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Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Test & Mechanical Engineer

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaCA$83.3k - CA$110.4k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering is required; equivalent experience will be considered.
  • A minimum of 7 years of experience in product design is required.
  • Registration with the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec is required upon hiring if not already a member.
  • Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing is required.
  • The candidate must be able to analyze, understand, synthesize, and explain complex technical issues to diverse audiences, including customers.
  • Proven experience in a formal project development environment is required.
  • The candidate must be available to travel up to 10% of the time.
  • The candidate must be eligible to travel to the United States for business purposes.
  • A valid driver's license is required.
  • Bilingualism in spoken and written English and French is required. French proficiency is required for roles permanently located in Quebec; French training is offered to permanent employees in Quebec who lack sufficient proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for design and testing activities, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, applicable quality standards, budget constraints, and established project schedules.
  • Design test benches and oversee their fabrication, including procurement of materials, coordination of laboratory technical staff, and liaison with project systems engineers and design engineers.
  • Participate in project design reviews; estimate the effort and time required to define, document, and implement test-bench designs based on requirements; and support mechanical design and proposal activities.
  • Serve as a technical reference for cross-functional teams, including Purchasing, Quality, Production, and Manufacturing Engineering (Methods).
  • Analyze customer specifications and railway industry standards.
  • Participate in and facilitate ideation sessions and design reviews, and structure decisions.
  • Create 3D test-bench designs in SolidWorks and integrate electrical harnesses with support from designers.
  • Develop engineering drawings and estimate activities for validation, verification, and problem-solving work.
  • Monitor project progress, costs, open issues, and equipment configurations during validation phases.
  • Supervise and participate in assembling prototypes and test benches with mechanical technicians.
  • Conduct validation testing with laboratory technicians.
  • Plan and manage the weekly schedule according to priorities.
  • Prepare technical documentation, including test procedures and reports, installation procedures, modification instructions, and engineering calculation notes.
  • Participate as needed in technical presentations and project reviews with customers.
  • Provide technical expertise to the project team through supplier co-design, deviation and nonconformance management, support to manufacturing engineers, failure analysis, and troubleshooting. These activities may be performed remotely from the Montreal office or on-site at the Plattsburgh manufacturing facility.
  • Support the design engineering team as needed through engineering calculations and analyses, including static and dynamic analyses and free-body diagrams, strength of materials, finite element analysis, statistical tolerance stack-ups, torque calculations, spring and machine-element sizing, and design failure mode and effects analysis.
  • Participate in preparing 2D engineering drawings using geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and review and validate drawings produced by mechanical drafters.
  • Perform other duties outside the role or trade as needed, with adequate training provided where necessary.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in public transit or rail transportation is considered an asset.

About the Company

Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Wabtec provides transportation solutions by designing and producing electric locomotives and related services for freight railroads, transit authorities, and industrial operators. Its flagship product, the FLXdrive, is a 100% battery-electric locomotive with a battery pack over 7 megawatt-hours that cuts fuel use and emissions, while the company also sells traditional locomotives, aftermarket services, and digital solutions to optimize operations. Wabtec differentiates itself through a fully electric propulsion option paired with value-added digital tools and manufacturing techniques like mixed-reality work processes, aiming to improve efficiency and sustainability across rail networks. The company’s goal is to make rail transport more efficient and eco-friendly by delivering reliable locomotives, ongoing maintenance, and advanced software and digital capabilities that help customers run greener, lower-cost operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1872

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