Lead Systems Engineer, MCA – Fleet Innovation & Transformation

Description

The company is a global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and services for freight and transit rail, with more than 150 years of experience and about 30,000 employees.

Its Freight Services Division maintains locomotives for the country's largest freight railroads so they keep running at peak condition.

The Fleet Innovation & Transformation team builds new solutions and technologies aimed at better reliability, sustainability and performance across the fleet.

You will join engineers who develop software for a growing fleet of locomotives running on MCA-based control systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the requirements definition, verification, validation and implementation work for MCA software releases.
• Start each release by defining system-level requirements and flowing them down to the sub-system level.
• Run internal validation at the sub-system and system levels.
• Provide main support for installing software on customer locomotives, both in the factory and in the field.
• Make sure validation plans and tests match the defined requirements and the release scope.
• Make sure the software exceeds customer expectations, installs with minimal disruption to the customer, and needs little help from the company.
• Set the scope of each MCA software revision or release, including requirements, documentation updates, design review plans, and verification and validation plans.
• Oversee the full MCA release process, confirming through validation testing that system-level requirements are met.
• Spot risks early and put mitigation steps in place to bring them to acceptable levels before release.
• Share program and project progress with every level of the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Detailed knowledge of MCA control systems, including software development and release processes.
• At least 5 years of locomotive systems engineering experience, including new product development, requisition work and installed base product support.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve product problems under high pressure.
• Ability to estimate engineering effort for defined tasks.
• High level of integrity.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate technical people with a strong sense of urgency.
• Demonstrated record of strengthening teams, raising effectiveness and widening responsibilities.
• Project or program management experience.
• Ability to juggle several priorities and drive projects to completion by setting and hitting key milestones.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Desired: Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• Desired: Working knowledge of INCOSE systems engineering best practices and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Desired: Demonstrated experience motivating employees and building an atmosphere of acceptance and teamwork.

Conditions

Salary range is $91100-129800, subject to change.

The actual offer may depend on training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demand and work location.

Job titles may cover more than one career level.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds, including race, gender, age, disability and veteran status.

Accommodation is available on request.

Benefits

• Health, welfare and retirement benefits, with details available on the company's benefits site.
• Annual bonus may be offered if eligible.