Alan Kaufman

Electronics Engineer | Electro-Mechanical Technician

Commune de Prévessin-Moëns, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

About

Electronics Engineer. I am mainly interested in Power Electronics and Electrical Measurements. Currently working at CERN, taking park on the development of next generation ultra fast solid state switches for Pulsed Power, maintaining kickers systems throughout the entire accelerator complex, and assessing requirements for next generation systems.

Experience

  • Junior Electrical Test Engineer at CERN
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Member of the Accelerator Systems Department (SY), Accelerator Beam Transfer (ABT) group, covering different particle accelerators, from the injectors up to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). - Testing of the fast pulsed magnet system, especially the system qualification and high voltage conditioning. - Preparation and setting up of pulsed power laboratory experiments. - Carrying out measurements on both, kicker magnets and their pulse generators in the laboratory and the operational accelerators. - Basic programming of measurement interfaces for automatization purposes. - Writing measurement reports. - Keeping documentation and system identification up to date (EAM). - Assembling electrical and power electronics circuits including the soldering of delicate components. - Assembling and testing of HV cables and connectors.