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Siemens

Automation, digitalization, and smart infrastructure provider

Traction System Engineer

Power Systems EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A master's degree in electrical engineering is desired.
  • Bring relevant experience of 10–12 years in traction technology for product design and system integration.
  • Have knowledge of simulation tools and techniques for power-electronics circuits, IEC standards, traction design principles, component sizing, and rolling-stock components.
  • Be familiar with analysis and review methodologies.
  • Be familiar with requirements, configuration, and change management tools such as DOORS or similar tools.
  • Have knowledge of power systems, earthing concepts, EMI-EMC protections, and validations according to IEC 61287, IEC 61377, or similar standards.
  • Be willing to travel as required for projects and collaborate with international colleagues.

Responsibilities

  • Understand customer requirements and develop the electrical system concept at complete-vehicle level and subsystem concepts.
  • Collect external customer and standards requirements and internal rolling-stock requirements, and allocate them to technical teams.
  • Define the architecture and functionality of the traction drive, auxiliary converter system, and energy storage (battery), using external and internal requirements as inputs.
  • Derive vehicle-level performance requirements, discuss them with project teams, and help optimize customer requirements.
  • Ensure consistency and compatibility among traction and auxiliary system function specifications by verifying component specifications and participating in design reviews.
  • Develop working concepts for traction converters, auxiliary converters, traction motors, traction transformers, and batteries, and generate component specifications for vendors.
  • Define high-voltage component specifications and high-voltage architecture, and work with vendors to develop suitable components for locomotives, metro vehicles, and commuter rail.
  • Develop design documentation and obtain customer design approval.
  • Develop system design documents and artifacts as required by customers, including clause-by-clause comments, performance simulations, power schemes, component specifications, product descriptions or specifications, system block diagrams, and parts lists.
  • Prepare system and part verification and validation specifications, and perform validation in the test lab and on the train.
  • Define and perform the train verification strategy in close collaboration with engineering and validation teams.
  • Conduct prototype tests on subsystems and obtain dispatch or design clearance from the customer.
  • Support the traction and auxiliary systems in implementing or updating the technical portions of risk mitigation plans with the project technical manager.
  • Analyze technical issues and propose solutions during commissioning and the reliability growth phase.
  • Propose quality, cost, and delivery improvements for traction and auxiliary systems.
  • Coordinate with software, brake, circuit engineering, and mechanical teams to develop electrical subsystems and integrate them into the vehicle.
  • Define performance, braking strategy, slip/slide management, harmonic detection, onboard energy storage functions, medium- and low-voltage supply, and load management using AC/DC calculations.
  • Resolve technical open issues from investigation through modification implementation and problem closure.
  • Participate in the continuous development of competence and exchange ideas with teams on technological and process topics.

Desired Qualifications

  • Be capable of analysis and learning, and work with a result-, team-, and quality-oriented approach.
  • Have good communication and presentation skills.

About the Company

Siemens

Automation, digitalization, and smart infrastructure provider

Siemens is a global engineering and technology company focused on automation, digitalization, smart infrastructure, and mobility. Its products and solutions span industrial automation systems, electrical equipment, energy management, and digital services that help industries run more efficiently. The company’s core technology comes from its history of electrical generation and distribution, including the dynamo-electric principle, and it now sells hardware, software, and services that connect factories, buildings, grids, and transportation networks. Siemens differentiates itself through scale, a broad portfolio across the value chain, and a long track record of large-scale, multi-country projects in infrastructure and industry. Its goal is to enable smarter, more sustainable industrial processes and urban systems by integrating hardware, software, and digital services to improve productivity, energy efficiency, and mobility.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Munich, Germany
Founded
1847

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