Sr Engineer- Systems

Wabtec; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec India Technology Engineering Center in Bengaluru invites an experienced Lead System Engineer and Engineering PM to lead system engineering activities for international locomotive projects. You will own requirements, allocate them to subsystems, and coordinate across product management, engineering, and program management to meet cost, schedule and quality targets.

The role requires strong communication, stakeholder management, and a track record in systems engineering, DFMEA, design to

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in mechanical/electrical/electronics or controls engineering from a reputable university.
• Minimum 15 years of engineering experience, preferably in locomotive domain or similar industry.
• Minimum 5 years design experience in the relevant specialization.
• Strong knowledge of requirements management, DFMEA, design to cost, BOM structure, standardization, verification and validation.
• Experience with factory support, production testing, engineering validation and commissioning.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional, global teams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence at all levels and customer relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead system engineering activities to deliver locomotive products for international customers, managing cost, quality and schedule.
• Consolidate product and program requirements with multiple stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into system specifications and assign to subsystems.
• Develop platforming and standardization to drive growth.
• Manage budgets and track engineering performance to meet targets.
• Interface with PMO, Supply Chain and deliver integrated schedules.
• Lead engineering validation, customer demonstrations, trials, and commissioning.
• Mentor engineers to meet standardization and reliability goals.
• Support cross-functional teams across the product life cycle.

Skills

Requirements Management

DFMEA

Design to Cost

Bill of Materials (BOM)

Standardization

Verification

Validation

Technical Publication

Defect Reporting

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Cross-functional Collaboration

Global Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical / electrical, Electronics (or) Controls Engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Job description

Role summary

This opening is for Lead System Engineer and Engineering PM role within International Systems Engineering Organization in Wabtec India Technology Engineering Center, VKTP, Bangalore. The purpose of this role is to lead all the system engineering activities related to the customer requirements, subsystem and system development, and delivery of new locomotives to international customers. This role includes customer interface, program management, requirement management, monitoring subsystem development, systems integration, build support, systems validation, in country validation, commissioning and launch support. This role has the responsibility to work collaboratively and strategically with diverse stakeholders to deliver best in class product configuration meeting business objectives and customer requirement. This role is also responsible for shaping the product considering reuse, leveraging standardization, modularization in consultation with product management and other cross functions.

Responsibilities

• Systems Engineering ownership responsibility to execute deliver locomotive products for international customers meeting cost, quality and schedule.
• Consolidation of product and program requirements with multiple stakeholders.
• Understand product requirements, operating environment, and regulations; Evaluate impact of requirements on engineering development schedule, cost, and lead trade-off studies!
• Flow down requirements from product description (PD) line by line response (LBL) into system functional specification (SFS) to define performance, reliability, cost, weight and other targets; and to further assign the requirements to respective subsystem design areas!
• Develop platforming approach, standardization to drive business growth.
• Load approved budget and track the overall performance of engineering team to adhere to the budget.
• Interface with Program Management Office, Supply Chain and develop integrated schedule.
• Create Area Review Plans with the Chief Engineers Office and track design reviews to close.
• Define Bill of materials (BOM) structure, track specifications and drawing release plan.
• Run core team meetings to ensure on time execution of project.
• Communicate project status, schedules, upcoming deliverables, risks, issues, and technical solutions between various stakeholders. Method of communications to include, but not limited to, design reviews, operational reviews, and team meetings.
• Configuration management of software options specific to customer application
• Identify detailed validation requirements, drill down for subsystems, planning and execution.
• Support Prototype locomotive build and manage product changes till customer acceptance.
• Lead Engineering validation, customer demonstration test at build locations, conduct trials on customer track, commissioning customer documentation.
• Travel to factorys customer sites to build support / perform locomotive validation for extended periods.
• Document technical data generated by the assigned project per engineering policies and procedures.
• Embrace culture of Collaboration, Innovation, Customer Centricity, Safety, Compliance, Cost Schedule
• Partner with cross functional team in driving customer discovery session to incorporate learning from past projects, field operational experience in country.
• Partner with cross functional team in driving post project evaluation to document project learning to be used in future programs.
• Support sourcing, manufacturing, and other cross-functional teams throughout the product life cycle.
• Mentor engineers to develop design that meets platforming standardization requirements as well as improve cost margin and reliability.

Basic Qualification

• Bachelors degree in mechanical / electrical, Electronics (or) Controls Engineering from a university of repute
• Minimum of 15 years of engineering experience preferably in locomotive domain or similar industry
• Minimum of 5 yearsdesign experience in relevant specialization.
• Strong understanding knowledge of Requirements Management, DFMEA, Design to Cost, Bill of Material Structure, Standardization, Verification, Validation, Technical Publication, and defect reporting.
• Good understanding of manufacturing, assembly serviceability requirements
• Good understanding of configurable software options design and selection.
• Hands on experience in factory support, production testing, engineering validation and commissioning
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work in a cross-functional, global teams.
• Demonstrated experience in influencing at all levels of the organization and customer relationship skills.

Desired

• Masters degree in engineering
• Proven record of practicing systems engineering tools and techniques.
• Good understanding of customer requirements in locomotive domain
• Demonstrated experience and ability to execute NPI programs.
• Technical depth in freight Passenger locomotive application subsystem design through validation
• Familiarity with the range of technologies as applicable to freight/passenger Locomotives
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Strong technical aptitude, including hands on experience on the use of engineering tools.
• Strong oral/written communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers.