Parts, Components & Validation Engineer

Company: Alstom

Leading societies to a low-carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams to integrated systems, customized services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide.

Services Engineering is a key function of Services NAM (Americas). The function provides engineering expertise and technical solutions to the various Business Units (BU) of Services. We support Operations and Maintenance (O&M) sites, as well as lead the design efforts for Asset Life Management (modernization, upgrades, overhauls of rail vehicles) and support the Parts Obsolescence BU.

As a Parts and Components Validation Mechanical Engineer, what are my responsibilities?

• Apply the knowledge to design, verify and validate parts solutions when OEM parts for validation. Work on 200 + contracts, follow the validation process.
• Ensure all the parts proposal will be meeting the customer specifications in form, fit and function, railway safety, reliability, industrial norms, and standards.
• Be thoroughly familiar with the project specification and its requirements relating to the electrical design tasks associated with the parts requested.
• Prepare electrical and interface schematics, drawings, and documentation of assigned systems and meet deliverable schedule.
• Coordinate and lead efforts with vendors to confirm compliance with customer requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of rail and electrical-electronic norms and standards such as FRA, AAR, IEEE, ANSI etc.
• Provide electrical drawings, bills of material, detailed work scope, assembly and testing instructions for parts, equipment, and printed circuit boards as needed.
• Work on bids proposals to repair, redesign, and overhaul electrical equipment, printed circuit boards and in general electrical and electronics parts used in the rail industry.
• Provide instructions to drafters and designers for the development and preparation of schematics, layouts, assembly, and detail drawings.
• Provide customer technical support as needed.
• Operate in the MMR process.
• Lead Design Reviews and Gate Reviews for electrical parts.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams with Customers, Rolling Stock Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Auditors, Platform (Tenders, Reference Library, REX), Quality, Validation and Testing.

What do I need to qualify for this job?

• Have experience more than 10 years in rail industry standards and design or with similar industry products such as transportation vehicles, and/or high-low voltage equipment, and discrete electronic components.
• More than 5 years in experience in validation process and different contracts.
• Candidate must be a leader, very autonomous, with hands-on experience, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment in unclear and ill-defined environments, and resourceful in finding information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of rolling stock systems and components.
• Knowledge of safety management systems and safety risk assessment.
• Proficient in the use of electrical/electronics design tools, MS Office, SAP, GSI, and Maximo (other ERP tools).
• Knowledge of Alstom Design for Quality processes.

Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable.

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is a global company where our people’s vision and values embrace Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). Employment at Alstom is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Alstom does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.