Senior Rail Systems Engineer - AI-Driven Automation

Wabtec Corporation; Melbourne (FL); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership for the architecture, strategy, development, and deployment of the Train Handling portfolio. You will drive complex design decisions, guide roadmaps, and ensure solutions meet customer, safety, and regulatory requirements.

You will foster an AI-native engineering culture, identify opportunities for intelligent automation and advanced analytics, and mentor engineers while shaping the strategic use of AI to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 10 years’ hands-on design, requirements development and implementation experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for architecture, strategy, and evolution of Train Handling solutions.
• Lead development of complex system architectures, requirements, and design solutions balancing performance, safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Serve as the technical authority for major programs across the product lifecycle.
• Partner with Product Management, Software Engineering, Train Control, Safety, Validation, and Applications Engineering teams to define technical direction.
• Lead technical reviews, design reviews, trade studies, and system verification and validation activities.
• Drive resolution of complex system and product issues using data-driven analysis and cross-functional problem solving.
• Collaborate with railroad executives, customers, stakeholders to understand challenges and influence strategy.
• Guide field testing, demonstrations, and customer deployments to validate performance.
• Identify and champion emerging technologies, AI-enabled automation, and next-generation capabilities.
• Establish engineering standards and mentor systems engineers across the organization.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science

Job description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership for the architecture, strategy, development, and deployment of the Train Handling portfolio. You will drive complex design decisions, guide roadmaps, and ensure solutions meet customer, safety, and regulatory requirements.

You will foster an AI-native engineering culture, identify opportunities for intelligent automation and advanced analytics, and mentor engineers while shaping the strategic use of AI to