Diesel Engine Platform Engineer

The Engine Platform Engineer will be responsible for leading & delivering requisitions for Engine technology & power solutions as a platform leader engineer in region. The Engine Platform – Engineer will support requisitions, manufacturing & validation support, reliability issue resolutions, cost out/margin enhancement, and NPI activities related to these products.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the single point of contact in region from engine group for all requisitions & along with the ownership of engine platform.

• Anticipate, develop, and apply new technologies to current and future locomotive products to promote competitive differentiation in reliability, cost & performance.

• Ensure viability and defend recommendations in program and design reviews.

• Understand customer impact and major ‘pain points’ to focus reliability improvement efforts on the highest priority issues.

• Provide engineering and technical guidance to cross functional teams working on the projects in support of manufacturing, overhaul, reliability, cost out, and new product introduction etc.

• Interface closely with internal and external stakeholders, manage relationship and do proper communication and interpretation of requirements.

• Participate in field test and validation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

• 5 years experience in reciprocating engine system application and/or component design

• Manage multiple programs/requests simultaneously

• Ability to formulate strategies with Senior Engineering leaders, Principal Engineers & Sub-system managers and help meeting business milestones

• Preferable experience in New Product Introduction (NPI), Supplier & customer interactions, field failure analysis and reliability improvements.

• Effective communication & presentation skills

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong business analysis, problem solving, and strategy development skills

• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization and with other Wabtec businesses