Alexander Heilmann

Senior Manager Compressor Materials

Germany

About

Experience

  • MTU Aero Engines (10 yrs)
    • Senior Manager Compressor Materials
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

      Senior Manager (E4) Compressor Materials, Non-Rotating Parts (AEWK) Lead of material development (selection, characterization, assessment) for compressor applications, including advanced materials and processes (CFRP, AM, PM etc.) as well as conventional (e.g. titanium and nickel) alloys, both for civil and military purposes.

    • Technical Manager / Representative Structure Mechanics Casing (Civil Engine Programs)
      Jan 2023 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Technical Manager / Representative (E4) Structure Mechanics Casing (AESG) Responsibilities: static parts structures (product development & field support), focus on civil engine programs; engineering standard work & methods; process integration across international MTU R&D locations

    • Discipline Responsible Structure Mechanics Casing
      Mar 2022 - Dec 2022 · 10 mos

      Discipline Responsibility (FV) Structure Mechanics Casing (TESG) Responsibilities: static parts structures (product development & field support), focus on international MTU R&D locations

  • Master Student at Airbus Group Innovations
    Oct 2015 - May 2016 · 8 mos

    Master's Thesis on Design and Analysis of Miniaturized Electro-Mechanical Actuators for Flow Control Department of Aeromechanics and Acoustics (TX3AS)

  • Bachelor Student & Graduate Research Assistant at Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V.
    Jul 2013 - Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Bachelor's Thesis on Development of Object-Oriented Methods for the Visualisation of Aero Engines Term Paper on Simulation of an Electric Axial Counter-Rotating Compressor for Hybrid Engines Further fields of research: Visionary aircraft and aero engine concepts; aircraft noise characteristics; aero engine performance analysis

  • Working Student & Intern at MTU Aero Engines
    Apr 2013 - Jun 2013 · 3 mos

    Department of Civil Programmes (TEC) Development of a VBA based Tool for Low Pressure Turbine Weight Scaling Testing data evaluation