Systems Engineer
Irving, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
1 month ago
About the role
Since 1890, New York Air Brake has been an innovative leader in the heavy-haul railroad industry. As a member company of Knorr-Bremse Group–the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles-New York Air Brake is recognized worldwide as a Center of Competence for heavy-haul freight railroad control systems serving customers around the globe. Our talented, diverse, and dedicated teams develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing our customers.
New York Air Brake is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Position Summary:
The engineer who fills this position will be responsible for collaborating as part of a team on the design, development, analysis and testing of new software-based systems within the LEADER product family.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Skills And Competencies
Work Environment
The employees’ responsibilities will involve working at a computer terminal the majority of the time; however, there will be field work at the Rail Roads at times up to 10% annually.
Physical Demands
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of an office work environment position. In addition, there will be field work, and when there is, the person must be able to climb onto and off a locomotive. Must be able to carry a backpack with equipment and tools up to 25 lbs.
Required Education And Experience
Preferred Education And Experience
Please note: At this time, we are not able to offer immigration sponsorship for new hires. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.
EOE-Disability/Veterans
New York Air Brake is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Position Summary:
The engineer who fills this position will be responsible for collaborating as part of a team on the design, development, analysis and testing of new software-based systems within the LEADER product family.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Provide maintenance support for existing products.
- Develop requirements for the design of energy management/train control systems.
- Develop interface control documents.
- Prepare technical proposals, including clause-by-clause comments to customer specifications.
- Prepare systems documentation, including requirement specifications, schematics, etc.
- Perform system integration.
- Prepare system-level Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
- Assist with the development of verification and validation test procedures.
- Assist with the preparation and delivery of technical presentations to customers in support of sales.
- Troubleshoot complex system problems and identify root causes / corrective actions.
- Perform and participate in design reviews.
- Prepare detailed design documentation.
- Adhere to all NYAB development processes.
- Interface with other departments, as necessary.
- Must understand and support all Quality, Product Safety, and Health/Safety/Environmental/Energy policies.
- Must understand and adhere to all relevant statutory or regulatory compliance obligations.
- Must understand, support, and adhere to the Integrated Management System policies, procedures, and instructions.
- Must understand and support relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), as defined in the goal tree.
Skills And Competencies
- Data Analysis experience using Excel, MATLAB, Python, C, C++, etc.
- Basic understanding of Mechanical, Pneumatic, and Electrical Systems.
- Experience with software-based control systems.
- Critical thinking skills.
- Use of the Standard Microsoft Office Suite for communication and documentation
Work Environment
The employees’ responsibilities will involve working at a computer terminal the majority of the time; however, there will be field work at the Rail Roads at times up to 10% annually.
Physical Demands
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of an office work environment position. In addition, there will be field work, and when there is, the person must be able to climb onto and off a locomotive. Must be able to carry a backpack with equipment and tools up to 25 lbs.
Required Education And Experience
- Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field required.
Preferred Education And Experience
- Master of Science in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field required.
- 6+ years of directly relevant experience
- Familiarity with the Software Development Lifecycle.
- Familiarity/Experience with Control Topologies
- Proficient use of Unix/Linux-like environments.
- Experience with C/C++ development.
- Experience in Rail or transportation systems software development strongly preferred
- Development for safety-rated systems (SIL)
- Scrum development methodologies.
- Development using System Modelling Tools (SysML, UML)
Please note: At this time, we are not able to offer immigration sponsorship for new hires. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.
EOE-Disability/Veterans
Skills
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