Computer-Aided Engineering Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Computer-Aided Engineering
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.
Chenchen C.
Last position:
Patent Engineer (European patent attorney candidate) at Vossius & Partner
- Patent application: European patent drafting and prosecution
- LLM practicing: Developed LLM-based tools for automated patent data retrieval, applying Python scripting to accelerate technical reviews.
Marco D.
Last position:
Freelancer at Freelancer
Cedric T.
Last position:
B2B Freelance Design Engineer for Special-Purpose Machinery at FEM-Composites GmbH
- Cost estimation for a hydraulic system, taking into account the costs over the entire product life cycle and optimizing the technical specifications.
Mauricio G.
Last position:
Design Engineer at Butting CryoTech GmbH
- Creation of complete 3D designs and design drawings
- Evaluation of requirement specifications and customer specifications
- Execution of partial steps in technical work preparation according to specifications and documents, including project support
- Contact person for internal and external customers in design projects
- Design and calculation of piping and components for cryogenic media and low-temperature applications
- Support with finite element calculations
Andreas K.
Last position:
Project Manager at Winkelmann Building+Industry / Reflex Winkelmann
As part of a greenfield project, a new production plant is being built in Slovakia to produce industrial media storage for OEMs and distributors once completed.
Procurement and industrialization of production equipment for prefabrication.
Design, procurement, installation and integration of complete production lines based on stamping, forming and welding technology with integrated, labor-reducing processes.
Establishment of a production environment under strategic aspects according to the latest state of the art.
Overall and continuous communication with the entire greenfield team, adjacent departments and plant and executive management.
Development of concepts together with key suppliers and identification of ratio potentials along manufacturing process chains using value stream analyses.
Collection, assessment and application of process data such as throughput times, manufacturing times, setup times, wait and idle times using time and multimoment studies as well as surveys.
Forward-looking design of production systems and processes with the goal of implementing automated and competitive process solutions as part of comprehensive supply chain management.
Planning of production workflows, definition of manufacturing methods, design of the overall layout and workstations.
Determination and recording of process cost rates, overhead rates, cost evaluation of production processes, machine hourly rates, depreciation as well as expected share of claims and rework costs to optimize manufacturing costs.
Continuous optimizations of product designs for their adaptation into automation-oriented production environments until the plant's SOP.
Multi-project management for the engineering, design, procurement, installation and process integration of all relevant trades with respect to plant engineering, lifting equipment, production equipment and QA installations.
Ongoing establishment of an overall concept in constructive, plant engineering, logistical, IT and QA aspects.
Buse C.
Last position:
Driveline Systems Engineer at Ford Otosan R&D Center
- Led component ownership for drive-line systems in Transit projects from concept to SOP, validation and production launch
- Coordinated DV/PV testing activities (NVH, durability, thermal), analyzed results and implemented design updates with CAD and CAE teams and managed documentation through Teamcenter
- Worked cross-functionally with design, testing, purchasing, plant and quality teams under an agile project structure
- Investigated plant and field issues, conducted root cause analysis and implemented engineering changes
- Participated in supplier feasibility reviews and design freeze meetings and ensured timing and cost alignment
- Created and presented DFMEA, DVP plans, campaign prevention documents and budget reviews to global stakeholders (Ford UK & Ford US)
- Delivered cost-down initiatives with technical feasibility assessments and supplier negotiation support
- Ensured compliance with Ford and international standards (e.g. GSP, ISO, vehicle attribute targets) during development and validation phases
Hüseyin Özgün G.
Last position:
Freelance Mechanical Engineer - Designer at Gridesign
Conception and detailed design of mechanical systems.
CAD modeling, drawings and calculations.
FEM, motion analysis and reverse engineering.
Preparation of technical proposals and claim management.
AIRBUS A-320 Assembly Station.
AIRBUS A-350 Manual Assembly Station.
FORD Truck R&D Prototype Manufacturing Station.
Michael M.
Last position:
Design Engineer at Schüssler Technik GmbH
- Development and design of drives with support from product management
- Technical support for purchasing
- Creation of requirements and functional specifications, FMEAs, calculations and verifications with CAE, test protocols
- Communication with suppliers, customers, production, assembly, quality management and product management
- Testing products and error analysis
- Support for marketing activities (e.g. trade shows)
Raghu Ram V.
