Lead Engineer - Electric Drives Hardware

About the role

Wabtec is hiring a Lead Engineer for electric drives hardware in Erie, within a global engineering team focused on drives, control and power electronics for locomotives and off-highway vehicles. The team spans the United States, Bengaluru and Brazil and works with systems, hardware, software, validation and manufacturing stakeholders. The Lead Engineer designs, develops and validates inverter control electronics for traction and auxiliary systems, owning the control panel hardware from requirements through validation.

Key responsibilities

• Own the design and requirements for inverter control panel electronics, including I/O, sensing, power supplies, isolation, communication and protection.
• Define hardware requirements for components such as MCUs/FPGAs, gate drivers, ADC/DACs, sensors and connectors, and support board-level and system-level bring-up.
• Use embedded software knowledge (C/C++) to support hardware bring-up, integration and debugging.
• Develop diagnostic tools and test scripts for lab testing, automation and validation.
• Plan and run hardware verification and qualification tests, including bench testing, characterization and EMC/EMI and environmental compliance.
• Support system integration and troubleshooting of control hardware on locomotives and off-highway mining equipment.
• Lead failure analysis and root-cause investigations, and perform reliability and safety analyses such as FMEA, derating and thermal checks.
• Drive design-for-manufacture and design-for-test with suppliers and manufacturing teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and coordinate across hardware, firmware, software, systems and test teams.
• Provide technical leadership on projects, covering planning, risk management and design reviews.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, electronics or a related engineering field.
• 4+ years of experience with control hardware or power electronics (inverters, converters, motor drives).
• Master's degree or experience with industrial/transportation electronics is a plus.
• Ability to read schematics and work with analog and digital I/O.
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, debugging and lab testing.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing and troubleshooting.

Required skills

• Embedded software fundamentals (C/C++) and HW/SW interaction.
• Analog and digital I/O and schematic reading.
• Hardware bring-up, debugging and lab testing.

The salary range is $71,500-$98,100, subject to change. Benefits include health, welfare and retirement coverage, and an annual bonus may apply if eligible.