Advanced Lead Engineer - Embedded Software

Role Summary

Wabtecs Leadership Expertise Accelerated Development (LEAD) is a prestigious program for young professionals who have a passion for technology, a drive for excellence, and share in Wabtecs core values. The program is designed to accelerate participants' professional development through intense technical training and a variety of business-critical assignments. LEAD graduates have proven to be the vanguards of technical and business excellence and have track record of proactively and continually making innovative contributions to Wabtecs future.

Responsibilities

• Packaging product configuration, design, performance evaluation, analysis, and validation of subsystems such as mechanical structures, IC engines, cooling ventilation equipment (e.g., radiators, coolers, pumps etc.), electro-mechanical systems (e.g., blowers, motors, compressors, etc.).
• Carry out stress analysis, vehicle dynamics, thermo-mechanical design, engine performance optimization for power / emissions / fuel consumption, engine design for multi-fuel systems (bio / diesel / gas), mechatronics design, design of hybrid power plant with combined diesel battery or battery-only, design of sensors and associated data analysis root cause analysis.
• Apply fundamental principle of design for manufacturing (DFM), design for reliability (DFR), design for six sigma (DFSS) in the locomotive system design. Use design tools such as Ansys / ADAMS / GT Power / FEMFAT / LMS Suite / Fluent / and many other in-house developed tools and technologies
• Use the in-house test labs (e.g., fatigue, combustion, vibrations, material characterization, etc.) for design validation owning an end-to-end design and validation responsibility, own the sub-system or system build being in the factory to meet cost / quality / timelines for the program, support locomotive system engineering and program management, develop instrumentation for performing extensive in-factory and in-field product validation, participate in field travel to the global rail-road customer locations for product validation and customer engagement for product acceptance.

Qualifications/Requirements Basic Qualifications

• Candidates shall have bachelors or masters degree with a proven track record in academic Streams - Mechanical / Aerospace with background / specialization in Structures, Thermal / Fluid Systems, IC Engines, Tribology, Mechanical Propulsion, or Testing / Validation

• Minimum cumulative 8 CGPA.

• Graduating by May/June 2027.

• Eligibility Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the India is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong analytical skills.
• A strong commitment to a career in technology with a passion and aptitude for both core Mechanical Engineering and allied streams.
• Prior intern, co-op, or research experience in Mechanical Design/ Structures/ Fluid/ Thermal Engineering or relevant area.
• Solves technical challenges through regular application of domain for problem solving and applies strong analytical mindset to solve these complex problems with an innovative and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Strong customer focus, ability to understand the value proposition for the customer, and commitment to deliver the best value proposition.
• Able to engage positively across multiple departments to establish clarity, vision, and mutual trust to achieve business goals.
• Demonstrated program / project management skills working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Leadership experience inside and/or outside the classroom.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate technical problems in clear and simple terms.
• Contributes to creative solutions and challenges the status quo.
• Proactively learns new tools and identifies opportunities for improvement and promotes their adoption.

Location: Bengaluru, India