Systems Engineering ownership responsibility to execute deliver locomotive product for international customers meeting cost, quality, and schedule.
Consolidation of product and program requirements with multiple stakeholders.
Understand product requirements, operating environment, and regulations; Evaluate impact of requirements on engineering development schedule, cost, and lead trade-off studies.
Flow down requirements from product description (PD) line by line response (LBL) into system functional specification (SFS) to define performance, reliability, cost, weight, and other targets; and to further assign the requirements to respective subsystem design areas
Develop platforming approach, standardization to drive business growth
Load approved budget and track the overall performance of engineering team to adhere to the budget
Interface with Program Management Office, Supply Chain and develop integrated schedule
Create Area Review Plans with the Chief Engineers Office and track design reviews to closure
Define Bill of materials (BOM) structure, track specifications and drawing release plan
Run core team meetings to ensure on time execution of project.
Communicate project status, schedules, upcoming deliverables, risks, issues, and technical solutions between various stakeholders. Method of communications to include, but not limiting to, design reviews, operational reviews, and team meetings.
Configuration management of software options specific to customer application
Identify detailed validation requirements, drill down for subsystems, planning and execution
Support Prototype locomotive build and manage product changes till customer acceptance
Lead Engineering validation, customer demonstration test at build locations, conduct trials on customer track, commissioning customer documentation
Extensive Travel to factory s customer sites to build support / perform locomotive validation for extended periods
Document technical data generated by the assigned project per engineering policies and procedures
Partner with cross functional team in driving customer discovery session to incorporate learning from past projects, field operational experience in country.
Partner with cross functional team in driving post project evaluation to document project learning to be used in future programs
Support sourcing, manufacturing, and other cross-functional teams throughout the product life cycle