Senior Electric Drive Controls Engineer Mining Vehicles

Wabtec Corporation; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Benefits

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, develop, validate, and deliver control systems for electric drive mining vehicles. You will work with the electrical and controls engineering team, interact with customers, and support product definitions and field deployments.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, experience in control systems and power electronics, and comfort with MATLAB/Simulink-based modeling and validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering; advanced degrees preferred.
• Experience in control systems, power electronics, motors and alternators.
• Electrical system design, circuit analysis, and troubleshooting.
• Manufacturing, production, or operational support.
• Control development, testing, and validation.
• Analysis, modeling, and simulation using MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, or SPICE.

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing and test operations by troubleshooting issues, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
• Design, analyze, and validate electrical control system hardware, software, and test stands.
• Support new product introductions and enhancements.
• Define control system requirements and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to implement.
• Monitor project progress and communicate issues, risks, and solutions.
• Support field investigations and travel periodically to suppliers, customer sites, and test locations.

Skills

Control systems

Power electronics

Motors & alternators

Electrical system design

Testing & validation

Root cause analysis

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PLECS

SPICE

Job description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, develop, validate, and deliver control systems for electric drive mining vehicles. You will work with the electrical and controls engineering team, interact with customers, and support product definitions and field deployments.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, experience in control systems and power electronics, and comfort with MATLAB/Simulink-based modeling and validation.