Lead Train Handling Software Engineer
Wabtec Corp.
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Job summary
Wabtec Corporation seeks a Lead Project Engineer to direct Train Handling software projects from concept to customer deployment. You’ll guide technical execution, schedule performance, quality, and engineering deliverables across distributed teams.
You will collaborate with program, product, and software engineers, systems engineers, and testers to align objectives and execution strategies, ensuring customer commitments are met while controlling scope and risk.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline
- Minimum of 4 years leading complex engineering or software development projects
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (Agile & Waterfall) and systems engineering processes
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence technical decision-making
Responsibilities
- Lead planning, execution, and delivery of Train Handling software projects from concept to deployment
- Serve as engineering lead for technical execution, schedule, quality, and deliverables
- Collaborate with PMs, PMs, Software/Systems/Test engineers to set objectives and strategies
- Translate customer, product, and business requirements into detailed project plans
- Lead cross-functional teams to meet milestones and commitments
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to team members
- Facilitate technical decision-making and resolve execution challenges
- Develop and maintain project plans, release plans, schedules, and resource forecasts
- Identify milestones, dependencies, and risks; drive corrective actions
- Monitor performance, maintain quality and cost objectives
- Establish metrics, dashboards, and status reporting
- Coordinate software development, verification, validation, release, deployment
- Lead project reviews and readiness for milestones
- Identify risks, develop mitigations, escalate when needed
- Capture lessons learned for future projects
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Job description
Wabtec Corporation seeks a Lead Project Engineer to direct Train Handling software projects from concept to customer deployment. You’ll guide technical execution, schedule performance, quality, and engineering deliverables across distributed teams.
You will collaborate with program, product, and software engineers, systems engineers, and testers to align objectives and execution strategies, ensuring customer commitments are met while controlling scope and risk.
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