Research Engineer - Design Pressure Vessels (m/f/d)

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our pioneering team as a Research Engineer in Mechanical Simulation for Pressure Vessels, where you will shape the future of high-voltage devices and help build tomorrow’s energy grid. In this role, you will develop new design and calculation methods, analyze advanced materials, and contribute to long-term technology strategies. Imagine combining your technical expertise with creativity to solve complex engineering challenges and witnessing your research drive real-world impact in energy technology. You will collaborate with diverse teams, explore innovative concepts, and play a key role in advancing sustainable energy solutions.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• •Identify technological trends and uncover new innovation opportunities for pressure vessels.
• •Develop and analyze new concepts, design methods, and calculation approaches for pressure-bearing systems.
• •Perform theoretical and numerical calculations using FEM and structural mechanics tools.
• •Prepare foundational studies on materials, production technologies, and operating conditions.
• •Collaborate with product development, production technology, quality assurance, and external partners to drive results.

What You Bring

• •M.Sc., Diplom, or Bachelor’s degree in process engineering, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, or a related field, combined with extensive relevant professional experience.
• •Several years of experience working with pressure equipment, ideally with a manufacturer.
• •Proficiency in DIMy software and FEM calculations for pressure vessels using ANSYS Workbench or similar tools.
• •Strong knowledge of Directive 2014/68/EU and experience designing and calculating pressure equipment according to AD 2000, EN 13445, and ASME standards.
• •B2 level proficiency in English, enabling effective communication in an international environment.
• •Willingness to travel 10-20% of the time, primarily within Germany or the surrounding area.

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• •In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
• •We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
• •We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
• •The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
• •In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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