Lead Systems Engineer, MCA – Fleet Innovation & Transformation

Description

The Freight Services Division provides locomotive maintenance to the country's largest freight railroads, helping them keep locomotives at peak performance.

The Fleet Innovation & Transformation team builds solutions and technologies that make locomotive fleets more reliable, sustainable and efficient.

You will join engineers who develop software for the company's growing fleet of locomotives running MCA control systems.

The company is a global supplier of equipment, digital systems and services for freight and transit rail, with more than 150 years of experience, about 30,000 employees, and work spanning ports, logistics, mining, industrial and marine sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical requirements, verification, validation and rollout of MCA software releases so customers are satisfied.
• Start each release by defining system-level requirements and breaking them down to the subsystem level.
• Run internal validation at both subsystem and system level.
• Plan validation and tests so they match the requirements and scope of each release.
• Provide primary support for installing software on customer locomotives, both in the field and in the factory.
• Set the scope of each MCA release, including requirement updates, documentation, design review planning, and verification and validation plans.
• Oversee the full release process and confirm through validation testing that system requirements are met.
• Spot risks early and build mitigation plans to bring them to acceptable levels before release.
• Keep leaders and teams at every level informed about program and project progress.
• Aim for software that exceeds customer expectations, causes little disruption during installation, and needs minimal support from the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering or computer science, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Thorough understanding of MCA control systems, covering software development and release workflows.
• 5+ years of locomotive systems engineering, including new product development, requisitions and installed base product support.
• Skill in troubleshooting and solving product problems under high pressure.
• Can estimate how much engineering effort defined tasks will need.
• High personal integrity.
• Proven record of leading and motivating technical staff with a strong sense of urgency.
• Track record of strengthening teams, improving effectiveness and widening people's responsibilities.
• Project or program management background.
• Ability to juggle several priorities and drive projects to completion through key milestones.
• Good spoken and written communication.
• Desired: master's degree in systems engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering or computer science.
• Desired: working knowledge of INCOSE systems engineering practices and model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
• Desired: experience motivating staff and building an accepting, teamwork-focused atmosphere.

Conditions

Job titles may cover more than one career level.

The salary range is $91100-129800.

The final offer may depend on factors such as training, transferable skills, experience, education, business needs, market demand and work location.

The pay range may change over time.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will provide accommodation on request.

Benefits

• Health, welfare and retirement benefits, with details available on the company's benefits site.
• Possible annual bonus, if eligible.