CATIA Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used CATIA
Rafal K.
Last position:
Development Engineer at Hexagon Purus
- CAD System - SolidWorks 2021
- PDM Database - HXP SolidWorks
- Product - Mobile Hydrogen Filling Station
- Processing and implementing change instructions
- Independently developing products for new applications
- Reviewing and releasing manufacturing and assembly drawings
- Providing technical support to engineering service providers
- Working closely with the Purchasing and Quality departments
- Developing and implementing cost reduction targets
- Planning and carrying out concept validations
- Independently developing proposed solutions and technical concepts for innovative ideas
- Establishing and maintaining contact with suppliers
Silvia B.
Last position:
Business Consultant - Product Management Banking at Aareal Bank AG
- Focus on optimizing and further developing the internal customer EBICS application
- Functional and technical consulting for Aareal First Financial Solutions AG on EBICS standard products and applications in the areas of operations and further development, as well as project-related communication with external development partners and the product manufacturer to implement the corresponding technical optimizations
- As the functional coordinator, providing advice on content-related and regulatory requirements as well as technical prerequisites and requirements, and bringing these together at the functional level
- Consulting on the use of EBICS formats
- Reviewing the current EBICS standard for optimization and further development potential
- Analyzing the current state to identify development potential and deriving appropriate recommendations for action while considering regulatory requirements
- Conducting EBICS tests throughout the project
- Functional responsibility for requirements management and, in this context, recording and documenting requirements for such tests
- Designing a functional and sustainable test management system
- Conducting and evaluating tests
- Consulting on sustainable quality assurance and audits
- Project language: German and English
- Tools/Methods: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, TestRail, Confluence, Jira, Business Logics Bankkrecher, Business Logics Test Data Generator, Business Logics Banking Tool, Business Logics Test System, DBEAVER, Squirrel, Unix Virtual Machines, WinSCP, Kitty, Putty, various Aareal Bank products, Online Banking Portal, Aareal Sign, core banking system, SAP Blue Eagle, SAP RE-FX, Aareon Wodis Sigma, Haufe Real Estate Wowinex, GAP Group Immotion, UTS Karthago, SAP IS-U/Waste, SIV kVASy, various EBICS clients
Gregor P.
Last position:
Engineering Data Management Project Manager
Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, with a focus on workflow digitization and PLM
Milton B.
Last position:
Interim-Site Integration Manager at TGW Logistics GmbH
Responsible for leading the commissioning, testing, and acceptance of TGW intralogistics systems on site to ensure smooth project delivery and maximum customer satisfaction. The project volume is approximately €90 million. The facility is equipped with 60 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), an Automated Small Parts Warehouse (AS/RS) with 93,000 storage locations, and a pallet high-bay warehouse with 34,000 pallet locations. The role combines project management, on-site coordination, and technical integration, including oversight of all functional, performance, and availability-related testing before final handover.
Key responsibilities and results:
- Led commissioning and ramp-up phases from system installation through customer acceptance, including functional leadership of a 25-person on-site commissioning team, ensuring full compliance with contractual and technical specifications and supporting project management with planning and workflow optimization.
- Coordinated and optimized interfaces between TGW teams, subcontractors, and customer representatives to ensure successful project delivery and integration of lessons learned.
- Planned, prepared, and conducted pre-tests, mass tests, and operational readiness tests, including facilitating and reporting results and KPIs for transparent project tracking.
- Continuously identified risks and managed escalations, fostering a safe, structured, cooperative, and solution-oriented on-site environment.
Rüdiger S.
Last position:
Manufacturer of busbar systems for power and data transmission
- Review and assessment of the existing situation
- Identification and definition of implementation measures to close existing gaps
André W.
Last position:
Solution Expert EWM
SAP S/4HANA logistics optimization Industry: Mechanical and plant engineering, manufacture of sorting / distribution systems
- Supported an S/4HANA optimization project as Solution Expert EWM
- Analyzed and verified the defined processes
- Identified optimization potential
- Analyzed existing structures
- Developed new concepts
- Planned and conducted workshops
- Documented processes
Sylvia M.
Last position:
Volunteer work at Landeshauptstadt München Sozialreferat
- Support migrants with visits to authorities or their search for housing
- Help children or adults with learning
- Create application documents or help find an apprenticeship
Josef E.
