Job Description

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric buses and driverless trains, as well as infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a truly global community of more than 75 000 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

Job Title

• MLE - Mechanical Lead Engineer (Interior & CAB)

Purpose of the Job

• Managing Interior & CAB Domain resources, activities and deliverables on a project in compliance with QCD commitments.
• Ensuring implementation of Train Design metier instructions, processes & tools in all activities and deliverables.

Organisation Reporting

• Hierarchical Reporting: (Site) Interior & CAB Domain Leader (DL)
• Functional Reporting: (Project) Train Design Engineer (TDE)

Accountable for :

• Planning and piloting Interior & CAB Domain activities and related deliverables on project considering applicable instructions/processes and other specific Customer (internal or external) requirements.
• Ensuring Interior & CAB Domain deliverables quality and their acceptance by the Customer (internal or external) within committed limits.
• Reporting activities progress and alerting relevant N+1 in case of issue potentially impacting achievement of QCD commitments.
• Planning and managing activities and resources with changing environment of project inputs to ensure QCD targets and right first time.
• Aligning requirements and mechanical interfaces of equipment (Allocated volume, weight, location, preferred part list etc.) with cross functional teams.
• Demonstrate standard engineering practices (example: material selection, Tolerance stack up, Location strategy, perceived quality, knowledge of manufacturing, serviceability, assembly, LCC, DFMEA) during design reviews.
• Monitoring flow of Train level requirements to subsystems for optimum cost-effective solutions and confirming requirements through appropriate validation.
• Lead Design reviews with cross functional teams to demonstrate implementation of metier process, instructions and project requirements.
• Monitoring assigned Mechanical Sub-Systems deliveries conformity with project QCD needs.
• Demonstrate process rigor to ensure first time right through engineering practices and methodologies and reviews
• Represent domain in project meetings to communicate ensure seamless integration of project and domain operations.

Responsible for :

• Applying TD rules, processes and tools (single-domain) and ensuring Interior & CAB Domain deliverables quality and their acceptance by the Customer (internal or external) within committed limits
• Managing production of deliverables in accordance with planning targets on Domain assigned work-packages by right planning, cross functional information management and engineering rigor.
• Designing products considering project requirements (performances, manufacturability, serviceability, testability, etc.).
• Leading domain Design Reviews according to project schedule to demonstrate excellence in engineering and following-up the main open actions.
• Checking respect of Allocated volumes/interfaces (no-clashes) on internal design.
• Defining mitigation plans covering a risk identified on Project Mechanical Domain scope.
• Reporting on Mechanical Domain activities progress, anticipating issues (capacity, skills, rule applicability, etc.) and alerting if needed.
• Respecting and/or allocating requirements and mechanical interfaces to Sub-Systems/equipment (Allocated volume, weight, location, Preferred part list, etc.)
• Coordinating Mechanical Domain contributors on Project.
• Analysing and consolidating change request impacts on Mechanical Domain scope

• Monitor Domain deliverables (Requirement management in DOORs tool, Validation Plan, design deliveries, design reviews, Co-engineering with cross functional teams etc.)
• Validating relevant Mechanical Domain deliverables and securing planning.
• Identify and expedite requirement of mock-ups or simulations through organization process.

Contributor for :

• Defining mitigation plans covering a risk identified on Project Mechanical (multi-domains)
• Perform quotation of engineering work-package, upon request
• Defining Project Mechanical Decomposition (Product Breakdown Structure)
• Defining Mechanical Project/Product Preferred Part List delivery.
• Supporting Sourcing, Industrialization and Manufacturing teams during Production ramp-up.
• Collaborating with DL for continuous improvement of the Domain (including Return of Experience)
• Defining Mechanical Domain architecture considering weight, gauge, installation strategy, acoustics, eco design, ergonomics, aerodynamics, aeraulic etc.
• Establishing Certification & Validation Plans for TD scope.

Knowledge & Experience

• Mechanical Engineering graduate preferably experienced in Railway products with 10 to 14 years of rich design, development and team management exposure.
• Good Communications and interpersonal skills including with third parties (customer).
• Time management and reporting skill.
• Effort estimation and planning skills
• Sense of urgency / priority.
• Customer & Product Focus.
• Risk management
• Strong technical background with knowledge of RS commodities
• Structured and organised with Hands-on approach.
• English operational in read/writing and technical meetings.
• Knowledge of Foreign language (ex. French, German.. etc) shall be favourable.

Team size

• Direct functional reporting: 4 to 12 persons
• Depending on the project size, the scope of accountability represents a workload of up to 20 full time equivalents (with subcontracting)

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers. We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.