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Diversity is our strength
Careers at HÖRMANN
The HÖRMANN Group has been at the forefront of innovation for more than 60 years.
By continuously investing in our employees’ expertise and the latest technologies, our family company has grown to include 27 affiliated companies. We are successful in four sectors: Automotive, Engineering, Communication and Industrial Services.
HÖRMANN solutions help customers to go a step further – or make a quantum leap. Our recipe for success: the corporate culture of a family company with the freedom to develop new ideas, a strong team spirit, and employees who want to make a difference.
Why work for HÖRMANN?
Added value, not just added workload
Getting better to remain good
Sharing knowledge means multiplying knowledge
Quality comes from doing
Lateral thinkers who think ahead

We ask the right questions rather than simply giving the first available answer. We work closely with customers to understand their needs – and what will really help them. The result: solutions with a long-term impact that make our customers more competitive.

We develop continuously in discussions with colleagues, through vocational training and by embracing new professional challenges. Within the company – or the entire Group.

We live the team culture of a family company that likes to share experience and expertise. Across project teams, companies and segments. The impetus is provided by each individual. The best solutions are created together.

We are doers. What we do impresses customers. But first it has to impress us. All of our employees take quality personally, are justifiably proud of their achievements and are compensated attractively for their work.

We think broadly with a view to making things better. Four segments, 27 companies, around 3,000 employees – we have many strengths. As a family company with a long tradition, we invest sustainably. We shape change with foresight.

Complete vehicle competence for rail and industrial vehicles
We at HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering support the customer through the entire development process chain for rail, road and special vehicles. As a globally active engineering partner, we offer complete vehicle competence from the initial idea to the finished prototype and series production run. The HÖRMANN Group employs more than 200 qualified employees in the field of vehicle engineering - most of them engineers.
Our customers are primarily from the rail vehicle and automotive industries. With our complete vehicle competence, we are one of the global market leaders in the development of rail vehicles. We set trends in the field of lightweight construction as well as in the use of new materials and in production optimization.
Our performance profile:
- Development of rail and road vehicles, including locomotives, streetcars, local trains, double-decker trains, high-speed trains, motorcycles, buses and special-purpose vehicles
- Production planning and fixture development for the automotive sector
- Technology and process consulting from the idea to the finished product
We are members of various networks:
- HZwo (Eco CC) - Innovation cluster for fuel cell and hydrogen
- Thermopre e.V. - Fiber composites for mass production
- DMG - German Mechanical Engineering Society, Platform for Innovative Railway Systems
- VDB - Association of the German Railway Industry
- BTS Rail Saxony - The railroad technology cluster in Central Germany
Use our competence in lightweight construction and drive technology for modern mobility concepts!
From the idea to the series
Automotive |
Rail Vehicles |
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Project Management | Project Management |
Conception | Conception |
Industrial Design | Industrial Design |
Mechanical Development |
Mechanical Development |
Calculation and Simulation | Calculation and Simulation |
RAMS and LCC | |
Fixture Development | Production Planning and Fixture Development |
Test and Commissioning | |
Approval Management |
Management

Managing Director
Frank Salzwedel
The graduate engineer has been CEO of HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering since 2017. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Voith Engineering Services and Leadec Engineering from 2012, whose development division for rail and road vehicles was taken over by Hörmann. After studying technical mechanics, he began his professional career as a development engineer for compressors and later for metal components at the automotive supplier Scherdel. From 1998, he was division manager and authorised signatory in the engineering department at IVM and since 2004 at the HÖRMANN Group.

Headquarter
Chemnitz
branch offices:
- Dresden
- Dessau
- Munich

HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering GmbH is a part of the HÖRMANN Group
HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering GmbH is part of a robust group - the HÖRMANN Group. Since the company was founded in 1955, the HÖRMANN Group has grown continuously. Under the umbrella of HÖRMANN Holding GmbH & Co. KG, 27 subsidiaries operate with a high degree of entrepreneurial initiative and independence in the business segments Automotive, Communication, Engineering and Services.
The aim of the Group is to provide customers with economical, innovative and sustainable solutions and services that offer them clear advantages and clear benefits. To this end, the Group employs around 3,300 highly qualified employees and draws on broadly diversified and networked knowledge from a wide range of technology areas.
By offering diversified, highly qualified technology and services, the Group aims to be independent of economic influences and thus minimize the risk for the companies and their employees.
Such thinking and acting creates the freedom to develop perfect customer solutions with vision, motivation and passion. A concept that has constantly proved itself in the success and continuous growth of the HÖRMANN Group.

»Identify potential, shape growth and act on the basis of a clear strategy.«
Motto of Hans Hörmann, company founder
HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering is part of a strong group with 27 companies
The companies of the HÖRMANN Group are always in the best strategic and logistical position for their customers.
The interactive map shows the locations of the HÖRMANN Group in Germany.

Design for future mobility
As a globally active engineering partner, we offer a reliable complete vehicle competence from the initial idea to series production.
Working for one of the most innovative business groups

We are an attractive employer for committed and performance-oriented employees.