Rail Braking Systems Architect & Tech Lead

Wabtec; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec seeks a Senior Staff Product Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of Digital Onboard Solutions Engineering (DOSE) Electronic Braking technology. You will collaborate with Product Management, Program Management, and railroad customers to deliver advanced automation and data analytics with high reliability.

You will architect long-term strategy for the Electronic Braking product line, serving as the technical focal point and guiding cross-functional teams through the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 7 years hands-on design, requirements development and implementation experience.
• Minimum 1 year experience with Locomotive Electronic Braking Systems.
• Experience with communication systems.
• Experience in computer networking.
• Experience in software deployment and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Lead future concepts and design enhancements for the Transport Intelligence products using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Support development of the R&D strategy for the product.
• Serve as a primary customer contact for the Transport Intelligence product line. Translate customer needs / requirements, resolve specification issues, handle technical correspondence, provide periodic updates, ensure customer satisfaction, and negotiate / coordinate with cross-functional teams as appropriate.
• Provide guidance to the internal engineering teams on design tradeoff considerations during the development lifecycle.
• Be a Technical Leader for the projects across global cross-functional teams (Product / Program Management, SW COE, Electrical Integration, Train Control, Office Systems, Safety, Validation and Applications Engineering) assuring "cradle to grave" success.
• Participate in the development of proposals for projects.
• Work with Wabtec's scientific community and railroad subject matter experts to develop freight automation solutions, evaluate them in field trials and productize the solutions to function in a railroad revenue environment.
• Lead and participate in technical and program reviews.
• Maintain broad awareness of technical trends to ensure technical quality excellence, timely completion of work, and reviews and responsiveness to customer/program needs.
• Work collaboratively with the Global Supply Chain Organization across the various locations to support procurement of parts from an engineering requirements perspective.
• Provide technical input to customer facing documentation such as but not limited to product descriptions, operational manuals, installation instructions, troubleshooting guides, and product marketing material.
• Interface with the Global Locomotive Operations group to ensure factory-built locomotives are manufactured successfully and delivered to customers in a timely manner.
• Provide design input into external teams for locomotive integration of Digital Solutions products.
• Manage program execution of engineering team to deliver on time, within budget, and meet contractual obligations
• Highlight dependencies to Project Management Organization (PMO) and elevate engineering impeding items

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Math/CS

Master’s Degree in Engineering/Math/CS

Job description

Wabtec seeks a Senior Staff Product Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of Digital Onboard Solutions Engineering (DOSE) Electronic Braking technology. You will collaborate with Product Management, Program Management, and railroad customers to deliver advanced automation and data analytics with high reliability.

You will architect long-term strategy for the Electronic Braking product line, serving as the technical focal point and guiding cross-functional teams through the