LEAD – Engineering | Wabtec Corporation Job | Bangalore, KA

August 27, 2024

Job description:

Wabtec Corporation is conducting a LEAD program for Engineers in Bangalore

Wabtec’s Leadership Expertise & Accelerated Development (LEAD) is a prestigious program for young professionals who have a passion for technology, a drive for excellence, and share in Wabtec’s core values. The program is designed to accelerate participants’ professional development through intense technical training and a variety of business-critical assignments. LEAD graduates have proven to be the vanguards of technical and business excellence and have track record of proactively and continually making innovative contributions to Wabtec’s future.

Essential responsibilities:

Packaging & product configuration, design, performance evaluation, analysis, and validation of subsystems such as mechanical structures, IC engines, cooling & ventilation equipment (e.g., radiators, coolers, pumps etc.), electro-mechanical systems (e.g., blowers, motors, compressors, etc.).
Carry out stress analysis, vehicle dynamics, thermo-mechanical design, engine performance optimization for power / emissions / fuel consumption, engine design for multi-fuel systems (bio / diesel / gas), mechatronics design, design of hybrid power plant with combined diesel & battery or battery-only, design of sensors and associated data analysis & root cause analysis.
Apply fundamental principle of design for manufacturing (DFM), design for reliability (DFR), design for six sigma (DFSS) in the locomotive system design. Use design tools such as Ansys / ADAMS / GT Power / FEMFAT / LMS Suite / Fluent / and many other in-house developed tools and technologies
Use the in-house test labs (e.g., fatigue, combustion, vibrations, material characterization, etc.) for design validation owning an end-to-end design and validation responsibility, own the sub-system or system build being in the factory to meet cost / quality / timelines for the program, support locomotive system engineering and program management, develop instrumentation for performing extensive in-factory and in-field product validation, participate in field travel to the global rail-road customer locations for product validation and customer engagement for product acceptance.

Qualifications/requirements:

Candidates shall have bachelor’s or master’s degree with a proven track record in academic Streams – Mechanical / Aerospace with background / specialization in Structures, Thermal / Fluid Systems, IC Engines, Tribology, Mechanical Propulsion, or Testing / Validation
Minimum cumulative 8 CGPA.
Graduating by May/June 2025.

Eligibility requirements:

Legal authorization to work in the India is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired characteristics:

Strong analytical skills.
A strong commitment to a career in technology with a passion and aptitude for both core Mechanical Engineering and allied streams.
Prior intern, co-op, or research experience in Mechanical Design/ Structures/ Fluid/ Thermal Engineering or relevant area.
Solves technical challenges through regular application of domain for problem solving and applies strong analytical mindset to solve these complex problems with an innovative and out-of-the-box thinking.
Strong customer focus, ability to understand the value proposition for the customer, and commitment to deliver the best value proposition.
Able to engage positively across multiple departments to establish clarity, vision, and mutual trust to achieve business goals.
Demonstrated program / project management skills working with multidisciplinary teams.
Leadership experience inside and/or outside the classroom.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate technical problems in clear and simple terms.
Contributes to creative solutions and challenges the status quo.
Proactively learns new tools and identifies opportunities for improvement and promotes their adoption.