Materials & Processes Engineer – Discs & Drums

About the role

You will join the Materials Engineering team supporting Siemens Energy’s aeroderivative gas turbine product line. The position focuses on the interaction of material properties, forging quality, machining, and downstream processes such as EB welding, shot peening and coating to ensure component life and performance.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical input on material, heat‑treatment, coating selection and supplier qualification for life‑critical rotating components.
• Approve manufacturing methods and documentation for forging, heat treatment, machining, EB welding, shot peening and coating.
• Review and sign off component drawings, change orders, repair methods and non‑conformance reports from a materials perspective.
• Lead root‑cause investigations where material behavior, heat‑treatment response or machining effects are involved.
• Develop material, heat‑treatment and coating specifications and define process capability requirements.
• Assess supplier capabilities for forging, machining, welding and coating processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Approximately 10 years of experience in materials engineering for critical rotating components, preferably in aerospace or gas‑turbine applications.
• Strong knowledge of process‑structure‑property relationships in high‑temperature alloys (Ni‑based superalloys, high‑strength steels, titanium alloys).
• Experience with forging, heat treatment, machining, EB welding, shot peening and coating processes.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% internationally.

Required skills

• Materials Engineering
• High‑temperature alloys (Ni‑based superalloys, high‑strength steels, titanium alloys)
• Forging and heat‑treatment processes
• Machining and surface‑integrity assessment
• Electron‑beam welding, shot peening, coating technologies
• Process qualification frameworks (PPQ, MVA, APQP)
• Manufacturing quality systems and non‑conformance handling
• Supplier capability assessment