V.I.E. RESEARCH ENGINEER FOR FUNCTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING (M/W)

Job description

Saint-Gobain designs, produces and distributes materials and solutions which can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications.
Change the world – not on your own, but in a team that just pursued this mission for over 350 years. In one of the ten top global employer, one of the 100 largest industrial companies, with 170,000 employees and more than 39 billion euros in sales in over 60 countries.
The Innovative Materials sector
comprising the Flat Glass and High Performance Materials Activities, is the source of Saint-Gobain’s technological strength. With its unique portfolio of materials and processes for the habitat and industrial markets, the Sector embodies the Group’s innovation-oriented culture and alone accounts for almost two-thirds of the Group’s total research and development commitment. The goal is to increase the proportion of high value-added, co-developed solutions in the overall mix. 
Innovation ranks first at Herzogenrath Research & Development Centre (HRDC).
With our international team over 250 employees we develop and optimize highly innovative glass technologies. For more information:
www.saint-gobain-sekurit.de/innovation
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Support R&D activities in the projects “Head-up Display (HUD) Technology”
Theoretical and experimental performance evaluation of HUD windshields
Correlation of simulation with measurement data
Acquisition, analysis and evaluation of real production data for HUD windshields
Support of planning and production of prototypes for HUD windshields
Literature surveys and intellectual property analysis
Independent management of sub-projects
Presentation of test results to project team and external collaborators
Documentation of test results in meeting minutes and test reports
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
University degree, preferably with focus on physics, material science or engineering and have a well-grounded chemical, physical and technical background (M.Sc./Eng.)
First experience in designing and performing experiments
Good IT knowledge: MS-Office, especially Excel-Makro and Excel-Visual Basic & Python desirable
Passionate and motivated team player
Strength in communication
Independent and well-structured way of work, distinctive analytic thinking
Very good command of English
Good command of French and / or German is a plus