Lead Testing Engineer - Lab & Field NVH

Wabtec Corporation; Erie, Northern (Erie County, KY); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Annual bonus potential

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Lead Engineer - Testing to support development, validation, and troubleshooting of products across locomotive, OHV, and marine applications. You will perform hands-on engineering testing, install instrumentation, collect data, and analyze results in lab and field environments.

The role requires independence, ability to manage multiple testing priorities, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and external service providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of one year of engineering experience.
• Experience supporting engineering testing, instrumentation, data acquisition, and analysis in lab and field environments.
• Working knowledge of locomotive operations and Siemens Simcenter, Test Lab data acquisition software.

Responsibilities

• Work on-site Monday through Friday to support testing and validation activities.
• Develop comprehensive validation test plans with engineering teams.
• Conduct field testing at Wabtec and customer locations with instrumentation installation and data acquisition.
• Utilize NVH sensors and data acquisition systems in testing domains.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation, test setups, and system-level issues using engineering principles.
• Support time-sensitive testing related to investigations, product validation, manufacturing concerns, and production needs.
• Analyze test data to validate components and systems against requirements.
• Prepare and communicate technical results to stakeholders.
• Identify improvements in test methods, instrumentation, fixtures, and data acquisition processes.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect technologies.

Skills

Testing & instrumentation

Data acquisition

Technical analysis

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Cross-functional collaboration

Lab & field experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science

Tools

Siemens Simcenter

Test Lab

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Lead Engineer - Testing to support development, validation, and troubleshooting of products across locomotive, OHV, and marine applications. You will perform hands-on engineering testing, install instrumentation, collect data, and analyze results in lab and field environments.

The role requires independence, ability to manage multiple testing priorities, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and external service providers.