Accelerator Physicist (BE-ABP-CEI-2026-136-GRAP)
$76,464–$84,048 year
HybridGenève, Geneva, Switzerland
Job Summary
Contribute to the conceptual design phase of a potential future collider at CERN, supporting the development and assessment of the collider design. Propose optimisations of linear and nonlinear beam optics, including tune scans and multi-objective optimisation of the dynamic aperture, to maximise machine performance and operational robustness. Perform particle tracking studies across the operating energy range, analysing key effects such as synchrotron radiation, beam-beam interactions, and impedance. Investigate accelerator physics challenges drawing on experience from the FCC-ee study. This 24-month contract (extendable to 36 months) requires a Master's or PhD in Physics with relevant simulation experience in tools like MAD-X or ELEGANT.
Required Qualifications
- Knowledge of beam dynamics in synchrotrons and/or storage rings
- Experience with some of the key beam dynamics effects relevant to lepton colliders, such as transverse coupling, beam-beam interactions, synchrotron radiation, or beam impedance
- Experience in setting up, performing, and interpreting particle tracking simulations for accelerator physics studies
- Experience with accelerator physics simulation and analysis tools, such as MAD-X, ELEGANT, pyAT, Xsuite, or equivalent software
- Experience in running and managing large-scale simulations on high-performance computing (HPC) systems
- Spoken and written English
- A commitment to learn French
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State
- You have a professional background in Physics (or a related field)
- Either a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience
- You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before
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