Last position:
Managing Director at CAE Consulting & Engineering GmbH
I work as managing director – organization and active development engineer
Recently completed or nearing completion (2023, 2024):
- Projects in the field of wafer production at Hittec Prontor GmbH (apertures for ZEISS SMT GmbH)
- Micromanipulator concepts with flexure joints for ZEISS SMT, arranged through HAYS AG)
- EVE Innovativ GmbH (combined heat and power plants)
- Kraftblock GmbH, (renewable energy storage)
- CAE Consulting Eng. GmbH, European patent for hybrid robot, market development
- TQ Systems GmbH (gearbox technology)
CE is a supplier of development services in the broad field of mechanical engineering. 30 completed projects in the D-A-CH region. Development and patent exploitation company for R&D, products, cutting and welding robots, conveyor technology ... etc.
My most important results:
- Small selection - results of research and development activities led to the international patent application for cutting and welding robots and to the German patent application for the rotary lifting hanger as well as the spherical joint for combining 3 rods at one point for the parallel kinematics robot, push chain, own European patent for hybrid robot, combustion engines
Reimar G.
Last position:
Freelance IT Lecturer, Project Manager and Technical Editor at Self-employed
- Delivered technical documentation and managed projects in electrical engineering, electronics, IT, automation and solar technology
- Served as sales representative
- Project manager and project engineer in renewable energy, electrical engineering, electronics and automation technology
- Produced technical documentation for clients including NRM Netzdienste GmbH (Frankfurt am Main), Salzgitter Flachstahl warm rolling mills, benthin GmbH and others
Celestin F.
Last position:
Project Manager & Technical Project Lead at Faycestar-Engineering
- In this role, I led a funded development and prototyping project with an external partner.
- I structured processes for schedule, budget and risk management.
- I coordinated meetings and reports with all parties involved.
- I systematically prepared the next project phases through to piloting and planned scaling.
Vaibhav G.
Last position:
Expert Software & Functions Engineer at AVL Software & Functions GmbH
E-Drive Control
- Performed Model-Based Development (MBD) of application software (ASW) functions for E-Drive control using AVL & customer toolchains
- Translated product requirements into scalable, high-performance Simulink models for high-visibility projects, ensuring compliance with V-Model, AUTOSAR, ASPICE, ISO 26262, MAAB, MISRA, MXAM
- Automatic code generation (.c, .h, .arxml) using Embedded Coder
- Analyzed and derived system and ASW requirements, along with test cases, using PTC Integrity, CodeBeamer & PikeTec TPT
- Performed Verification & Validation of ASW using MIL/SIL/HIL, model/code coverage, exception report, req. & test case traceability
- Reviewed requirements, test cases and ASW, providing feedback to testing & development teams to drive bug fixes & improvements
- Created signals in Visu-IT-ADD & Vector DaVinci Developer Classic
- Documented ASW functions using Visu-IT-FunDoc & customer tool
- Updated enterprise architecture (EA) framework for system & ASW
- Created whitebox specifications for Inverter subsystem using Visio
- Commissioned & tested Inverters on Power HIL
- Mentored colleagues to foster collaboration & knowledge sharing
Andreas W.
Last position:
Enterprise Architect at Own development / IP of CAMCO Engineering UG
UEF 3.0 · Semantic Government Overlay (SGO) · Autonomous Systems (UAS / dual use)
- Designed: Semantic Government Overlay (SGO) – AI-guided administration without replacing existing specialist procedures. Read-only semantic layer over registers and specialist processes based on the Federal Information Management (FIM). Decision authority remains with the case worker (architecture principle).
- Developed: Reference architecture with source-backed, derived statements (Executable Ontologies OWL/RDF/SHACL). Technically guaranteed purpose limitation and no-write-path principle in specialist data – auditable, without a central data pool.
- Anchored: Regulation as a design principle: EU AI Act (high-risk obligations for public-sector AI, fundamental rights impact assessment under Art. 27), GDPR, NIS2, and administrative automation limits (§ 35a VwVfG, § 31a SGB X) as technical control points in the architecture.
- Created: Methodical tool for pilot organizations: data pipeline assessment (phase 0), compliance blueprint, and management summary as a decision-ready package for public administration.
- Specified: UEF 3.0 as a successor architecture to TOGAF – decision paper, canonical ontology, six-layer architecture, read/actuate boundary, federation registry, terminology concordance, and release delta as a closed specification status.
