Junior Automation & Controls EngineerNew

The engineer will help migrate CERN’s LHC Primary Gas Systems to a dedicated Experimental Areas infrastructure. Working across PLC logic, field instrumentation and WinCC OA supervision, the role develops control applications, supports testing and commissioning, and provides first-line operational support for gas-system control infrastructure used by experimental-area teams.

• Contribute to the migration of LHC Primary Gas Systems including PLC and WinCC OA development and commissioning
• Develop and configure gas-system control applications on Schneider M580 and Siemens S7-1500 PLCs
• Specify I/O and instrumentation for primary and detector gas systems and develop HMI, touch-panel and notification functions
• Support factory and site acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, documentation and first-line operational support in experimental areas

• Bachelor's or master's degree in automation or control engineering
• Maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation
• Nationality of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State
• No PhD and no previous CERN fellow or graduate contract
• Good spoken and written English with a commitment to learn French
• Valid driving licence

• Familiarity with WinCC OA
• Knowledge of continuous integration or model-driven code generation

• Industrial Control Systems
• PLC Programming
• SCADA
• Control Systems
• Field Instrumentation
• Gas Systems
• PLC Logic
• WinCC OA
• Industrial Communication Protocols
• Python
• Continuous Integration
• Commissioning

• Schneider M580
• Siemens S7-1500
• WinCC OA
• GitLab CI
• Python

• Graduate programme