Detector Safety Physicist

As a Detector Safety Physicist, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team responsible for the Detector Safety System (DSS) of the ATLAS experiment. You will lead upgrade, commissioning, and definition of safety systems for new ATLAS sub-detectors and contribute to infrastructure upgrades for Run 4 operation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Detector Safety System (DSS) testing and commissioning activities with different sub-systems.
• Monitor the installation of cables used for signals exchanged between the DSS and the different sub-systems.
• Design safety matrices for new sub-systems in collaboration with safety and detector experts.
• Improve monitoring systems in the ATLAS galleries, including water leak detection systems.
• Upgrade central infrastructure components in the ATLAS galleries.
• Participate in the regular maintenance of fire, evacuation, gas, and Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (ODH) safety systems.
• Follow up on and present the progress of work carried out by the DSS team to the ATLAS Safety and Technical Coordination teams.
• This role includes team supervision responsibilities.

Requirements

• You must be a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State, excluding Pakistani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Cypriot and Croatian nationals due to Associate Membership Agreement limits.
• By the application deadline, you must have a master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of professional experience since graduation or a PhD with a maximum of 3 years of professional experience since graduation.
• You are not eligible with only a bachelor’s degree.
• You must never have had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Experience with safety system chains, including analogue and digital sensors, alarms, and interlocks.
• Experience in the wiring and testing of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems.
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols, such as I²C and SPI.
• Experience with electrical and thermal matching of components to circuit board requirements.
• Experience in the development, manufacturing, and assembly of electronic boards.
• Experience operating detector systems in a large-scale collaborative environment.
• Your studies focused on Applied Physics.
• Ability to follow procedures and remain calm in stressful situations.
• Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers.
• Familiarity with WinCC OA or similar SCADA systems, as well as OPC UA servers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey research findings clearly.
• Practical knowledge of Python software development would be an advantage.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Skills

• Safety system chains
• Analogue sensors
• Digital sensors
• Alarms and interlocks
• Programmable Logic Controller wiring
• PLC system testing
• Industrial communication protocols
• I2C protocol
• SPI protocol
• Electrical matching
• Thermal matching
• Electronic board development
• Electronic board manufacturing
• Electronic board assembly
• Detector system operation
• Applied Physics
• WinCC
• SCADA Systems
• OPC UA servers
• Python software development

Languages

English, French