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Wabtec Corporation Senior Systems Engineer in Kent Town, Australia
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com .
It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
What are we offering you?
Permanent full-time position with competitive remuneration
Rewards & Recognition Program
Discounted health insurance with Medibank
Lifestyle discounts with Woolworths, Coles, Avis, Quest, Accor Hotels etc
Access to our Employee Assistance Program
Who will you be working with? This role reports to the Engineering Leader
Where is the position located? This is a full-time role based anywhere in Australia
The position specifically focused on the ongoing engineering, support and project delivery of the Wabtec portfolio of products.
With broad recognition as a leader in condition monitoring systems and associated technologies, Wabtec systems are installed on freight, heavy haul and passenger rail networks across 20+ countries and 6 continents. Our IoT systems use leading edge sensor technologies to acquire data from passing trains. Valuable insights on asset health are then extracted from the data using a combination of edge computing, signal processing, and artificial intelligence (AI) methods.
What will your typical day look like?
Conceptualize, develop, test and implement new features in the data acquisition, processing and reporting software.
Define, develop and document system level test plans and procedures.
Contribute to the creation and upkeep of product documentation – design, engineering calculations, analysis and generating useful insights.
Lead technical discussions with potential and existing customers to extract user requirements and drive new product initiatives and product enhancements.
Provide detailed engineering design reviews for software disciplines.
Prepare carefully considered customer facing responses to technical queries arising through projects and ongoing support agreements.
Handle customer technical requests requiring in-depth data analysis, data science techniques, (L3 support escalations).
Provide advanced troubleshooting and fault resolution on our deployed systems requiring a detailed understanding of our data acquisition and processing pipelines.
Work to improve automated system diagnostics and implement improved diagnostic reporting from our products.
Ensure compliance of our products to relevant local and international standards.
Help define, implement, and drive our product roadmaps, and critically review the integration of new technologies into our product portfolio.
Work with the service and support team to provide our customers with timely support and responses to their queries.
Work with the Business Development team to support activities related to tendering, including technical assessment of tenders, preparation of tender responses and supporting presentations, as required.
Help instill a culture throughout the Track IQ business in line with the Wabtec values of Safety, Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, performance optimization, Teamwork and Leadership
Help establish, improve and maintain quality control processes, systems and documentation.
Support the Services /Support Manager and Customer Managers to resolve customer issues / queries in a timely and professional manner.
Support Business Development Managers with technical inputs to tender responses and proposals
Support Product Managers with technical inputs to product road maps and new product initiatives
What do we want to know about you?
PhD/Masters/ Bachelors in Computer Science /ECE/IT.., engineering or equivalent proven industry experience in Data Acquisition and signal processing
12+ years of relevant industry experience and domain expertise
Detailed, in-depth understanding of SDLC
Strong data analytics and signal processing expertise
Advanced skills in the MATLAB programming platform
Expertise and in-depth understanding in sensor/technology selection, Data acquisition systems, advanced signal processing, statistical data analysis software and methods
Working knowledge - Conceptualize, develop, test and implement new features in the data acquisition, processing and reporting software.
IOT concepts and E2E solutions
Experience in HLDs, LLDs level design, including the design of data acquisition systems and the selection and integration of appropriate sensors.
Proficiency in coding /programming skills to conduct data analysis.
Good hands-on and working experience (development of algorithms..,) through AI -ML/DL techniques.
Broad multi-discipline engineering knowledge and expertise
Experience working with electromechanical and software systems.
Experience working in the rail industry - asset condition monitoring, preventive and predictive maintenance knowledge
Experience in customer facing roles.
Clear, effective communication and English language skills, both written and oral
Good personal management, organisational and interpersonal skills
Negotiation and stakeholder management skills
Competency in the installation, setup, maintenance and troubleshooting of software, electronic and mechanical systems.
Competency in the use of Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of products
Ability to create formal documentation: e.g. information request responses, quotations, work instructions, product documentation
The ability to work under pressures of weekly, monthly and project deadlines.
Customer focus – a work ethic where the customer is put first and responses to customer queries, issues and support needs are focused on
Organisation – dedication to planning, implementing, following and enforcing quality processes
Relationship building – ability to develop and maintain internal and external relationships
An enthusiastic attitude to hard work, learning new skills, and going above and beyond to achieve customer satisfaction
Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, fault resolution
Awareness and knowledge of latest updates on related technology advances, industry regulations
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.