Senior Lead Engineer, System Engineering

Wabtec; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 7,633,588 - 9,541,985; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a System Engineer in Bengaluru, India, responsible for evaluating engineering solutions, developing requirements documents, and leading product enhancements. This role requires strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a STEM major, along with 8+ years of relevant professional experience. Candidates should be familiar with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience as a System Engineer or equivalent role.
• Hands-on experience decomposing requirements into Agile features and user stories.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate system engineering solutions and select the best path forward.
• Develop system-level and product-level requirements documents.
• Engage with the development team to facilitate discussions.

Skills

System engineering

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or STEM major

Tools

Rally

Jira

Job description

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors.

In this role, you will:

• Evaluate system engineering solutions and select the best path forward to build scalable and reliable systems.
• Develop system-level, product-level requirements documents and design documents such as Customer Requirements Specifications, Product Design Documents, and System Requirements Specifications.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for the TCOS and Dispatch product line, explaining system behavior to customers and development teams.
• Lead and contribute to future concepts and design enhancements for TCOS products using engineering principles and business standards.
• Translate customer needs, resolve specification issues, handle technical correspondence, and provide periodic updates to ensure satisfaction.
• Triage customer-reported problems, define severity and priority, and perform initial investigations to reduce team workload.
• Demonstrate expert problem decomposition skills and navigate ambiguity efficiently.
• Engage frequently with the development team to facilitate discussions, clarify stories, and support testing and validation.
• Provide accurate status updates on content plans and execution to customers and leadership.
• Use persuasion and influencing skills to align customer, product manager, and engineering teams.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, acting as a product and competitive landscape expert.
• Contribute to customer-facing documentation such as user manuals and installation instructions.
• Serve as scrum team authority for TCOS projects, managing backlog prioritization and ensuring sprint readiness.
• Collaborate with Program Managers to define short-term roadmap and prepare features for planning.
• Decompose features into vertical-slice user stories with SMART acceptance criteria and well‑defined business needs.
• Understand security and compliance requirements; integrate with Cyber Security and Compliance teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience as a System Engineer or equivalent role.

Eligibility Requirements (Country Specific):

• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Bangalore, India.

Desired Characteristics:

• Hands‑on experience decomposing requirements into Agile features and user stories with strong acceptance criteria.
• Ability to translate ambiguous work requests into actionable user stories.
• Experience with Rally, Jira, or similar defect/work tracking tools and generating Agile metrics reports.
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and collaboration with Quality Engineering and DevOps teams.
• Problem‑solving abilities with clear articulation of technical topics.
• Experience in configuration, requirements, change, and defect management.
• Implementation of robust development processes, including requirements tracing.

Business Acumen:

• Initiative to explore alternative technologies and problem‑solving approaches.
• Skill in documenting problem statements and estimating efforts.
• Analysis of technology choice impact and buy‑vs‑build recommendations.
• Ability to scope MVPs and drive market timing decisions.

Leadership:

• Excellent communication with customers and engineering teams.
• Clarity of thinking in limited information environments.
• Influence others, building support for ideas and tailors influencing strategies.
• Uses factual evidence rather than emotions to support decisions.
• Explains decision rationale and downstream implications; reflects on successes and failures to improve performance.
• Participates in technical strategy planning.
• Proactively removes project obstacles and navigates matrixed organization accountability.

Personal Attributes:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of interfacing with senior leadership.
• Collaborates effectively with global teams and adapts to time‑zone differences.
• Provides oversight and mentorship, delegating work effectively.

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 requiring accommodation, please let us know. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.