Electrical Architect - Heavy Rail- Rolling Stock

Pioneering in America, from the first mile to the last. This is what drives us!

For more than 160 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in the United States. Automation’s impact on the railway industry is second only to the effects of digitalization. Combine them and the results are transformative! We work at the leading edge of this movement, applying our proven expertise in digitalization to rail infrastructure and automation.

Our innovative solutions deliver greater safety, punctuality, reliability, and sustainability across the line, all while reducing costs for mass transit and freight transportation systems. We are continuously developing new answers for rail automation – often to questions that haven’t been asked yet.

Position Overview:

Siemens Mobility Rail Division has an immediate opening for an Electrical Architect position at their Sacramento, California Facility. The candidate will have responsibility for all aspects of the Electrical Design of their assigned Locomotives or Passenger Car project(s) and will work on sophisticated designs involving high voltage and high-power applications on fast-moving trainset consists with a strong focus on battery technology and renewable energy solutions. We are looking for professionals with the strive to work in the high-paced rail industry to build new and innovative designs for our future vehicles.

As a member of the Electrical Integration group, you will own the development of the electrical schematics and harness them by interpreting requirements from the customer contract or industry standards into concepts for the designers and crafting review documentation for the customers. This may apply to a variety of vehicle types or a full trainset and requires an understanding of electrical fundamentals and creativity to come up with entirely new solutions. Must be diligent and take ownership of projects to see them through the production and testing phase.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Own the development and present the solutions for the electrical integration of Heavy Rail projects based on their schedules, applying industry standards and best engineering practices. This includes representation of the Electrical Integration group in customer-facing meetings and regular alignment calls.
• Working with a large variety of other departments and roles as well as suppliers and the end customer will require good communication and problem-solving skills
• Steer the development of the electrical circuit diagrams by providing feedback to designers in the same group as well as electrical and mechanical System Engineering in the overall Engineering department. Reviewing their output or supplier design documentation requires a good understanding of electrical circuits and components.
• Ability to perform component selections using vendor catalogs for e.g. circuit breakers, cables, terminals, off the-shelves components with their associated characteristics, including performing calculations as needed to pick the parameters for those components
• Plan, schedule, and supervise progress on design work packages and provide feedback to management to ensure target deliverables are met and within the overall project schedule
• Understand requirements to ensure personnel safety (i.e. grounding, circuit protections), electromagnetic interference (EMI) via circuit separation or shielding, sizing of components and wire/cable
• Understand Lithium battery technology and associated scientific properties, integration, and risks.
• Work mostly on-site is encouraged but partial remote work can be accommodated

To thrive in this role, you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 5 or more years of similar work experience
• Associates degree in Electrical Engineering with 8 or more years of similar work experience
• Circuit design or evaluation using CAD tools or similar
• Circuit testing or troubleshooting
• Electro-mechanical integration
• Experience working in cross-departmental groups on large-scale projects, incl. working with project management, scheduling, procurement, etc.
• Experience with SAP as an ERP or PLM system and the associated Engineering release and change process
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment, collaborating with production
• Experience with voltage class separation and mechanical protection of wires and cables as well as safety-related topics like grounding, EMI, circuit protection
• Experience presenting with suppliers and customers, internal and external

Why youll love working for Siemens!

• Solve the worlds most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, pioneering technological environment.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them! Please take advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement program, Mentor Programs, and your development through online learning.
• Employee perks and discounts in addition to our 401k match and generous Paid Time Off.

What excites our people about Siemens Mobility Rolling Stock? (youtube.com)

This position is based in Sacramento, CA. We offer a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html. The base salary range for this position in Sacramento, CA, is $94,600 - $132,700. The salary may be higher or lower depending on the budget and the candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and qualifications.

## LI-EB1