System Engineer – Traction Systems for Hybrid Locomotives

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

Mobility Management, Turnkey Projects & Electrification, Mainline Transport, Urban Transport and Customer Services. They have the know-how to make road traffic flow more smoothly and quickly, make trains more environmentally friendly and efficient, make train schedules and freight shipments more reliable. We work with our customers to develop optimal solutions to help overcome their challenges.

Are you interested in a technically challenging and perspective-intensive activity with which you can make a significant contribution to the expansion of the railway share of freight and passenger services? Then come to us and develop the globally successful rail vehicles from Siemens Mobility in our engineering team.

• You will be part of the engineering team for our international locomotive projects in Europe, Asia and North America. Our locomotives run up to 230 km/h and carry loads of several thousand metric tons.

• You will be responsible for the design, specification and technical clarification of the traction system (e.g. transformer, converter, traction motor, auxiliaries, traction battery) for our hybrid-electric locomotives. As part of a team, you implement customer requirements and design the components. A special focus will be on components and system integration required for alternative propulsion such as traction batteries and converters.

• You will be responsible for a wide field of technical interfaces, ranging from electric drive technology, operation management and control to mechanical integration. You are involved in all relevant phases of the project, from concept to bid preparation, technical implementation, testing, delivery up to warranty.

• You will pick up market requirements and trends to guide our suppliers during the development of our drive components.  

• Your always stay focused on the reusability of your work results to foster our platform strategy. You have an eye on costs and deadlines and track them individually for your fields of activity. 

• You support to perform testing of components in the lab and on the vehicle.

• Furthermore, you support the homologation process and drive root cause analysis (RCA) in case of failure.

Your qualifications 

• You have a completed master's degree in electrical engineering or mechatronics with a focus on drive technology and/or power electronics.

• In addition, you have already gained professional experience in the field of electrical drives. You are proficient in the basic use of simulation tools.

• You can understand and define complex systems and use a structured way of working, problem solving and documentation.

• You are fluent in English (at least C1-level or equivalent). Additional language skills are an advantage.

• You enjoy working with colleagues from different departments and locations.

• Readiness for traveling.

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new! That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We recognise that building a diverse workforce is essential to the success of our business, therefore we encourage applications from a diverse talent pool. We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation. Flexibility is our main benefit. We combine remote and presence work because work-life balance and wellbeing are essential for our teams. We are convinced that stay at home allow us to focus on activities that need more time for concentration and being at the office enhance our creativity collaborating and learning from others.  

Siemens aboga por la igualdad de oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres, así como en la Diversidad como fuente de creatividad e innovación. Contar con diferentes tipos de talento y de experiencias nos hace ser más competitivos y estar mejor preparados para responder con éxito a las demandas de la Sociedad. Por ello, valoramos a las candidatas y a los candidatos que reflejen la Diversidad que disfrutamos en nuestra Compañía y animamos la cobertura de puestos por mujeres y hombres en ocupaciones que se encuentren subrepresentadas.