Full-Time

Locomotive Ventilation & Cooling Engineer

Updated on 8/1/2026

Quest Global

Quest Global

10,001+ employees

Engineering services, digital transformation, asset management

No salary listed

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

In Person

Category
Mechanical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Welding
PTC Creo
GD&T
Autodesk CFD
SolidWorks

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Requirements
  • The engineer must have in-depth knowledge of locomotive ventilation and cooling, including systems and subsystems.
  • The engineer must have cooling-design experience for desert environments, sealing, RAMS, and environmental safety regulations.
  • The engineer must have experience developing system functional specifications, requirements verification and validation, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, RAMS, and Production Part Approval Processes.
  • The engineer must have 15–20 years of experience in subsystem or component design and development for locomotives, automobiles, or heavy industries.
  • The engineer must have proven experience handling customers across multiple geographies and meeting their processes and standards.
  • The engineer must have experience with new product introduction projects, fixture design and development, structural calculations, bolted-joint calculations, and welded-joint calculations.
  • The engineer must be able to analyze shop-floor issues and provide solutions.
  • The engineer must have experience with concept generation using idea-generation methods.
  • The engineer must have knowledge of new component introduction processes, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and component validation processes.
  • The engineer must be proficient in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, tolerance stack-up, design for assembly, design for manufacturing, and design for service.
  • The engineer must be able to interpret finite element analysis reports.
  • The engineer must have strong knowledge of industry codes and engineering standards such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Organization for Standardization, and European-specific standards.
  • The engineer must have at least 8 years of experience as a checker, reviewer, or subject-matter expert.
  • The engineer must have experience working with cross-functional teams of designers, engineers, manufacturing, sourcing, field service, and external consulting engineering teams.
  • The engineer must be able to generate manufacturing drawings for sheet metal, castings, forgings, and welding, applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing as applicable.
  • The engineer must have shop-floor experience with sheet metal, casting, forging, metal-joining techniques including bolting, welding, and riveting, and plastics.
  • The engineer must have experience using multiple computer-aided design tools, including NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, and Creo.
  • The engineer must demonstrate problem-solving and decision-making skills, attention to detail, interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, self-motivation, and strong work ethic.
  • The engineer must have 15–20 years of work experience with rail experience.
Responsibilities
  • The engineer will own key critical-to-quality areas, including delivery, schedules, and quality, for all teams within multiple business units.
  • The engineer will participate in meetings scheduled with functional managers, cross-functional teams, and tollgate reviews.
  • The engineer will lead and mentor the team.
  • The engineer will focus on value additions and cost savings beyond customer-expected tasks, including Poka-Yoke methods.

QuEST Global provides engineering and lifecycle services for aerospace, automotive, energy, healthcare, and transportation, focusing on digital transformation and asset management. It helps clients design, develop, and maintain products and systems using edge computing, cloud, AI/ML, and industrial IoT, typically through long-term partnerships and project-based work. It differentiates itself with a global delivery model and broad industry reach, plus a stated commitment to sustained partnerships and workplace culture. Its goal is to improve operational efficiency and drive business growth by transforming engineering processes and assets with data-driven digital tools.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$581M

Headquarters

Greenville, South Carolina

Founded

1997

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