Engineering Technical Leader - Train Control

3 Months ago • 9 Years + • Software Development & Engineering • $77,400 PA - $110,300 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Engineering Technical Leader will be responsible for leading a team on New Product Introduction (NPI) programs and requisitions, managing project schedules, and communicating successes and failures. This role involves mentoring engineers, designing, integrating, implementing, and validating Train Control subsystem functions for locomotives, and leading investigations to resolve reliability issues. The leader will also use their expertise to solve problems and contribute to short and long-term business goals. This role requires working with various teams, including customers, suppliers, and engineering teams, to identify and capture requirements to execute controls design and implementation. The candidate will need to work with locomotive control systems and improve software quality while addressing customer needs.
Must have:
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field.
  • Minimum of 9 years experience in an engineering position.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience with controls/software design, diagnostics, and test.
  • Ability to work hands-on in test labs with high HP and current systems.
Good to have:
  • Minimum of 2 years experience leading engineering sub-teams preferred.
  • Experience with MATLAB Simulink or other Modeling tools preferred.
Perks:
  • Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.
  • Health, welfare, and retirement benefits offered.
  • Annual bonus, if eligible.

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who will you be working with?

This position provides a unique opportunity to interact with all locomotive subsystems with controls content while developing locomotive control systems that modernize the electronics, software, applications, and network communication with the objective of improving software quality, improving engineering productivity, meeting cyber security expectations, all while addressing the latest customer needs.

How will you make a difference?

The Technical Leader will work with customers, various suppliers, engineering teams, and industry agencies to identify and capture requirements to execute controls design and implementation. This group is made up of over a dozen subsystem functions and components and is the overall system integrator for customer-supplied equipment and a driver of overall infrastructure for the Locomotive Control System.

What do we want to know about you?

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field

  • Minimum of 9 years experience in an engineering position

  • Minimum of 5 years experience with controls/software design, diagnostics, and test

  • Ability and willingness to work "hands-on" in test labs and on locomotives with high HP (1000 KVA), medium voltage (2 KV) and high current (10 KA) systems

  • Minimum of 2 years experience leading engineering sub-teams preferred

  • Experience with MATLAB Simulink or other Modeling tools preferred

What will your typical day look like?

  • Lead the team on NPI programs and requisitions, managing project schedule, and provide outward communication of successes and failures across a breadth of programs within the company.

  • Mentor other engineers to develop product/program requirements and solutions using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, and procedures.

  • Design, integrate, implement, and validate Train Control subsystem functions for locomotives suitable for application in both English and non-English speaking environments.

  • Play a pivotal role in the development of the Train Control subsystem for complex projects and lead/support investigations for root-cause identification and resolution of reliability issues.

  • Utilize experience and expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short-term and some long-term business goals.

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between

$77,400.00-$110,300.00

The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.

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.

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About The Company

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.

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