Senior Systems Engineer, Rail Automation & Trip Optimizer

Wabtec; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec seeks a Senior System Engineer to lead the design, development and deployment of the Trip Optimizer Energy Management product. You will collaborate with Product Management and railroad customers to deliver advanced automation for rail operations.

You will lead cross‑functional teams across global functions, translate customer needs into specs, and ensure cradle‑to‑grave project success while maintaining adherence to standards and program requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong oral and written communication 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 Trip Optimizer™ product using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Translate customer needs / requirements, resolve specification issues, handle technical correspondence, provide periodic updates, ensure customer satisfaction, and negotiate / coordinate with cross‑functional teams as appropriate.
• Be a Technical Leader for the projects across global cross‑functional teams (Product / Program Management, SW COE, Electrical Integration, Train Control, Office Systems, Safety, Validation and Applications Engineering) assuring “cradle to grave” success.
• Participate in the development of proposals for projects.
• Work with Wabtec’s scientific community and railroad subject matter experts to develop freight automation solutions, evaluate them in field trials and produce 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.
• Desired experience with prior system design experience with on‑board distributed systems architecture
• Knowledge of AAR and CENELEC standards for the rail industry.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Oral and written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science

Job description

Wabtec seeks a Senior System Engineer to lead the design, development and deployment of the Trip Optimizer Energy Management product. You will collaborate with Product Management and railroad customers to deliver advanced automation for rail operations.

You will lead cross‑functional teams across global functions, translate customer needs into specs, and ensure cradle‑to‑grave project success while maintaining adherence to standards and program requirements.