Leoben, Styria, Austria
Project Manager & Simulation Expert with a strong track record in driving digital transformation, harmonizing global systems and leading cross‑functional teams in high‑tech environments. With a background in polymer engineering and several years of hands‑on experience in FEM simulation, I transitioned into strategic project management where I led a global program to industrialize simulation and establish a unified “Virtual‑First” development approach across multiple business units.
-Leading a strategic initiative with the scope to industralialize simulation and setup strategy for future developments with an international team in various functions (16 team members) -Plan activities, execute and delegate activities, progress reporting, stakeholder management/ engagement
▪ Promoting service capabilities to customers or within internal workshops to engineers ▪ Supporting technology development with simulation ▪ Represent the company to external stakeholders thru fairs, conferences or workshops
▪ creating FE-models (e.g. airplane-exterior, automotive, molding- and manufacturingprocess) ▪ Documentation of the results in analysis reports ▪ Leading research projects related to additive manufacturing process using finite elements ▪ Technical consultant for Simulia customers (Abaqus, FE-Safe, Tosca, Isight) ▪ Benchmarking against competitor software for new customer acquisition ▪ Responsible for all quality-related topics (EN 9100) and contact person for audits
▪ Liquid Composite Molding processes e.g.: VARI, RTM ▪ 2D and 3D permeability determination of carbon and glass fiber reinforcement structures ▪ Hand lay-up of an automotive underbody ▪ Research of many different composite manufacturing topics
▪ Investigation of the foaming behavior of various plastics ▪ Doing material tests on the foam material samples (microscopy, tensile testing) ▪ Interpretation and documentation of the results