Senior Rail Software Project Lead

Wabtec Corporation; Florida; On-site; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Annual bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation seeks a Lead Project Engineer to drive technical execution for customer-facing Train Handling software projects. You will lead cross-functional teams, plan and manage scope, risks, and schedules, and ensure on-time delivery within budget.

The role emphasizes strong engineering judgment, project leadership, and collaboration across Engineering, Program Management, Product Management, Quality, and Customer teams to deliver high-quality software solutions and customer value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience leading complex engineering or software projects.
• Strong understanding of software lifecycles (Agile and Waterfall) and systems engineering.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence technical decisions.
• PMP, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of Train Handling software projects from concept to deployment.
• Serve as engineering lead responsible for execution, schedule, quality, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with PMs, SMs, SW/Systems Engineers, Test Engineers to set objectives and strategies.
• Translate requirements into detailed project plans and actionable tasks.
• Lead cross-functional teams to meet milestones and commitments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to team members.
• Facilitate technical decision-making and resolve execution challenges.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, release plans, schedules, and forecasts.
• Identify risks, monitor performance, and drive corrective actions.
• Coordinate software development, verification, validation, release, and deployment.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Waterfall

Project planning

Stakeholder communication

AI tooling

Systems engineering

Technical decision-making

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

ELM

Jira

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

AI tools

Job description

Wabtec Corporation seeks a Lead Project Engineer to drive technical execution for customer-facing Train Handling software projects. You will lead cross-functional teams, plan and manage scope, risks, and schedules, and ensure on-time delivery within budget.

The role emphasizes strong engineering judgment, project leadership, and collaboration across Engineering, Program Management, Product Management, Quality, and Customer teams to deliver high-quality software solutions and customer value.