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Role Summary:
The Lead Systems Engineer will be responsible for integration activities for our MCA control system. In this role you will map out, and execute, the integration test plan for the control system software architecture. Driving the validation and integration to ensure a robust system design.
MCA (Modular Control Architecture) is the Next Gen Locomotive Control Architecture that modernizes the electronics, software, applications, and network communication compared to previous generations of locomotive controls. MCA has been a journey of Controls development to incrementally update aspects of various locomotive types, including Evo, AC44, Dash 9, and FLX locomotives, with the objective of improving software quality, improving engineering productivity, meeting cyber security expectations, all while addressing the latest customer needs.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Execute and coordinate integration testing across multiple test environments
- Develop and maintain engineering test environments and data collection tools
- Develop automated testing procedure and strategies for whitebox level software components
- Define integration test procedures in SysML for the control system architecture maintaining traceability to the system requirements.
- Plan individual work for assigned features as input to project plans.
- Plan and manage development activities with cross functional team to ensure design status, readiness, adequacy, and test asset availability
- Participate in, or lead as appropriate, test plan and integration result design reviews
- Communicate status on system architecture and stability to engineering leadership
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or relevant experience
- 2+ years relevant engineering experience
- Experience in system integration and validation
- Experienced with test case development and test automation.
- Ability and willingness to support hands-on validation in simulation laboratory and on-locomotive
- Ability and willingness to travel as required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Data Distribution Service (DDS), and INCA
- Experience accessing repositories using Gitlab
- Experience with clean slate product development
- Knowledge and experience with INCOSE best practices for systems engineering
- Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering with SysML
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