thin film coating Technical Engineer

Datum: 21 oktober, 2026 Tid: 11:59

Placering: CERN

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What you'll do

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. All necessary training on the specific coating set ups and instrumentation will be given.

Your responsibilities

• Operate Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating setups (sputtering): including assembly, vacuum pumping, bakeout, deposition processing, and disassembly.
• Measure the thickness and composition of thin films using an X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer.
• Perform validation and quality control of the performance of Non-Evaporable Getter coatings (NEG).
• Prepare technical documentation, including reports and procedures.
• Contribute to the design, procurement, and assembly of tooling for the coating setups.

Be sure to meet the eligibility criteria

• You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State . Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Cypriot, Croatian and Turkish nationals, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of 2 years of professional experience since graduation in the respective field and your highest educational qualification is either a bachelor’s or master’s degree. You must have a university degree and can’t hold a PhD.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Please pay attention to the additional criteria and requirements for this specific position and mentioned above.