Electronics / Reliability Engineer (BE-CEM-EPR-2025-15-GRAP)

at  CERN

Job Description

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Join our BE-CEM group and work on developing SAMbuCa, a high-performance Sensors Acquisition and Motion Control system designed to meet stringent quality and reliability standards. To achieve this, we are looking for an experienced Electronics/Reliability Engineer to ensure that the electronic boards and overall system meet performance and reliability expectations.
You will play a critical role throughout the system engineering design process, aligning with RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety) standards. Responsibilities include defining reliability requirements during the initial design phase, performing detailed failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), and conducting safety assessments of the complete system.

Specifically, you will:

• Review and optimize electronic boards and systems to meet rigorous performance and durability demands.
• Conduct thermal simulations using Ansys to address thermal challenges and ensure optimal operation under varied conditions.
• Perform reliability simulations, failure prediction modelling, and environmental testing to validate designs.
• Develop and analysing environmental and stress test requirements, defining test scope and coverage, and ensuring comprehensive testing to meet reliability objectives.
• Conduct detailed data analysis and creating clear reports to inform design improvements and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Establish and implement reliability guidelines for pre-production and production phases.
• Monitor system performance during operation and refining designs based on real-world data.