CERN employs about 2,500 people, but surprisingly, most of these are in the engineering, technical and administrative fields.
The majority of physicists working at CERN (more than 12,000) are employed by national research institutes who collaborate with CERN.

CERN offers a unique opportunity to develop an international work experience with excellent working conditions. French and English are CERN’s official languages, which is an advantage for Belgian applicants, who usually master one or both of these languages. The positions described below are reserved for Nationals of Member States (such as Belgium) and Associated Member States.

Fields of work

CERN’s mission is to provide, maintain and operate a networks of particle accelerators. Therefore, CERN offers jobs in different kind of domains such as civil engineering, electronics, mechanics, electromechanics, computing, material engineering, electricity, administration, etc.

All experience levels

CERN offers various programmes adapated to your experience