Wabtec

Manufacturing

TechnicalLead

$10000–15000k ~AI est. Tokyo, Japan FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Technical Lead at Wabtec. Skills: Electric Drive Systems, Engineering Leadership, Project Management. Plan projects. Manage projects”

Industry & Context.

Manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshoot test issues; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

Moderate Travel, Climb stairs/ladders, Operate test instrumentation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor of Science or Engineering Degree, 10+ years Engineering experience, Fluent in English and Japanese

Nice to Have

Advanced degrees in Electrical or Systems Engineering, Experience building a team

What You'll Do.

Communicate with customers

Identify resource needs

Develop local engineering team

Support product requirements

Support validation requirements

Support prototype vehicle testing

Support production readiness

Provide technical documentation

Implement countermeasures

Maintain business relationships

Interact with customer site management

Provide support for vehicles

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Global Mining Team; Global engineering teams; Cross functional teams

Communication Scope

Routine communication; Face-Face sessions; Technical customer documentation; Test reports

Process & Methodology

Project management

Full Job Description

The Wabtec Mining team delivers world class electric drive propulsion systems for heavy haul mining trucks with payloads up to 400T. These systems are introducing new technology to help mines meet their sustainability goals. Who will you be working with? The Wabtec Mining team delivers world class electric drive propulsion systems for heavy haul mining trucks with payloads up to 400T. These systems are introducing new technology to help mines meet their sustainability goals. How will you make a difference? In this role you will work with the Global Mining Team to develop local Engineering Team for supporting partnership to develop Electric Drive Systems (Electric Machines, Inverter Drives, Mechanical and cooling systems) for electric drive mining vehicles. You’ll have the opportunity to interact directly with customers, global engineering teams and cross functional teams during project definition and execution. What will your typical day look like? * You will be reporting to the V.P. Technology, Mining (based in Pittsburgh) for the Global Mining Team and working with Engineering team to do the following: * Plan, manage, and execute multiple projects with Vehicle OEMs. * Routine communication and Face-Face sessions with OEM customers * Identify resource needs and help develop small local engineering team in Japan to support product requirements, validation requirements, prototype vehicle testing and production readiness… overall project execution * Provide technical customer documentation * Oversee testing, assess data, troubleshoot test issues and implement countermeasures, work with other engineers to prepare and present test reports. * Maintain business relationship with the customer. * Interact with customer site management and test personnel to plan and execute tests and provide support for the local OHV vehicles. * Resolve field issues as assigned. * Perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessar

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