Organisation / Company EGOJobs Research Field Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Undergraduate Positions Country Italy Application Deadline 25 Jun 2025 - 23 : 59 (Europe / Rome) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 Jul 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
General information
Offer title : Mechanical Designer
Number of positions : 1
Date of publication : 26 May 2025
Type of Contract : “Collaboratore Tecnico” (Technical Collaborator)
Contract Period : permanent contract subject to a probation period of 6 months
Expected date of employment : The earliest possible
Proportion of work : Full time
Required level of education : High school diploma in mechanical technology
Experience desired : At least 2 years of work experience in a technical
Sections : Vacuum & Mechanics Department
Missions
The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking a Mechanical Designer to join Vacuum & Mechanics Department.
Activities
The selected candidate will be part of the team that supports the design and manufacturing of mechanical components, precision mechanics and clean welded structures, to be installed in the vacuum system of Virgo. This includes exceptionally large stainless steel chambers with a total volume of 7000 m³, containing complex experimental mechanics :
* Design mechanical components
* Oversee the production of the designed parts, possibly outsourced to external companies
* Support and develop projects for modification and improvement of the vacuum system, concerning the mechanical part
* Manage and maintain the archive of mechanical drawings
Essential skills
* High school diploma in mechanical technology or in engineering
* knowledge of the main 3D design software (e.g. Autodesk Inventor, AutoCad);
* knowledge of mechanical and technical drawing practices;
* No criminal convictions.
Other desired skills
One or more of the following will be an asset :
* At least 2 years of work experience in a technical office.
* Experience of Mechanical design in application with controlled contamination
* Basic knowledge of FEM mechanical simulation methods
Work Context
The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)is seeking a Technical Collaborator to jointhe Vacuum & Mechanics Department.
EGO is an international consortium, founded by INFN and CNRS to foster European collaboration in gravitational-wave research. EGO is located in Cascina, near Pisa – Italy, and hosts and operates the gravitational-wave detector Virgo, a 3 km-long laser interferometer (ITF). The Virgo project involves the participation of about 130 institutions with more than 800 scientists, engineers and technicians from France, Italy, the Netherlands and other 13 European countries.
EGO welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, color, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Selection procedure
Only candidates who meet the above essential required qualifications and experience are admitted to the selection procedure. The evaluation of the candidates admitted to the procedure is assigned to a Selection Board appointed by the Director of EGO. The Selection Board will determine the evaluation criteria in the first meeting. The first phase of the selection will be based on a review of the Application Forms and other documents received in line with the above-mentioned essential and desired requirements. Only candidates who have obtained the minimum score established by the Selection Board in the first meeting will be able to access to the second phase of the selection, which will consist of an interview. During the interview the Selection Board will verify the knowledge of the English language, and the other desired qualifications and experience.
At the end of the interviews the Selection Board will draw up a ranking of the candidates who obtained at least the minimum score established during the first meeting.
The completion of the hiring is subject to Italian law D.Lgs. 81 / 08 art.41 “Sorveglianza Sanitaria”.
The EGO Consortium has the free right not to proceed with the recruitment.
Privacy policy
Controller : European Gravitational Observatory – email :
Under Article 13 of UE Regulation (EU) 2016 / 79 of the European Parliament and of the Council, required personal data will be exclusively collected and treated for purposes strictly connected to the selection procedure also with the use of computerized procedures, according to current law and regulations concerning the implementation of this kind of activity.
Providing such data to EGO is necessary for the evaluation of participation requirements and of the holding of titles; failure to provide these data may compromise such evaluation.
Data will be kept only for the period required by the selection, evaluation and audit procedures.
EGO guarantees each person the right of access to personal data, as well as the rectification, or erasure or restriction of them, as well as the right to object to their processing; such requests shall be addressed to .
Application Procedure :
Candidates have to send their CV and the EGO Application Form (to be found here) together with a cover letter and eventual reference letters, to quoting the reference number of this vacancy notice.
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