About the company
The Cooling & Ventilation (CV) Group is responsible for the design, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of the cooling systems, pumping stations, air conditioning plants, and fluid distribution networks serving CERN's accelerator complex, experimental areas, selected LHC detector cooling systems, and strategic technical infrastructures such as the Computer Centre.
Responsibilities
- Develop and validate dynamic simulation models of HVAC, cooling, ventilation, and hydraulic systems to assess plant performance and evaluate energy optimisation opportunities
- Design, test, and implement control system improvements, including advanced control strategies, to enhance energy efficiency, reliability, and operational stability
- Apply data analytics, Machine Learning, and neural network techniques to support performance monitoring, fault detection, predictive analysis, and process optimisation
- Manage the deployment, testing, commissioning, and performance verification of selected process, control, and AI-based solutions on operational production plants
- Produce technical studies, engineering recommendations, and performance assessments, and collaborate with operations and maintenance teams
Requirements
- Experience in modelling and simulation of physical systems (HVAC, hydraulic, thermal, or industrial processes) using tools such as EcosimPro, Matlab/Simulink, or similar platforms
- Experience in the design, implementation, testing, and commissioning of industrial control systems
- Experience in data analysis and software development using Python; familiarity with data analytics, machine learning, or artificial intelligence libraries is an advantage
- System Modelling & Simulation: HVAC, hydraulic, and industrial process modelling using EcosimPro, Matlab/Simulink, or equivalent tools
- PLC Programming & Automation: Siemens Step7, TIA Portal, and/or Schneider EcoStruxure Control Expert
- Python programming, data analysis, Machine Learning, and AI techniques for process optimisation and performance monitoring
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French
Conditions
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Job flexibility: Fully Onsite
- Target start date: 01-February-2027
- Monthly net stipend of either 5266 or 5793 Swiss Francs per month
- This position involves work in Radiation Areas, interventions in underground installations, and a valid driving licence