Fleet Innovation and Transformation Engineering Technical Leader – Systems

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

Our Freight Services Division provides locomotive maintenance services to our customers, the country’s largest freight railroads, helping them keep their locomotives running at optimal levels.  The mission of the Fleet Innovation & Transformation team is to accelerate fleet transformation by consistently providing compelling solutions and innovative technologies that improve reliability, sustainability, and performance.

How will you make a difference?

The Engineering Technical Leader - Systems leads locomotive modernization and NPI projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact to the business as a recognized expert in a specialized field. In this role you will be responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications, manage complex issues within functional area(s) of expertise, and contribute to the overall business strategy.  The Engineering Technical Leader's focus is to interpret and communicate system level customer product requirements to supporting subsystems and validate that they are met through the design review process and validation testing.  In this role you will lead projects from conception to customer delivery by being the primary technical interface between the product teams, engineering design, and manufacturing implementation.

What do we want to know about you?

You must have:

· Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science

· At least 8 years of system design experience

We would love it if you had:

· Master’s degree in Engineering

· Six Sigma training

· Strong electrical/mechanical design and analytical background

· Familiarity with manufacturing processes

· Ability to drive projects to completion

· Strong oral and written communication skills

· Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

· Ability to influence all organizations within the business

· Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization, and external customers

· North America and International legacy locomotive expertise

What will your typical day look like?

• Provide technical leadership for a team of engineers for all product design aspects of the assigned NPI and/or locomotive modernization projects

• Deliver strong and concise requirements and product definition to the supporting engineering teams

• Provide analytical evaluation of overall system design with focus on design rigor and practical improvements

• Knowledge of engineering processes and tools used to create system level documentation (eDOT, QSW, eDR/Tollgate, DOORS, PLM, Reliance)

• Organizing, performing, and summarizing results from system level validation plans on products

• Legacy locomotive design and control system optimization required for modernization opportunities

• Support and coordinate with interfacing organizations such as commercial, proposals, manufacturing, sourcing, services, reliability, global engineering, and systems engineering

• Support service programs, fulfillment, and New Product Introduction (NPI)

• Communicate progress to all levels of the organization

• Mentor