System Engineer

Quest Global; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global in Bengaluru is seeking a System Engineer to lead and coordinate engineering activities on projects, ensuring delivery against requirements, budgets and schedules. You will drive the engineering scope, manage interfaces with other domains, and support design reviews and system validation.

Required is experience with Polarion for requirements management, strong English, and a background in electronics/embedded systems, with knowledge of brakes and railway standards.

Qualifications

• Mastery of computer tools (Word, Excel, MS Project)
• Comfortable writing system specifications, expert reports, technical definitions, maintenance plans
• Experience with Polarion for requirements management
• Strong command of English
• Knowledge of railway standards with Brake systems experience
• Knowledge of systems and control aspects
• Curiosity, Tenacity, Contacts orientation, Innovator
• Analytical thinking and synthesis to understand solutions
• Listening, availability, rigor
• Reactive, service oriented, priority management
• Demanding of self and team
• Strongly technical with design/methods office background

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate engineering activities to deliver on requirements, budget and schedule.
• Define and manage engineering scope, contributing to the WBS and project plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities and report regularly to the Project Manager.
• Ensure verification activities and system integration as per project plan.
• Manage resource allocation and budget with domain leads.
• Support customer reviews and homologation/certification efforts.

Job description

At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Job Title: System Engineer

Location: Bengaluru

Ownership and Key Responsibilities

System Engineer is responsible to lead, manage, coordinate and control all engineering‑related activities in the project to deliver on requirements, budget and schedule, by implementing the applicable engineering Product Line processes.

Main Mission

• Ensure that all technical requirements and demands by the Customer as per contract are covered by the defined Engineering‑Scope, i.e. to develop the engineering‑related part of the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
• Generate the engineering input to the detailed project schedule
• Ensure that all tasks of the defined Engineering‑Scope are clearly addressed to the responsible Domains, to coordinate the execution of engineering activities, including project design reviews, control against project time plan, budget and project requirements.
• Cooperate with other functions inside and outside the Project Core Team in cross‑functional activities (i.e cost reduction review, risk and opportunity analysis)
• Provide the regular project reporting to the Project Manager in accordance with his scope of responsibility. Monitor and compile scope change and agree engineering budget with PM.
• Approve all concepts and specifications for use in the Project (such as calculations, safety analysis, System type test report…)
• Analyze and report all changes to engineering project budget, schedule, requirements and deliverables and interface with Domains.
• Maintain and address the global project open item list concerning technical items. Perform a weekly review with domains to prioritise actions.
• Ensure every Product Line Domain provides engineering deliverables as required in the project.
• Advise the Project Manager in all technical matters and propose solutions.
• In collaboration with the Domains leaders, define and ensure allocation of required resources and budget.
• Ensure that verification activities – such as design reviews – are performed to the project plan
• Ensure that Verification & Validation is properly planned, performed and documented
• Ensure the integration of all products and sub‑systems in the full system.
• Ensure that the delivered product including subsystems perform as requested to fulfil the Customer requirement contracts.
• Ensure to achieve customer satisfaction with reliable product performance, quick response to customer feedbacks including potential complaints and provide appropriate solutions within the time limits.
• Support and address the interface problems or technical clarifications (e.g. with suppliers)
• Manage according to the project plan, the project product development plan with a focus on implementation, integration, verification. It shall cover all the products involved in the project, including software.
• Manage the customer gate reviews, ensuring a proper preparation for the engineering scope and a positive achievement of the milestone.
• Manage with the technical project team the related system validation process, ensuring the respect and the management of all homologation and certification requirements.
• System engineer can be appointed to customer project (from kick‑off, project development, product delivery and commissioning, reliability growth monitoring period to warranty phase out), tender phase or R&D project where applicable.
• System engineer is liable to ensure maximum use of standard product and authorize new development with authorization of relevant stakeholder.
• System engineer shall work with project team to maintain or improve Total product cost as sold at bid.
• Provide return of experience to Product manager / Product owner for capitalization by releasing LLC (Lesson Learned Card)/updating the design rules.
• Depending on project phase / project scope, a system engineer can cover, perform and support some domain activities where applicable.
• Manages the Hot issues.

Required Professional Profile

• Mastery of computer tools (Word, Excel, MS Project).
• Comfortable writing system specifications, expert reports, technical definitions, maintenance plans…
• Working experience on Polarion tool for requirements management.
• English imperative
• Knowledge of railway standards with previous experience in Brakes systems
• Knowledge of systems and control aspects desired
• Curiosity, Tenacity, Taste for contacts, Innovator
• Ability to synthesize and analyse in order to understand the solutions to be provided
• Listening, availability, rigor
• Reactive, service oriented, priority management
• Demanding of self and those working with him/her
• Strongly technical position, first experience in a design or methods office

Qualification / Requirement

• General engineering / electronics / embedded computing background
• 5 to 10 years in the industry

Communication Skills, Interacting With Stakeholders, Cross Functional Teams’ Interaction

• Technical project manager, Requirements Management (Polarion/DOORS, MS Project), Documentation,
• System understanding (Brakes), Embedded/Electronics/Mechanical.