Lead Engineer - Electric Drives Software

About the role

Wabtec is hiring a Lead Engineer for electric drives software in Erie, part of 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 C and C++ embedded software for power electronics drive controllers, including traction motor controllers and auxiliary logic controllers, and leads technical and organizational work on business-critical programs.

Key responsibilities

• Define application requirements, system architecture, specifications and verification/validation strategies for power-electronics drive control systems.
• Develop application-layer embedded software in C for Xilinx Zynq FPGAs, Motorola PowerPC and legacy processors.
• Design, refine and maintain control algorithms for AC-DC, DC-DC and DC-AC converters such as traction inverters, active front-end converters and dual active bridge converters.
• Own next-generation control architectures based on Zynq FPGA and embedded processor platforms.
• Support system-level integration of controllers into locomotive and off-highway mining truck platforms.
• Investigate software reliability issues, perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to new electric drives control technologies and ensure accurate technical documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics or a related field; Master's in Electrical Engineering or equivalent is a plus.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience developing control software for electric drives and power electronics (inverters, AFE rectifiers, DC-DC converters).
• Experience with software development, validation and system-level testing for transportation or industrial drive systems; locomotive or traction systems exposure preferred.
• Willingness to work hands-on in lab and field environments with high-power electrical systems.

Required skills

• C/C++ embedded software development, with MATLAB, Simulink and Perforce.
• Modern embedded processor platforms and model-based design.
• Power electronics converter topologies and control algorithms, electric motor fundamentals and torque/speed control.
• Digital control systems, DSP concepts and digital I/O, including filtering and stability analysis.

What we offer

• Salary range of $71,500-$98,100, subject to change.
• Possible annual bonus if eligible.
• Health, welfare and retirement benefits.