Siemens Digital Industries Software is expanding its Shannon operations with the creation of a €7m software research and development group.
The new division will concentrate on high-performance computing (HPC) for semiconductor design in the cloud. Over the following three years, Shannon is anticipated to add more than 25 R&D positions.
Operating in Ireland since 1925, Siemens employs more than 600 people in the country from its facilities in Glasnevin, Swords, Letterkenny and Shannon. For more than 20 years, the organisation has maintained a sizable presence in Shannon, providing crucial financial and business activities to clients around the world.
In addition to operating in the business, energy, and healthcare sectors and offering infrastructure alternatives for cities and metropolitan areas, Siemens is a top name in electronics and electrical engineering.
According to Siemens’ website, some of the roles available at Shannon include senior R&D manager, senior application security architect and engineers of cloud systems, DevSecOps and senior cloud infrastructure automaton.
Siemens senior director Martin Gennery said Shannon has always attracted “top talent” due to its central location in the mid-west between Limerick and Galway. The company’s Shannon operations employ around 150 people.
“This expansion offers an opportunity to work on the latest technologies while benefiting from the work-life balance delivered by hybrid working based in the mid-west,” Gennery said.
The new investment is the first “Cloud EDA” R&D group to be established by Siemens globally and is being supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
Speaking on the investment, IDA Ireland head of property and regional development, Denis Curran, described Siemens as a “longstanding employer” in the mid-west region.
“The addition of this new R&D function and the associated transformational impact on the position of the Irish site within the global organisation is significant,” Curran said. “I wish to congratulate Siemens on this expansion and wish them every success”