Research Engineer in sheet metal forming process, scientific computing (FEA) and digital technologies

ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel producer. We use the most innovative technologies to create the steels tomorrow’s world will be made of. Every day over 125,000 of our talented people, located in over 60 countries, push the boundaries of digitalization, and use advanced technologies to create a stronger, faster, and smarter world. To help make this possible, they know they can depend on the support and training that a company of our scope and scale can provide.

Comprising 1,650 researchers spread across 14 Research Centres around the world, our Global R&D team aims to continuously improve the quality of steel and its manufacturing processes. This involves investigating and developing disruptive technologies, reducing the carbon footprint of steel, and optimizing costs while maintaining uncompromising quality. The team's strong multicultural diversity, with over 30 nationalities, offers international experience and makes it possible to meet global needs.

Maizières Products centre aims at developing products (new steel grades and coatings) and associated processes (formability, in-use properties including sustainability and durability) to promote a competitive offer for ArcelorMittal in the automotive and packaging market worldwide. Packaging R&D projects portfolio (in which you will be involved in) is divided into a large range of R&D programs covering the development of new products (steel & coatings) and new generic steel solutions, product and technologies developments in breakthrough and finally, customer and plant support. R&D Packaging team is made up of over 30 members involved in nearly 60 different projects gathering multi-disciplinary R&D teams (specialists in metallurgy, coatings, forming, corrosion resistance, ...).

Maizières Products centre is seeking a research engineer with successful completion of a post-graduate programme in mechanical engineering (and/or in structural mechanics) to be enrolled within the R&D research group dedicated to the Packaging market. 

Your Role

From a general point of view, you will be in charge of steering R&D projects (and coordinating the associated R&D team) involving internal or external partners in the field of the qualification of new steel products (including mainly the product range of decarbonized steel products), the development of steel solutions, the can design and prototyping applied to steels for packaging. 

You will ideally combine advanced mechanical engineering skills, ideally knowledge in sheet metal forming process and high level scientific computing / numerical modelling capabilities to contribute to the development of advanced steel solutions and co-engineering projects to achieve win-win value creation with our customers on the packaging market. 

This position will offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic and multi-disciplinary environment with people working on forming, coatings, corrosion and metallurgy and will provide a wide autonomy for technical actions in any domain with the different project stakehoders (pilot plant, development and commercial team, ...). Cooperative work with other ArcelorMittal R&D community or external partners is required.

You Will Be Expected To:

• Coordinate all activities of R&D support to new product development (steel substrate as well as coating) requiring formability assessment and in-use properties validation. 
• Lead the qualification phase (formability and usage properties assessment) of new ranges of product of steels for packaging (including decarbonized steel products for lower CO2 emissions impact) and preparation of approval technical file for new product before go decision for shipment to final customers,
• Steer the implementation of tailored experimental testing / characterization methodologies for packaging applications for a reliable new product design validation on time,
• Develop new steel solutions in close collaboration with our customers and/or external relevant partners (canmaking machine suppliers, toolmaker, filler, high-level academic partners, …),
• Provide ArcelorMittal customers with technical supports for continuous performances improvement and cost-effectiveness, co-engineering initiatives or long-term collaborations  based on prototyping, experimental or FEA assistance,
• Implement more sophisticated numerical tools to strengthen our knowledge on the  relationship between mechanical properties of steels for packaging, their formability and the in-use properties of steel containers,
• Implement innovative forming processes in breakthrough with the existing ones to promote our steel product ranges;

You will gradually take the responsibility of managing research projects and technical supports to customers. 

You will be assisted by research technicians who will report to you. 

Punctual business travels mainly in Europe are to be expected.

Your Profile

• You hold a PhD degree in a scientific field related to the mechanical engineering or a Master's degree in mechanical engineering or related fields.
• Significant past several years’ experience in related fields or training by research (PhD or others) in industrial environments would be an asset.
• You are fluent in French and English.
• You are able to analyze a complex process to integrate external knowledge and to implement practical solutions.
• You are able to propose new ideas and to develop them.
• You have the ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects, with flexibility and adaptability.
• You know how to establish a relational network for project management.
• You have the ability for teamwork.
• This position requires rigor, dynamism, capacity for analysis and synthesis, expertise and curiosity.

According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values:

• You agree to comply with health and safety rules.
• You are respectful, transparent, honest, and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others.
• You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity.
• You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, you strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything you do.
• You recognize that diversity, varied skills, and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal.
• You know that learning changes minds and lives, so you are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success.
• You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation.

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment.

ArcelorMittal est l’un des leaders mondiaux de l’industrie de l’acier et des mines avec 154 000 salariés, une présence dans 60 pays et des installations de production d'acier primaire dans 16 pays. En 2022, ArcelorMittal a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 79,8 milliards de dollars et une production d'acier brut de 59 millions de tonnes, tandis que la production de minerai de fer a atteint 45,3 millions de tonnes. Notre objectif est de contribuer à construire un monde meilleur avec des aciers plus intelligents. Des aciers fabriqués à l'aide de procédés innovants qui consomment moins d'énergie, émettent beaucoup moins de carbone et réduisent les coûts. Des aciers plus propres, plus résistants et réutilisables. Des aciers pour les véhicules électriques et les infrastructures d'énergie renouvelable, qui accompagneront la transformation des sociétés au cours de ce siècle. Avec l'acier au cœur de notre action, la créativité de nos équipes et notre culture d'entreprise, nous aiderons le monde à réaliser ce changement. Voilà, selon nous, ce qui fait l’entreprise sidérurgique de demain.
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