# Lead Engineer - Propulsion

Who will you be working with? Our best-in-class Propulsion team has deep domain expertise in rotating electric machines for transportation application. Here you’ll interact with various internal and external customers to transform the transportation industry. Our global Propulsion team consists of electrical and mechanical engineers that work together to address real word challenges and come up with innovative solutions. How will you make a difference? As a Lead Engineer, you will contribute to the development, evaluation, and implementation of innovative technologies that support Wabtec's products and business objectives. Working as part of a cross-functional team, you will apply engineering principles to solve technical challenges, support product and process improvements, and drive innovation across a variety of applications. This role provides opportunities to contribute to research and development efforts, new product introductions, manufacturing support, and continuous improvement initiatives while helping advance the future of transportation technology. What do we want to know about you? Master's degree or Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, Materials Engineering, Elec

- **Id**: 575971
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/wabtec-corporation-lead-engineer-propulsion>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Erie, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-09T15:58:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T09:34:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 62
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6357
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Transportation & Logistics

## Company

- **Id**: 3350
- **Name**: Wabtec
- **Domain**: wabteccorp.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/wabtec>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 82
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 62100
- **Max**: 85300
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 85300

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 62

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-09T17:24:58Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 9; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 9 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 13
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.456
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 62
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 85300
- **Is top pay**: no

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