Systems Engineer IV

Description

The company's train handling line includes two products that work together to improve train performance and automate freight operations.

One product builds and runs fuel-efficient operating plans that meet schedule and train-handling requirements. The other coordinates distributed locomotives across the full length of the train.

Together they are meant to improve train handling, fuel efficiency, operational safety, and the ability to run longer and heavier trains.

As a Systems Engineer you will work with engineering groups, product management, program leadership, and railroad customers to build train automation products that add operational efficiency and business value.

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

The ideal candidate approaches engineering with AI in mind and uses it at every stage to move faster, raise product quality, and improve customer results.

Responsibilities

• Lead parts of the design, development, integration, and deployment of the train handling portfolio.
• Define and manage system requirements, and run trade studies.
• Coordinate verification and validation work, and help shape product strategy and features.
• Lead the design, development, integration, testing, and improvement of train handling solutions using sound systems engineering and established product development processes.
• Gather, analyze, define, and manage customer and system requirements so they match product goals, operational needs, and business priorities.
• Work with product management, software, train control, office systems, safety, validation, and applications engineering to deliver strong solutions on time.
• Run requirements reviews, design reviews, technical assessments, and verification and validation activities across the product lifecycle.
• Find root causes of complex technical issues by analyzing system performance, then put corrective actions in place.
• Plan and carry out field testing, validation, and operational evaluations to confirm solutions meet customer expectations and performance targets.
• Write and maintain technical documentation, engineering deliverables, project status updates, and system specifications.
• Work directly with railroad customers, subject matter experts, and internal stakeholders to understand operational problems and turn them into technical solutions.
• Apply industry standards, engineering best practices, and new technologies to improve capability, reliability, and performance.
• Use AI tools to speed up analysis, improve engineering output, support decisions, and drive product innovation.
• Look for chances to apply analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to hard operational problems and system performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, or computer science from an accredited college or university.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in design, requirements development, and implementation involving engineering systems, hardware or software engineering, and/or data information systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Ability to work across functions in a global environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Preferred: Proven experience applying systems engineering principles across the full product development lifecycle.
• Preferred: Experience with software, controls, automation, transportation, embedded, or safety-critical systems.
• Preferred: Familiarity with systems architecture, requirements management, verification and validation, and systems integration.
• Preferred: Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions.
• Preferred: Experience working across several engineering disciplines while juggling competing priorities in a fast-changing setting.
• Preferred: Proven use of AI-enabled tools, advanced analytics, or data-driven methods to improve engineering results.
• Preferred: Working knowledge of railroad operations, train control systems, AAR standards, CENELEC standards, or other transportation regulations.

Conditions

Only candidates legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening will be employed.

Any offer is conditional on passing a drug screen and a fitness for duty test, where applicable.

Relocation assistance may be offered if eligibility requirements are met.

The base salary range is $79,100 to $112,800. Actual pay depends on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demand, and work location, and the range may change.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes people of all backgrounds, and accommodation is available on request.

Benefits

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