Jobs at Wabtec Corporation

Leads the technical strategy, design, validation, and production implementation of high-power inverters, converters, battery-electric powertrains, and control systems for locomotive and mining applications. Responsibilities include system modeling, MATLAB/Simulink and HIL validation, requirements definition, troubleshooting, field issue resolution, technology evaluation, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring engineering teams. The role requires deep expertise in power electronics, controls, semiconductor technologies, and electrified transportation systems.

Plans, coordinates, and executes software releases for embedded rail control products. Collaborates with Quality, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Project Management to ensure SDLC compliance and release performance. Designs, implements, tests, and enhances C/C++ embedded software, participates in reviews, analyzes performance and reliability, and establishes CI/CD pipelines. Supports requirements through commercial deployment and coordinates metrics with software and validation engineers.

Process and validate Brazilian payroll, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, vacation pay, terminations, and statutory deductions. Ensure compliance with Brazilian labor, tax, social security, CLT, INSS, FGTS, and eSocial requirements. Respond to employee inquiries, coordinate with payroll vendors, prepare HR and Finance reports, support audits, maintain documentation, and identify process improvement opportunities. The role also collaborates with HR partners and centers of expertise within a global HR shared services model.

Leads new product industrialization from design release through production launch, ensuring manufacturing readiness, process validation, tooling, equipment, supplier preparation, and quality. Coordinates Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Maintenance teams while managing project timelines, budgets, and KPIs. Drives lean continuous improvement, root cause analysis, equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance, safety, cost reduction, and production efficiency. Provides leadership and coaching in a machine shop environment.

Provides system-level technical guidance for onboard Positive Train Control products throughout requirements definition, safety assessment, development, testing, validation, and commissioning. Responsibilities include defining system requirements and interfaces, maintaining documentation and version control, participating in design reviews, verifying critical-function test criteria, supporting product interworking, resolving technical issues, and performing hands-on troubleshooting in laboratory and field environments. The role is based onsite in Contagem, Brazil, with occasional travel to locomotive builders and customer locations.

Provides technical leadership for mechanical design and validation testing of electromechanical railway products. Designs and oversees fabrication of test benches, conducts validation testing, prepares engineering documentation, supports prototypes and production, and performs mechanical analyses including FEA, tolerance stack-ups, and DFMEA. Collaborates with systems, quality, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers, technicians, and customers while managing project schedules, costs, and technical issues. Travel to manufacturing sites and the United States may be required.

Supports manufacturing engineering for electronic, electromechanical, and cable assemblies. Maintains ERP, PLM, PDM, product data, bills of materials, configurations, and manufacturing documentation. Develops assembly routings and work instructions, supports NPI and production transfers, performs DFM/A and root-cause analyses, and assists production and quality teams. Contributes to engineering change management, manufacturing validation, cost reduction, continuous improvement, process optimization, and standardization.

Provides administrative, meeting, and facility logistics support at headquarters. Responsibilities include preparing meeting rooms, managing coffee and catering services, distributing mail and packages, maintaining office supplies and inventory, restocking common areas, supporting reception, and assisting with facility operations and special projects.

Designs, develops, documents, tests, and validates electrical and electromechanical door products for rail and transit applications. Produces schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, and design analyses; supports testing, manufacturing, suppliers, customers, and legacy products. Performs failure analysis, technical reviews, cost and schedule tracking, and test bench automation. Acts as a technical lead, resolves complex design issues, presents findings to customers, and mentors less experienced engineers and designers.

Lead propulsion engineering development involving materials, components, electrical systems, and rotating machines for transportation applications. Designs and executes laboratory testing, analyzes performance and reliability data, supports product development and manufacturing, and prepares technical documentation. Collaborates with engineering teams, suppliers, customers, and external partners to evaluate technologies, improve products and processes, and advance innovation.

Leads commercial growth and market penetration across Latin America for digital mining solutions. Owns regional orders, revenue, margins, cash flow, pipeline, go-to-market strategy, strategic accounts, partner ecosystem, complex negotiations, and cross-functional solution delivery. Builds executive and site-level relationships while coaching a high-performing regional sales team. Requires mining industry expertise, consultative enterprise sales experience, English and Spanish fluency, and travel of up to 50%.

Oversee locomotive modernization programs from planning through closure. Create integrated plans and schedules, manage contracts, budgets, forecasts, risks, resources, deliverables, and customer communications. Coordinate technical requirements, manufacturing, logistics, inspections, testing, acceptance, and transition to services teams. Drive revenue, cash, margin, and contractual performance while managing scope changes, negotiating change orders, and ensuring PPAP and component-demand requirements are completed on schedule.

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-year rail signaling and systems integration programs across North America. Manage technical, commercial, contractual, schedule, budget, risk, and customer performance while coordinating engineering, procurement, finance, project controls, field operations, suppliers, subcontractors, and transit agencies. Oversee integrated signaling, communications, SCADA, train control, testing, commissioning, contract changes, executive reporting, compliance, and continuous improvement within a matrix organization.

Supports global indirect procurement operations by converting purchase requisitions into purchase orders, completing compliance checks and approvals, onboarding suppliers, maintaining vendor data, monitoring SLA performance, and driving process improvements. The role coordinates with global stakeholders, finance, business units, sourcing leaders, and suppliers while working across multiple procurement systems and ERPs in a high-volume transactional environment.

Serves as the primary technical interface for rail component customers and internal teams. Translates customer requirements into engineering specifications, supports safety cases and issue resolution, maintains technical documentation and interface definitions, manages BOMs and spare parts, conducts feasibility and fleet assessments, supports onsite service activities, and contributes to technical reviews, tenders, upgrades, and obsolescence management.

Designs test cases, plans, scripts, and reports for train performance and energy management software. Collaborates with systems, software, and product engineering teams to define validation scope, configure laboratory test benches, execute hardware- and software-in-the-loop testing, diagnose issues, and document objective evidence. The role also logs and retests defects, evaluates communication protocols, uses protocol analysis tools, and supports automated testing and technical documentation.

Leads strategic sourcing execution across machining, fabrication, casting, engineering systems, and forging commodities. Drives supplier consolidation, localization, cost deflation, risk mitigation, capacity development, supplier audits, long-term agreements, and make-buy decisions. Manages supplier performance, VMI, lead-time and MOQ reduction, alternate sourcing, and capability transformation. Collaborates with Central Purchasing, Quality, Operations, Engineering, and Finance while using ERP systems and data analytics to optimize supply chain performance.

Provides technical support for sales proposals involving industrial furnace and heating applications. Develops customer solutions, prepares quotes and proposals, responds to RFPs, performs calculations, resolves technical issues, and coordinates with sales and design engineering. Uses Bloom software and CAD tools while maintaining project documentation. Travels to customer sites to support field service, startups, system integration, and training.

Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical faults in rail systems, support customer meetings on technical and RAMS issues, audit safety procedures, manage site spares, maintain failure and traceability databases, plan retrofit work, prepare site reports, and implement corrective actions.

Supervise electrical teams installing and maintaining railway signaling equipment across construction sites. Ensure work complies with designs, client standards, regulations, safety and environmental requirements. Support construction planning, schedule, cost and quality monitoring; coordinate with engineers and project staff; develop team competence; conduct toolbox talks; and oversee installation of signals, train stops, point machines, track circuits, level crossings and other wayside systems.