Lead Project Mechanical Engineer

Stadler Rail AG; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stadler Rail AG in Salt Lake City is seeking a Lead Project Mechanical Engineer (TPM-M) to join our team shaping the mobility of tomorrow. The role focuses on designing state-of-the-art passenger trains, managing interfaces, and leading mechanical engineering efforts across international projects.

You will own mechanical topics, develop specifications, documents, and test plans, and collaborate with Production, Procurement, Engineering and Quality teams while ensuring compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) or equivalent training.
• 3–5 years' experience in rail vehicle, defense, aerospace, or similar.
• Experience handling challenging projects in an international environment.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Business fluent in English (German a bonus).

Responsibilities

• Handling mechanical design on international projects for modular vehicle families.
• Implement customer specifications in line with national standards and regulations.
• Own all mechanical topics on the Project Team.
• Develop concepts, technical specifications, production documentation, test planning and type tests.
• Plan and manage internal engineering activities including interfaces and approvals.
• Create engineering documents.
• Communicate with customers and authorities and other external bodies.
• Communicate technical solutions to Production, Procurement, Engineering and Quality Teams.
• Implement engineering changes per change process.

Skills

Team player

Communication skills

Entrepreneurial thinking

Structured thinking

Problem solving

English proficiency

Excellent technical writing skills

Sense of responsibility

Assertiveness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) or equivalent training

Job description

Stadler offers a wide range of international career opportunities. Here you get the chance to expand your potential, take on meaningful responsibilities, and deliver outstanding performance within dedicated teams. We are looking for motivated individuals who want to shape the mobility of tomorrow with us. Are you ready to achieve great things with us?

Your tasks

As a Lead Project Mechanical Engineer (TPM-M), you will be a viable member of a team focused on creating efficient design plans for building state-of-the-art passenger trains, managing complex interfaces of various systems, and work with international design team. If you have experience in any of the following systems, this is the career for you:

Key Responsibilities

• Handling of the mechanical design on international projects of our modular vehicle families
• Implementation of the customer requirement specifications in compliance with national standards and regulations
• Ownership of all mechanical technical topics on the Project Team
• Responsibility for concepts, technical specifications, production documentation, test planning and type tests
• Planning and management of internal engineering activities including system interfaces and approval planning
• Creation of engineering documents
• Communication and acceptance with customers and authorities as well as other external bodies
• Creation and communication of technical solutions to Production, Procurement, Engineering, and Quality Teams
• Implementation of necessary engineering changes according to the established change process

Your profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) or equivalent training
• 3–5 experience in the field of rail vehicle, defense, aerospace, or similar
• Experience in working in challenging projects in an international environment
• Team player with high a degree of communication skills, sense of responsibility, and assertiveness
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting
• Structured, goal-oriented, dynamic, and loyal personality
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Excellent problem-solving abilities with strong teamwork skills
• Business fluent in English (German is a bonus)