Senior Rail Solutions Architect & Systems Leader

Wabtec Corp.; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Senior Solutions Systems Engineer to lead enterprise‑level architectures across Digital Intelligence portfolios. You will establish solution architectures, standards, integration strategies, and roadmaps supporting multiple programs and customers, guiding technology direction and governance across engineering and product teams.

You will influence strategic decisions, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with cross‑functional groups to deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field required.
• 12+ years of progressive systems engineering and architecture experience.
• Proven leadership of architecture and systems engineering for large multi‑product solutions.
• Deep knowledge of systems engineering, requirements management, and lifecycle management.
• Experience establishing standards, methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Strong understanding of software, hardware, cloud, communications, OT integration.
• Advanced experience with requirements management/traceability tools (IBM DOORS, DOORS Next Gen).
• Ability to influence strategic technical decisions across organizations without direct authority.
• Railroad/transportation or mission-critical systems experience preferred.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading distributed teams.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and technical presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern enterprise-level solution architectures for multiple customer programs.
• Lead roadmaps and multi-generational technology plans for platforms.
• Establish requirements, interface strategies, architecture standards, and governance processes.
• Serve as principal systems engineering advisor for complex opportunities and proposals.
• Lead evaluation of customer requirements, RFIs, and RFPs; guide solution strategies.
• Drive cross-functional alignment among systems, software, hardware, integration, product, and commercial teams.
• Develop and promote systems engineering methodologies, standards, and best practices.
• Lead risk identification, assessment, and mitigation across architecture and integration.
• Translate customer/market needs into technical direction for future products.
• Provide leadership during integration, validation, deployment, and performance improvement.
• Mentor senior engineers and foster systems engineering capability across the organization.
• Represent systems engineering in executive reviews, planning, and customer engagements.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Technical presentation

Systems thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Software/hardware/integration

Requirements management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or comput. science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

IBM DOORS / DOORS Next Gen

Job description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Senior Solutions Systems Engineer to lead enterprise‑level architectures across Digital Intelligence portfolios. You will establish solution architectures, standards, integration strategies, and roadmaps supporting multiple programs and customers, guiding technology direction and governance across engineering and product teams.

You will influence strategic decisions, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with cross‑functional groups to deliver scalable,