Senior Propulsion Systems Engineer

Who will you be working with?

The Systems Optimization team consists of a depth and breadth of Senior Engineers often considered the thought leaders for the business when it pertains to New Technology or New Product Introductions. As such this team interfaces with the Commercial Team, Proposals Engineering, Reliability COE, P&L leaders, as well as just about every facet of FE&S Engineering.

How will you make a difference?

The Senior Engineer will be responsible for the system architecture in vehicle (locomotive or mining) propulsion systems including the application of varied energy storage solutions. The engineer will establish multi-generation technology plans for these propulsion systems to meet increasing demands for greater system efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

The engineer should have demonstrated expertise in application of battery technologies including experience with varied battery cell chemistries, control systems and related power system equipment.

What do we want to know about you?

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience in a design environment.
• Advanced/Fluent English.
• Experience in heavy duty mobile applications demonstrating ability to develop propulsion or energy storage systems.
• Proven track record of effective team work and delivering results over multiple business cycles.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working autonomously and making decisions with minimal guidance.
• Thrives in dynamic environments and consistently drives projects forward independently.

What will your typical day look like?

• Serve as a recognized leader in the application of propulsion systems and battery application for locomotive designs
• Anticipate, develop, and apply technologies to current and future locomotive products to promote competitive differentiation
• Predict behavior of systems through the creation and utilization of analytical models to optimize the overall architecture and anticipate system interactions
• Collaborate with Product Management to define customer requirements
• Architect propulsion and battery system designs that meet or exceed customer expectations
• Conduct formal trade studies between contending concepts
• Ensure viability and defend recommendations in design reviews
• Decompose customer requirements and provide clear definition for subsystem consumption
• Define and control interfaces between subsystems
• Author and manage system design documentation (review material, System Functional Specification, Interface Control Document, etc.)
• Provide systems engineering leadership and technical guidance to teams working assigned projects
• Conduct optimization studies on performance, total life-cycle cost and reliability
• Lead system level FMEA’s and system safety analyses
• Protect the intellectual property rights of the company

Benefits

• Medical assistance extendable to dependents (spouse and children).
• Dental assistance extendable to dependents (spouse and children).
• Profit sharing.
• Private pension.
• Food policy according to location.
• Parking policy or transport voucher.
• Life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program: psychological, legal, financial, and social assistance.
• Headspace – mental health application.
• Christmas card or basket for employees according to location.
• Christmas gift for children up to 11 years old.
• Extended maternity leave.
• Program for Pregnant Women and Babies.
• Language incentive policy.
• Mentoring programs and access to training platform.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

About Us

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life?

At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours!

Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

Wabtec celebrates thinkers and doers. Our values included in the About Us page are rooted in innovation, collaboration, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Whether your talents lie in digital solution development, next-gen manufacturing, advanced service delivery, or the spectrum of business functions that support them, Wabtec literally has a world of opportunity for you across our global network.

Our employees are the architects of the future. Where will you be tomorrow?