- Architected: AI-native mission OS for autonomous UAS and ground robotics as a tactical layer on top of a separately approved autopilot. Run-time assurance according to ASTM F3269-21 (Simplex pattern): the verified safety controller keeps authority, the AI function provides suggestions.
- Designed: Three-tier architecture – Tier 0 autopilot with 650 Hz flight control on RTOS, Tier 1 AI OS with semantic world model and multi-agent cluster, Tier 2 swarm and ground mesh. Zenoh as the primary fabric, MAVLink as the only authenticated command path (single writer). Result: graceful degradation – loss of the mission, not of the aircraft.
- Secured: Two-gate chain on the read/actuate boundary – governance gate (can-question: AI Act risk class per actuation, enforced human oversight under Art. 14, immutable log) before the RTA safety monitor (is-it-correct question: flight envelope, geofence, energy reserve) with revert to the baseline controller.
- Anchored: Dual-use architecture with common core and build-time fork instead of runtime switch. Three separate legal levels: civil variant – UAS under the EASA Basic Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 with the limited applicability under Art. 2(2) of the AI Act, ground robotics under the Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 with the full high-risk obligation chain, Cyber Resilience Act for both; unarmed carrier variant as defense material under AWG/AWV and Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821 (BAFA approval); armed variant under KrWaffKontrG. Each variant lives under exactly one dominant legal regime. Evidence base: AI BOM, SBOM, and complete data lineage.
- Analyzed: System analysis and realignment of grown engineering system landscapes. Approach concept for consolidation without migration – semantic layer over the existing sources instead of data transfer. Result: decision-ready implementation concept including an evaluation model for the target architecture.
Florian W.
Last position:
Managing Director and Independent Engineering Service Provider at Wirth Engineering GmbH
- Engineering and consulting in the areas of simulation, manufacturing technology, and machine and plant engineering
Jürgen S.
Last position:
Projects as a Self-Employed Engineer at Self-Employed Engineer
- Project for Liebherr Excavators: routing of cable harnesses for complex, parametric cable harness systems for various excavator systems with PTC/Creo Cabling 10.0
- Processing and creation of bills of materials in Windchill (Albatros)
- Project for Harmann: change management for control units in the automotive sector for OEMs such as Porsche, Audi and VW Group using Teamcenter
- Coordination and communication of changes with the departments involved
- Project for the service provider Segula: administration of various CAD systems (myPLM, CATIA, PTC/Creo, Siemens NX), PLM systems (Teamcenter, Windchill) and OEM-specific systems (VWCGR Lite, Porsche PDMU Offsiteclient)
- License management and organization of license procurement for the OEM-specific systems
- Organization and delivery of CAD training for PTC/Creo Parametric
- Project for Giesecke + Devrient in Munich: support with the introduction of Windchill, integration of the Creo Direct Modeling CAD system and the SAP ERP system
- Designer for cable harness routing for banknote inspection machines in PTC/Creo Parametric and Creo/Cabling
- Transferring data to SAP; maintaining material numbers in SAP and SAP ECTR
- Preparing assemblies and bills of materials for transfer to Windchill and SAP
- Maintenance and management of variants for banknote inspection machines
- Creation of master data and migration of data from CAD to SAP (SAP PP, SAP MM)
- Agile work with Jira
Tomasz W.
Last position:
Designer/ Freelancer at Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH
- Design of components with Catia V5 (Generative Shape Design, Part Design, Drafting) and AutoCAD
- Full-flight simulator: Development of a platform with an electromechanical system for positioning the platform and the instructor/observer seats
- Airbus H145: Design of seat rails
- VR flight simulator: Development of an assembly system for pedals
- Train simulator: Design of a brake controller system
- Creation of sketches for quick visualization and as a means of communication
- Performance of technical analyses, including statistical analyses and tolerance analyses
- Cooperation with engineers and project teams to ensure manufacturability, cost-effectiveness and compliance with quality standards
- Maintenance and management of CAD data in the PDM system (S4)
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Statistics of experts using CATIA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3.2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Manufacturing, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Quality Assurance, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
90%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
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Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Germany using CATIA
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
CATIA experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Manufacturing (84%)
- Automotive (81%)
- Aerospace and Defense (36%)
- Energy (32%)
- Professional Services (31%)
- Information Technology (29%)
- Education (24%)
- Healthcare (19%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What CATIA does
CATIA is a 3D computer-aided design and product development system from Dassault Systèmes. Companies use it to define complex parts, assemblies and products while linking geometry to engineering requirements. Its parametric approach supports controlled changes from early concept work through detailed design and production preparation.
