Applied Physicist, Quench Protection

Big Science Sweden
Full-time genf, genf Other-General
Posted:
June 07, 2026
Location:
genf, genf, Switzerland

Job Description

You will play a key role in ensuring that advanced simulation tools accurately reflect experimental behaviour of superconducting magnet systems. You will work closely with experimental test teams and simulation developers to validate, analyse and improve computational models, with particular emphasis on quench protection and ramp loss phenomena in Low-Temperature Superconductor (LTS) and High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnets. You will contribute to design, performance evaluation and analysis of Quench Protection on several High Field Magnets (HFM) developed at CERN.

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  • You are a national of aCERN Member State or Associate Member State. Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani and Lithuanian nationals for positions with a 2026 start date, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
  • By the application deadline, you have a master’s degree wi...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: genf, Switzerland
Posted: June 07, 2026
Deadline: July 17, 2026