Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Quest Global

Erie (Erie County)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

34 hours ago

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Job summary

Quest Global is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer in Erie, PA to own the technical responsibility of the Locomotive Truck subsystem. You will lead the design, drive trade-off analyses, and coordinate interfaces with other subsystems to meet customer and regulatory specs.

You will guide CAD teams, ensure robust engineering processes, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver reliable locomotive solutions for Fortune 500 customers.

Qualifications

Bachelor's/Master’s degree in mechanical engineering with minimum 9 years of design experience in Locomotive truck/ automotive suspension & steering/ automotive chassis / heavy fabrication engineering.
Experience with heavy fabrication components; welded & bolted joints; strain gauging; and related techniques.
Technical understanding and ability to lead component design/selection (spring, damper, bushings, elastomeric pads).
Interpersonal skills to interface with cross-functional teams and resolve sub-system issues.
Experience guiding CAD teams to develop 3-D models and packaging concepts & drawings.
Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead the Design and development of Truck subsystem and its components for locomotives following robust Engineering Process.
Capture and consolidate requirements; develop concepts with trade-offs; identify risks and mitigation plans; coordinate interfaces with other subsystems.
Lead design of locomotive Truck components across projects including NPI, requisition, productivity, and reliability.
Guide cross-functional teams and ensure compliance with customer processes and program requirements.
Document technical data and leverage for training and effort optimization.

Skills

Mechanical design

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

MSC ADAMS

ANSYS

VI-Rail

Job description

Job Requirements

Quest Global delivers world-class end-to-end engineering solutions by leveraging our deep industry knowledge and digital expertise. By bringing together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals and their areas of expertise, we are able to solve problems better, faster. This multi-dimensional approach enables us to solve the most critical and large-scale challenges across the aerospace & defense, automotive, energy, hi-tech, healthcare, medical devices, rail and semiconductor industries.

Job Requirements

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers. As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Senior Mechanical Engineer will play the key role of owning the technical responsibility of Locomotive Truck (Bogie) sub system development and ensure design complies with subsystem / System level requirements.

What You Will Do

Lead the Design and development of Truck subsystem and its components for locomotives following robust Engineering Process.

Capture and consolidate all requirements, develop & finalize concepts with Trade-off analysis, identify technical risks and develop mitigation plans, coordinate the Truck component interface with other subsystems and ensure compliance with customer and regulatory specifications.

Must lead design of locomotive Truck components covering various types of projects like NPI, requisition, productivity, service productivity & reliability etc.

Must lead projects by adhering to customer processes and guide cross functional teams to support assigned projects; meeting business standards and program / product requirements.

Assure proper documentation of technical data generated and leverage it for training/ leaning and effort optimization.

What You Will Bring

Bachelors /master’s degree in mechanical engineering with minimum 9 years of design experience in Locomotive truck/ automotive suspension & steering/ automotive chassis / heavy fabrication engineering area.

Should have engineering experience on heavy fabrication components engineering, welded & bolted joints, strain gauging, and etc.

Technical understanding and capabilities in component design and ability to lead component design / selection like spring, damper, rubber bushings, elastomeric pads etc.

Demonstrated interpersonal Skills to interface effectively with cross functional teams. Should be able to resolve inter sub-system issues through specific actions.

Experience of guiding CAD team to develop 3-D models and packaging concepts & drawing needs.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Characteristics

Master degree in Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace etc

Good understanding of rail standards such as AAR, EN, RGS, UIC, and APTA standards etc.

Good understanding of manufacturing processes including fabrication, casting, forging and mechanical assembly procedures and component validation

Experience performing dynamic simulations (from model build, model simulation to results interpretation) on Car/ Truck/ Bus/ Locomotive using MSC ADAMS or VI-Rail Software to evaluate road/track/rail performance parameters.