
Advanced Lead Engineer - Vehicle Control
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Role Summary/Purpose
- The job has the responsibility for leading designing Locomotive Vehicle Control that meet the customer requirements, cost & reliability expectations. It includes defining system level requirements, preparing test plans & performing system validation, lead and participate in Design reviews and make technical decisions.
- Lead and drive culture of quality and technological refinement to existing designs.
- Design and develop Train Control and Vehicle Control for Locomotives.
- Lead / Participate in product conceptual designs and concept trade off analysis.
- Define sub-system design requirements and interfaces for various control systems for the locomotive including Air Brake, Event Recorder, Protocol Translator, Signaling, Trainline control, On-board monitoring , diagnostics applications, AESS, Master Controller and Control Integration, Human Machine Interface(HMI) for locomotive, suitable for application in both English and non-English speaking environments
- Interact with locomotive system, sub-systems, component teams to define and document traction system requirements and interfaces.
- Develop Model as per design requirement and carryout desktop simulations to verify the design.
- Develop Validation plans and perform system validation.
- Provide designs that are robust, that meet cost and reliability targets.
- Conduct Simulator testing and later participate in locomotive testing to validate traction control as required.
- Lead Design reviews; make presentation and status reports to Senior Management.
- Must be willing to work on high horsepower and high voltage equipment’s.
- Execute the design, analysis, or evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements
- Work with cross-functional & global teams to meet project objectives
- Bachelor's / Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Control system Engineering.
- 8-15 years’ experience in Engineering in similar/relevant field.
- Hands on experience with the design and development of control algorithms in a relevant field.
- Experience on including Human Machine Interface (HMI), Trainline control, On-board monitoring , diagnostics applications, AESS, Master Controller and Control Integration
- Good working knowledge on usage of MATLAB, Simulink/Stateflow or similar tools.
- Proven analytical, interpersonal, communication, organization, planning and leadership skills.
- Process focus and continuous improvement orientation.
- 8-15 years' experience working as Vehicle Control engineer in Locomotive/Automotive/Defense or similar domains
- Have a strong understanding of the Control system and real time system architecture designs.
- The ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks
- Being innovative, need to find new ways to improve the designs and sometimes challenge current ways of working
- Strong problem solving, business and analytical abilities
- Experience in working in cross-functional environment.
- Having working level knowledge of locomotive control systems.
- Working knowledge of statistical analysis, or Six Sigma Greenbelt certified preferred.
- Experience with requirements management tools
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills