Your Career at Heraeus

The world is changing rapidly. That’s why we are never satisfied with the status quo. At Heraeus, our employees experience innovation first hand - and drive it - on a daily basis. To achieve this, we nurture new ideas and bold thinking, use agile working methods and establish partnerships with promising start-ups, scientific institutions, world-respected universities and some of the world’s best-known companies.

The opening of our innovation center fiftyONE in the spring of 2018 represents an important step in our expanded commitment to innovation at Heraeus. If you are looking for a “technology greenhouse” where your ideas can be cultivated and grow, consider a career at Heraeus.  Learn more about innovation at Heraeus .

From its humble beginnings at a family-owned pharmacy in Hanau, Germany, Heraeus has become a global success story and one of the world’s most respected organizations.

Today, the company’s operations and businesses encompass  more than 100 key global markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

When it comes to diversity, our diverse businesses are just the beginning. The diversity of our workforce is a significant reason for the growth and success of Heraeus. We are committed to creating a work environment where you can thrive and do your best- a workplace that is free from discrimination, harassment and disadvantage.

This commitment also extends to the diversity of ideas, perspectives and opinions. Our inclusive, collaborative culture respects the viewpoints of others, and we hold ourselves and our colleagues to the highest standards of tolerance and respect in every aspect of our conduct.

Optical fibers have an enormous capacity for data transmission. Several terabits per second can be transmitted via a single Internet fiber. The diameter of an optical fiber is only 0.125 millimeters. More than 30% of the glass fibers produced worldwide contain quartz glass from Heraeus.

The water treatment plant in New York is considered the largest UV disinfection plant in the world. About 12,000 lamps in 56 so-called reactors disinfect more than eight million cubic meters of water for the metropolis every day - and they all come from Heraeus.

The average distance from the earth to the moon is 385,000 kilometres. A laser reflector with one hundred triple prisms made of quartz glass from Heraeus has been standing on the moon since the first moon landing in 1969 and is still used today for precise distance measurement. This scientific achievement has made a decisive contribution to advancing the development of GPS technology.

More than one million pacemaker systems are used worldwide each year for the treatment of heart disease. The majority of the pacemakers used worldwide contain high-tech components from Heraeus.

The electronic components in electric cars have to withstand very harsh conditions. Substrates from Heraeus ensure greater efficiency, safety and service life for power modules.