Power Design Engineer

Job description

Alstom

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility.
With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.

INTRODUCTION

In Belgium, Alstom is active in the design and manufacture of equipment, electrical and electronic systems for rolling stock equipment and railway signalling and urban. Alstom Belgium has developed two Centers of Excellence: one for auxiliary converters, traction systems & low voltage cabinets, and the second for Signalling systems for main lines and ETCS (European Train control System) / ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System).

Alstom Belgium also offers clients its expertise in maintenance services and renovation. The Charleroi site is responsible for the design and integration of signalling and traffic control but also for communication networks and information to passengers. With nearly 1000 employees, including 550 engineers, Alstom Belgium is the largest rail production site in Belgium.

JOB TITLE: Power Design Engineer

Based at: Charleroi.

JOB PURPOSE SUMMARY :

To define the power schemes and to design electrical components for traction drives or auxiliary converter systems.

Organisation Reporting

Hierarchical responsible : Power Domain Leader or Traction System Manager

Functional responsible : Traction or Auxiliary PrEM

Network & Links

Strong link with others Power Design Engineers.  In order to use and deploy the same development methods and ensure synergies, coordination and maximum carry-over between traction drives or auxiliary converter systems, the Power Design Engineer shall follow instructions given by the Power Skill Leader.

Under supervision of the PrEM, the Power Design Engineer shall carry out his mission in a tender, project, product or R&D team.  He / She is linked with other technical domains (mechanical design, control-command, validation, RAMS), and with Sourcing and Quality departments.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

  Methodology

• Uses the design rules for Power

• Uses standard design deliverables for Power

• Uses the standards tools in line with Alstom expectations and rules

• Contributes to define rules and standard design deliverables

• Contributes to write knowledge guidelines

• Contributes to Return of Experience on power schemes and Electrical components

  Tender, product, project or R&D development

• Calculates electrical or thermal constraints related to all components of the power scheme (use MATLAB,

SABER, MATHCAD or CITHEL tools) to fulfil all customer and normative requirements.  Write corresponding

design reports

• Define the interfaces of electrical componentswith mechanical department

• Specifies the electrical components of the traction drives or auxiliary converters

• Power electronic components (IGBT, diodes, …)

• Switchgear

• Traction motors

• Passive components (inductors, transformers, capacitors, resistors, busbars, …)

• Interface components with control electronics (sensors, gate drives, relays, …)

• Participates in design review with suppliers

• Participates in the business award and components qualification

• Specifies the power requirements to be exported to the control/command engineer (flux law, torque law, PWM strategy, protection thresholds, …)

• Participates in the definition of validation tests of the power scheme with the validation engineer

• Participates in investigation tests

• Contributes to the problem solving

• Prepares the power design reviews in accordance with DFQ system

• Participates in technical core team meetings

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT / KPI’s

No change requests due to design issues in power field

Work-packages achieved according to budget and planning

PROFILE :  To be considered for this role, candidate need to be able to demonstrate the following skills experience and attributes:     

• Master degree in electrical engineering

• Aptitude to communicate in English

INNOVATION : Able to be creative when involved on R&D subjects

Why Work  for Us?  At Alstom we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry.

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Job Type: Experienced