Fleet Innovation and Transformation - Senior Mechanical Engineer
Wabtec

Job Info

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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.

Role Summary:

The Senior Mechanical Engineer provides expert technical support to locomotive modernization, NPI kits, Software, and Controls Obsolescence projects with broad scope and high impact to the business. In this role you will be responsible for complex assignments with long-term business implications, manage complex issues. The Senior Mechanical Engineer's focus is to ensure structural design, packaging, top level arrangements are developed to the latest standards and design practices and meeting requirements. In this role you will support projects from conception to customer delivery by being the primary contact person for engaged design teams, working to identify and drive solutions for complex design tasks and validate that they are meeting customer and internal requirements through the design review process.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ability to excel in a lean mission-based team environment though optimized designs, validation scope, and customer focused results

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

• Engage necessary engineering resources for successful execution

• Analyze and identify design risks and develop/implement mitigation plan

• Provide analysis of overall design with focus on design rigor and practical improvements

• Knowledge of engineering processes and tools used to create design documentation (QSW, DOORS, EDOT, PLM, Reliance, etc)

• Developing and performing validation plans

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

• Support customer delivery and commissioning, on-site or remotely

• Communicate progress to all levels of the organization

• Mentor and develop less experienced personnel

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science

• At least 15 years of mechanical, structural, preferably in railways industry

Desired Characteristics:

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

• Six Sigma training

• Strong mechanical/electrical design and analytical background

• Familiarity with manufacturing processes

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

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

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world's toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles...people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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