Materials & Failure Analysis Engineer

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Materials & Failure Analysis Engineer to improve reliability of advanced gas turbine components through root-cause analysis, failure investigations, and material assessments. You will apply metallurgy, coatings, and advanced microscopy to solve high-temperature degradation challenges and support fleet performance.

The role requires a bachelor’s in materials/metallurgical/mechanical engineering and 5+ years in relevant fields, with experience in labs, manufacturing, or

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Materials/Metallurgical/Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years in materials engineering, metallurgy, failure analysis, or materials characterization.
• Hands-on experience investigating metallic component failures.

Responsibilities

• Lead failure analysis and RCA on gas turbine components.
• Perform advanced materials characterization and fracture investigations.
• Provide technical recommendations to improve fleet reliability and performance.
• Prepare reports, assessments, and presentations for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, service engineering, and customers on reliability initiatives.

Skills

Metallurgical expertise

Failure analysis

Materials characterization

SEM/EDS analysis

Metallography

Fractography

Optical microscopy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials/Metallurgical/Mechanical Engineering

Master's or PhD in Materials Science/Metallurgical Eng (preferred)

Tools

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)

Metallographic analysis

Fractography techniques

Optical microscopy

Job description

"We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

As a Materials & Failure Analysis Engineer, you'll play a critical role in improving the reliability and performance of advanced gas turbine components used throughout Siemens Energy's global fleet. You'll investigate component condition, determine root causes of material degradation and failures, and provide technical recommendations that directly impact fleet operation, manufacturing, repairs, and future product development.

Working alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams, suppliers, and customers, you'll apply expertise in metallurgy, coatings, materials characterization, and failure analysis to solve complex engineering challenges involving some of the world's most advanced high-temperature materials systems.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead failure analysis, root cause analysis (RCA), and engineering assessments of gas turbine components using visual and non-visual evaluation methods to identify degradation mechanisms, failure origins, and opportunities to improve component reliability.
• Perform advanced materials characterization and fracture investigations using metallography, fractography, optical microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), chemical analysis, and other laboratory techniques to evaluate component condition and service performance.
• Serve as a technical expert in materials science, metallurgy, nickel-based superalloys, stainless steels, intermetallics, and advanced coating systems including Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs), supporting product qualification, material substitutions, procurement activities, and repair development efforts.
• Analyze failure modes associated with fatigue, creep, oxidation, corrosion, wear, and other high-temperature degradation mechanisms while providing technical recommendations to improve fleet reliability, durability, and operational performance.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, service engineering, product engineering, suppliers, and customers to support component reliability initiatives, fleet issues, failure investigations, and continuous improvement projects while managing technical schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Author internal and external technical reports, engineering assessments, presentations, purchase specifications, and process specifications, clearly communicating complex technical findings and recommendations to diverse stakeholders while upholding Siemens Energy's Zero Harm principles.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in materials engineering, metallurgy, failure analysis, or materials characterization. More years of experience may be considered at a higher level.
• Hands-on experience investigating metallic component failures and degradation mechanisms.
• Strong understanding of superalloys, stainless steels, heat treatment processes, coatings, and material processing.
• Experience with advanced microscopy and analytical techniques including SEM, EDS, optical microscopy, and metallographic analysis.
• Experience interpreting mechanical, physical, environmental, and materials test data.
• Ability to communicate technical findings effectively through reports, presentations, and customer interactions.
• Experience working within laboratory, manufacturing, repair, aerospace, power generation, or industrial environments.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, or related field.
• Gas turbine, aerospace engine, or power generation industry experience.
• Expertise with thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), oxidation-resistant coatings, diffusion coatings, and wear-resistant coating systems.
• Experience supporting fleet, service, repair, overhaul, or life-assessment programs.
• Project leadership experience managing budgets, schedules, and cross-functional technical teams.

Export Control Requirement (ECC):

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

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.

• Career growth and development opportunities
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits

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