Senior Systems Engineer

Wabtec•West Melbourne, FL

8d•$104,800 - $149,300

About The Position

Wabtec’s Trip Optimizer™ System is an intelligent, fuel-saving cruise control for locomotives that optimizes fuel consumption based on a specific train’s make up and route traveled. As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will work closely with Product Management and railroad customers to develop world class solutions that bring advanced automation to the rail industry. As the Senior System Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development and deployment of Wabtec’s Trip Optimizer™ Energy Management product. You will be expected to 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science from an accredited college or university.
Minimum of 7 years hands-on design, requirements development and implementation experience involving; Engineering Systems, Hardware / Software Engineering, and/or Data Information Systems.
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.

Nice To Haves

Desired experience with prior system design experience with on-board distributed systems architecture
Knowledge of AAR and CENELEC standards for the rail industry.

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.