Last position:
Telco Customer Churn Prediction – End-to-End ML Pipeline at Self-Initiated Project
- Designed and implemented a full machine learning pipeline for churn prediction using the Telco dataset.
- Applied preprocessing techniques including missing value handling, categorical encoding, feature scaling, and PCA.
- Built and compared over 15 models (logistic regression, random forest, XGBoost, etc.) and evaluated them using accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, ROC AUC, and PR AUC.
- Tuned hyperparameters with GridSearchCV, achieving 80.6% accuracy with random forest and XGBoost.
- Created visual reports (bar plots, heatmaps, radar charts) to interpret model performance and churn drivers.
- Exported reusable pipelines and trained models with joblib for deployment.
Gernot L.
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at Softwerk/Ruhr GmbH
- Architecting and developing SaaS platform for graphical definition and execution of pandas data processing pipelines
- Developed POlyglott, an open-source Python CLI tool for translation workflow management featuring PO file parsing, quality linting with glossary enforcement, and DeepL API integration for machine translation
- Developed web application for material compliance management (EU REACH) using Django and modern web technologies
- Built automated infrastructure platform using Proxmox, Terraform, and Ansible — VM provisioning, configuration management, internal DNS, and fleet-wide security hardening across multiple subnets
Michael S.
Last position:
Interim Manager – Technical Project Management at Abbott Automation Solution GmbH
- Product adaptations and new developments according to FDA guidelines
- PLM for modules and accessories in coordination with product management
- Leading the cross-functional team
- Preparation for the market launch in the USA
- Leading new product developments in hardware and software
- Quality improvement measures
Heather N.
Last position:
International Facilitator and Coach, Project management at Simple Focus: Training & Strategy
International facilitation and coaching for people working in complex and complicated situations. In addition to project management and training delivery for other clients, delivery for EU School of Administration, Euopean Commission, European Parliament, as well as other EU institutions and agencies: ELA, EUI, HADEA, EFSA, Eurojust, Joint Research Center, EESC, EACEA, Fusion for Energy, FRA, EIT, Curia, ESMA, EUIPO, EUSPA, EU OSHA, REA, RCEA in EU member states.
Delivered courses in:
- Personal Development: Dare to lead, Developing your Resilience, Personal Effectiveness, Critical Thinking (conscious and unconscious bias), Effective Meetings, Working in Teams / Virtual Teams, Well-being at Work/Mindful Teleworking
- Newcomers: EC Induction online program for Officials, Induction for agencies, Working for the EU, Transitions for Newcomers
- Communication: Human Relationships in a Multicultural Environment, Team Talk, Presentation skills, The Art of Influence
Selected projects:
- European Commission Online Induction Program (2021-present)
- P&G Burnout Prevention Training (2024)
- UBS/Credit Swiss Burnout Prevention Training (2023-2024)
- European Labor Authority organizational development (2020-2022)
- BMW AG Global Indirect Purchasing leadership development (2021)
- County of Munich Integration concepts and process (2017)
- 3M DACH High Potentials training (2016)
- SCA European Sales Group management training (2016)
- County and City of Munich intercultural understanding (2011 – 2019)
- Motel One intercultural communication (2016)
- Job Centers in Bavaria intercultural understanding (2015, 2016)
- CEWE Photo Books intercultural management (2013, 2014)
Josef E.
Last position:
Development service provider, mechanical engineering, design, calculation, certified project management at CAE Consulting Engineering GMBH
I am a development service provider in mechanical engineering with experience as interim assignment for all functional areas designer, development engineer design manager development manager calculation engineer, FEM, MKS, CFD, vibrations, kinematics, dynamics, statics certified project manager according to IHK industry standard, patent engineering – invention exploitation technical programmer / MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, MAPLE, MATHCAD technical managing director interim manager
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Ali A.
Last position:
Intern at Institute of Metal Forming (IBF), RWTH Aachen University
- Conducted FEM-driven analysis on tensile and cold-rolling pre-strains in advanced high-strength structural steels to optimize material performance under cyclic environmental loads.
- Correlated FEM results with metallography (XRD, TEM, SEM) to connect processing parameters to mechanical performance, supporting cross-functional team objectives.
