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Event Reconstruction Physicist (EP-FCC)

Fellowship Fully funded
CERN Geneva, Switzerland 2026

Information

The Event Reconstruction Physicist is a funded research position within the EP-FCC group at CERN responsible for generalising a prototype MC-truth graph into an experiment-independent library, integrating it into the FCC software stack and developing reconstruction-to-truth association and machine-learning based reconstruction algorithms. The role involves work for both CMS and FCC-ee, contributing code to official repositories, producing training datasets and presenting results in meetings and publications. The position includes team supervision responsibilities and may be extended up to 36 months.

Benefits

Monthly net stipend (CHF 6,372 or CHF 7,004 depending on degree/experience), paid leave, health insurance, pension fund membership, family/child allowances, relocation package, on-the-job and formal training including language classes.

Eligibility

Applicants must be nationals of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State (with specific nationalities currently excluded). By the application deadline, candidates must hold 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. Applicants must never have held a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Application

Apply online via the CERN SmartRecruiters application link, submitting CV, diploma or certificate and any other relevant documents.

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