Products and industries
CATIA is common in aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, transportation, shipbuilding and consumer product manufacturing. It supports products with demanding shapes, tight interfaces and many interdependent components. Specialists may work on aircraft structures, vehicle bodies, mechanical systems, tooling, fixtures or production equipment.
- Create solids, surfaces, sheet-metal parts and composite structures
- Build and manage complex assemblies with precise interfaces
- Prepare manufacturing-ready models and technical documentation
- Review designs through digital mock-ups and product structures
Ecosystem and tooling
CATIA work often connects with ENOVIA for product lifecycle and data management, DELMIA for manufacturing processes and SIMULIA for simulation. Professionals may also use 3DEXPERIENCE, aerospace and automotive standards, PLM workflows, finite element analysis tools and manufacturing systems. The right combination depends on the company’s release, configuration and downstream processes.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful when a design team faces a complex program, a capacity gap or a transition to a new product data environment. External professionals can support concept development, model migration, design-in-context work, documentation and release activities. They can also help standardize templates, libraries and modeling methods across distributed teams.
- A large assembly needs restructuring or performance improvements
- Legacy models must be rebuilt, cleaned or transferred
- A new product line requires repeatable CATIA methods
- Internal teams need temporary support before a delivery milestone
Skills that matter
Strong professionals understand both geometry and the engineering intent behind it. They work confidently with knowledge-based design, part and assembly structures, surface modeling, tolerances, drawing standards and revision control. Experience with PLM governance, supplier data exchange and manufacturing constraints is valuable when designs must move reliably into production.
How to assess quality
Review a specialist’s experience with products similar in complexity, not only screenshots of attractive models. Ask how they structure parameters, handle design changes, protect references and document decisions. A practical review should cover model stability, naming conventions, assembly behavior, drawing clarity and compatibility with the company’s CATIA and PLM setup. For teams in Germany, clarify whether workshops require on-site attendance, remote access or German-language collaboration.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about CATIA, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
CATIA is used to design and document complex products in three dimensions. Companies rely on it for parts, assemblies, advanced surfaces, tooling, composite structures and digital mock-ups across manufacturing industries.
CATIA is often chosen for highly complex products, advanced surface work and large assembly structures. SolidWorks can suit more accessible mechanical design workflows, while Siemens NX is frequently evaluated for integrated design and manufacturing; the best choice depends on existing data, processes and supplier requirements.
A strong CATIA specialist may also understand ENOVIA, 3DEXPERIENCE, DELMIA or SIMULIA, depending on the project. Knowledge of PLM governance, GD&T, manufacturing methods, design automation and industry standards helps turn models into usable engineering deliverables.
The required depth depends on the product, model complexity and responsibility for release. A small modeling assignment may need focused part or surface skills, while a platform migration, complex assembly or regulated product requires proven control of references, revisions, standards and collaboration with other disciplines.
CATIA work can often be performed remotely when secure data access, suitable hardware and clear review processes are available. On-site collaboration may still help with physical prototypes, supplier coordination or workshops involving sensitive product data.
Ask for relevant examples and discuss the exact CATIA workbench, data structure and release process involved. Test how the professional handles design changes, broken references, assembly performance and documentation rather than judging only the visual quality of a model.
CATIA is also used for industrial machinery, rail, shipbuilding, consumer products and medical equipment. Its value is strongest where products combine complex geometry, strict interfaces, multiple variants and detailed collaboration between design and manufacturing teams.
A successful CATIA engagement aligns modeling standards, PLM access, data-security rules and communication routines before work begins. Teams in Germany may also need to agree on German-language meetings, local site visits and how remote collaboration connects with internal and supplier workflows.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used CATIA in their recent projects is 90 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 720 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used CATIA in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used CATIA in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used CATIA in their recent projects are German (98%), English (96%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used CATIA in their recent projects are Manufacturing (84%), Automotive (81%), and Aerospace and Defense (36%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used CATIA in their recent projects are Product Development (96%), Project Management (72%), and Quality Assurance (67%).
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