Senior Lead Engineer – Rail Systems & Automation

Wabtec; Maryland; On-site; USD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus (if eligible)

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Wabtec in the United States seeks an Advanced Lead Engineer to lead the design, development and deployment of Core Electronics products such as the GoLINC, LIG, Fast Brake, Video and Event Recording products. You will work closely with Product Management, Project Management and railroad customers to develop world-class solutions that bring advanced automation and data analytics to the rail industry.

This role demands strong cross-functional leadership, cradle-to-grave requirements traceability,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years hands-on design, requirements development and implementation experience involving Engineering Systems, Hardware / Software Engineering, and/or Data Information Systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to future concepts and design enhancements for the Core Electronics products using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Be a Technical Leader for the projects across global cross-functional teams (Product / Project Management, SW COE, Electrical Integration, Train Control, Office Systems, Safety, Validation and Applications Engineering) assuring cradle-to-grave success.
• Translate customer requirements into functional product requirements for the design teams and own traceability of those requirements all the way through the design process to final implementation and validation.
• Participate in the development of proposals and engineering estimates/schedules 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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Global team experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science

Job description

Wabtec in the United States seeks an Advanced Lead Engineer to lead the design, development and deployment of Core Electronics products such as the GoLINC, LIG, Fast Brake, Video and Event Recording products. You will work closely with Product Management, Project Management and railroad customers to develop world-class solutions that bring advanced automation and data analytics to the rail industry.

This role demands strong cross-functional leadership, cradle-to-grave requirements traceability,