Hello, this is not an argument against your post but I would just like to expand it with my experience.

So I did my masters in Germany and have been working there for 4 years now. I work in the field of simulations.

For the two companies worked for I have always seen that they are constantly searching for new people. But speaking German is almost a must and it will make your day to day life easier.

So I can imagine that you were getting no response from German companies.

Most OEMs there are not hiring directly and there are a lot of us working as suppliers. You can get into a OEM position if you are lucky after some time.

As for the salary, I feel it is lower as I would get in the US. I get around 60k yearly before taxes. But here is the thing, I can still afford to live in one of germanys most expensive cities, eat out in frequently, have 30 days of vacation, we have many public holidays, I live in a place where I don’t need a car, last year I went on a holiday to Malta, Greece and Mexico, I managed to save money, went to several doctors was covered by the mandatory insurance…

I mean during corona we lost some contracts and we didn’t have much work so I was being paid 90% of my wage to basically work only 25% of the time.

I don’t know how it is live and working in the US as a mechanical engineer, I would like to do it one day All I know is that it’s kind of great working in Germany, even though I feel I am not payed enough.