Senior Lead Engineer: Traction & Auxiliary Controls

Wabtec; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Wabtec in the United States seeks an Advanced Lead Engineer to design, develop, and integrate traction and auxiliary control systems for diesel-electric, battery-electric, and hybrid locomotives.

You will translate system requirements into subsystem solutions, lead validation activities, and collaborate across engineering disciplines to advance next-generation locomotive technologies and field implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience in controls engineering, systems integration, or propulsion system development.
• Knowledge of control systems, requirements management, verification, and validation.
• Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink and related engineering development tools.
• Understanding of power electronics, electric machines, battery systems, and auxiliary controls.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.
• Ability to support testing activities and travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, and validation of traction and auxiliary control systems for diesel-electric, battery-electric, and hybrid locomotive platforms.
• Develop subsystem requirements, control functions, and system architectures meeting performance requirements.
• Integrate control system modules with propulsion batteries, inverters, converters, motors, and related subsystems.
• Perform engineering analyses including requirements development, dynamic system analysis, failure modes analysis, and verification activities.
• Support product enhancements and new product introduction through design validation and field implementation.
• Conduct testing using simulation models, HIL systems, locomotive testing, and customer acceptance testing.
• Investigate issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve performance and reliability.
• Collaborate across disciplines to apply advanced controls methods to customer needs.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation per procedures and standards.

Skills

Strong problem solving

Communication

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Wabtec in the United States seeks an Advanced Lead Engineer to design, develop, and integrate traction and auxiliary control systems for diesel-electric, battery-electric, and hybrid locomotives.

You will translate system requirements into subsystem solutions, lead validation activities, and collaborate across engineering disciplines to advance next-generation locomotive technologies and field implementations.