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Statistics of experts using Computer-Aided Engineering
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
5.8 years
Positions per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Research and Development
Top industries
Manufacturing, Automotive, Education
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
94%
Master's degree or higher
72%
Doctorate
16%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Computer-Aided Engineering
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Computer-Aided Engineering experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Manufacturing (78%)
- Automotive (65%)
- Education (38%)
- Information Technology (32%)
- Energy (30%)
- Professional Services (30%)
- Aerospace and Defense (22%)
- Construction (19%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What CAE covers
Computer-Aided Engineering, commonly called CAE, uses software simulation to predict how products and systems behave before physical testing. Specialists model stress, heat, fluid flow, vibration, motion and manufacturing effects to support safer and more efficient design decisions.
Typical engineering work
CAE supports product development from early concept studies to design verification and production readiness.
- Structural and thermal analysis for components and assemblies
- Computational fluid dynamics for air, liquid and gas flow
- Crash, fatigue, vibration and durability simulations
- Multibody motion and system-level performance studies
- Correlation of simulation results with physical test data
Tools and connected skills
The ecosystem includes ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL Multiphysics, Siemens Simcenter and Altair HyperWorks. Strong professionals also work with finite element analysis, CFD, meshing, material models, numerical methods, CAD data and high-performance computing. Automation with Python, MATLAB or solver scripting can make repeated studies more consistent.
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance CAE expertise when internal teams need capacity for a demanding simulation program, a specialist solver or an independent review. This is common in automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, energy, electronics and industrial equipment, including manufacturers and suppliers in Germany. Remote work is practical for model preparation and reporting, while workshops, testing and plant-related tasks may require on-site collaboration.
Project deliverables
A professional can define simulation methods, prepare clean models, select suitable boundary conditions and manage solver runs. Typical deliverables include validated meshes, input decks, post-processing scripts, result reports, design recommendations and documentation that links assumptions to evidence. Clear communication with CAD, testing, materials and manufacturing teams is essential.
What distinguishes strong experts
Quality depends on engineering judgment, not only on producing colorful plots. Look for professionals who explain model limitations, perform mesh and sensitivity checks, document material and contact assumptions, and compare predictions with test data. They should also understand the product context, protect design data and translate simulation findings into decisions that teams can act on.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Computer-Aided Engineering, in one place.
Computer-Aided Engineering is used to simulate product behavior before or alongside physical testing. It helps teams evaluate structural strength, heat transfer, fluid flow, noise, vibration, fatigue, crash response and moving systems while designs are still easier to change.
CAE predicts performance through mathematical models and numerical simulation, while CAD defines the geometry and documentation of a product. Physical testing measures real behavior and remains important for validation; the strongest projects connect CAD, CAE and test evidence rather than treating one as a replacement for the others.
Computer-Aided Engineering work often uses ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL Multiphysics, Siemens Simcenter or Altair HyperWorks. The right tool depends on the physics, solver method, existing company workflows, computing environment and required integration with CAD or test systems.
CAE specialists often bring finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, meshing, material modeling, numerical methods and design-for-manufacturing knowledge. Python, MATLAB, solver scripting, CAD data preparation and high-performance computing are also valuable when studies must be automated or scaled.
Computer-Aided Engineering projects need experience that matches their physical risk and modeling complexity, not a fixed number of years. A simple design study may suit a specialist with focused solver knowledge, while safety-critical or highly nonlinear work calls for a professional who has handled validation, uncertainty and correlation with testing.
CAE collaboration is often effective remotely because models, solver inputs and reports are digital deliverables. On-site work can still help with test planning, hardware inspection, laboratory access or close coordination with manufacturing teams, and German or English communication should match the project stakeholders.
A strong Computer-Aided Engineering professional explains assumptions, boundary conditions, mesh quality, convergence and model limitations in clear terms. Ask for examples of how simulation results were checked against tests and how the findings changed a design or engineering decision.
CAE freelance expertise is useful when a project needs a specific solver, an independent simulation review, temporary capacity or faster progress toward a design decision. It can also help internal teams establish repeatable methods, automate reporting or prepare a model for physical validation.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Computer-Aided Engineering in their recent projects is 82 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 657 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Computer-Aided Engineering in their recent projects, 94% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 72% hold at least a Master's degree, and 16% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Computer-Aided Engineering in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Computer-Aided Engineering in their recent projects are German (100%), English (97%), and French (19%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Computer-Aided Engineering in their recent projects are Manufacturing (78%), Automotive (65%), and Education (38%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Computer-Aided Engineering in their recent projects are Product Development (95%), Project Management (68%), and Research and Development (62%).
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