What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineer – Materials Circularity & Critical Materials Supply Chain position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot of Your Day
As the Senior Engineer for Materials Circularity & Critical Materials Supply Chain within the Supply Quality Development (SQD) team, you are an important part of the Siemens Energy Strategic Procurement function. You are responsible for leading executable ideas and implementation pathways in recycling and materials circularity across commodities, material fields, and manufacturing processes—supporting Strategic Procurement’s global Components and commodities for Siemens Energy’s growing product portfolio.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with Commodity Managers, Design and Cost Engineers across our businesses, and SQD colleagues from Corporate and Business Area teams. Together, you will help deliver fully capable supply chains, and provide materials/manufacturing expertise to Procurement and business teams to solve supply chain challenges—while generating measurable sustainability impact through circularity.
You will also play a key role in strengthening supply chain resilience for critical raw materials, including rare earth elements, by supporting the development of secondary supply sources through recycling, recovery, and supplier diversification strategies.
How You’ll Make An Impact
You will be joining a team of technical experts in manufacturing processes, technologies and quality practices working globally to enhance the supply chain resiliency and supplier (SE and external) capability. Our Vision is to be the benchmark SQD organization for resilient, circular, and smart manufacturing supply networks. Our mission is to Use qualification/supplier excellence, data analytics/AI to reduce n‑tier risk, increase capacity, maintain low NCCs, and improve circularity — while delivering on CCM(D) priorities
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 :[1] https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Rewards
As the Senior Engineer for Materials Circularity & Critical Materials Supply Chain within the Supply Quality Development (SQD) team, you are an important part of the Siemens Energy Strategic Procurement function. You are responsible for leading executable ideas and implementation pathways in recycling and materials circularity across commodities, material fields, and manufacturing processes—supporting Strategic Procurement’s global Components and commodities for Siemens Energy’s growing product portfolio.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with Commodity Managers, Design and Cost Engineers across our businesses, and SQD colleagues from Corporate and Business Area teams. Together, you will help deliver fully capable supply chains, and provide materials/manufacturing expertise to Procurement and business teams to solve supply chain challenges—while generating measurable sustainability impact through circularity.
You will also play a key role in strengthening supply chain resilience for critical raw materials, including rare earth elements, by supporting the development of secondary supply sources through recycling, recovery, and supplier diversification strategies.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Supplier Identification: Develop an understanding of global supply chains for critical raw materials, including rare earth elements and specialty alloys, while analyzing production concentration and geopolitical risks.
- Sourcing Insights: Build structured insights into supply chains, focusing on primary vs. secondary sourcing pathways and identifying opportunities for recycled materials without compromising performance.
- Collaboration: Partner with Commodity Managers to influence global strategies and enhance supply chain resilience through diversification and alternative sourcing.
- Technical Standards: Drive technical standards for materials and manufacturing technologies, applying chemistry and metallurgy fundamentals to recycling and material recovery.
- Pilot Support: Support pilot-to-production scale-up for recycling technologies and define qualification standards for recycled critical materials.
- Technical Expertise: Act as a technical expert on critical materials, supporting Product & Process Qualification (PPQ & R2O), resolving supplier quality issues, and leading project management for circularity initiatives.
- Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Manufacturing/Operations, Quality, or similar; Master’s preferred
- 5 years of experience in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or Supply Chain
- Experience in materials recycling, metallurgy, or supplier development and exposure to critical materials and rare earth supply chains
- Strong project management and analytical skills and ability to map complex supply chains for critical materials and strong influencing and collaboration skills
- Hands-on mindset with supplier engagement and willingness to travel
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
You will be joining a team of technical experts in manufacturing processes, technologies and quality practices working globally to enhance the supply chain resiliency and supplier (SE and external) capability. Our Vision is to be the benchmark SQD organization for resilient, circular, and smart manufacturing supply networks. Our mission is to Use qualification/supplier excellence, data analytics/AI to reduce n‑tier risk, increase capacity, maintain low NCCs, and improve circularity — while delivering on CCM(D) priorities
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 :[1] https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work culture and a healthy work- life balance
- Flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
- Competitive total rewards package
- Flexible benefits and savings programs
- Parental leave
- Profit sharing
- Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives