Mechanical Design Engineer Crash-Repair

Req ID: 457827

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 74,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Mechanical Design Engineer (focused on crash-repair of rail vehicles) in Västerås we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your Mechanical Engineer expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Lars Devero (ALM Engineering Manager Nordics, located in Västerås), and work alongside collaborative and humble teammates. ALM is an abbreviation of Asset Life Management, which in short mean life extension of rail vehicles. The life extension can be of technical characteristics where technical systems are upgraded or exchanged, it can also be of customer experience characteristics, where the interior of the rail vehicle is modernized.

You’ll contribute by making mechanical engineering design and integration in the majority of the rail vehicles running in the Nordics. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (all the way from bid management to production and verification of technical systems on the rail vehicle), technical investigations and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of the Mechanical Engineering design in crash-repair of rail vehicles, but also grow in areas which you are interested in and suit the company needs.

We’ll look to you for

• Work in Bids and projects in the area of rail vehicles
• Perform mechanical engineering design (from concept to finalized design)
• Requirements management, compliance solution and verification & validation of crash activities
• Technical investigations
• Create railway vehicle mechanical design according to EN 15085-3 and technical descriptions in bids and projects to crash repair
• Creating Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM)
• Technical and project specific documentation related to mechanical design
• Lead mechanical design reviews to crash repair methods, FEA and related documentation
• Customer interaction
• Verification of the rail vehicle crash-repair proposals
• Design assessment of the products according to the relevant standards, including multiple structural analyses, fatigue assessment, joint evaluation etc.
• Technical support to the crash repair team

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• University degree in relevant mechanical engineering field (e.g. Master of science) and experience of welding design
• Experience or understanding of 3D CAD design (Solidworks, Catia V5 or equivalent)
• Structured mindset
• Communicative
• Knowledge about welding technology
• Knowledge about material properties
• Knowledge of EN 15085-3: Railway applications – Welding of railway vehicles and components – Part 3: Design requirements
• Knowledge of ISO 3834: Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials – Part 2: Comprehensive quality requirements
• Knowledge of EN 12663 (including Eurocodes): Railway applications – Structural requirements of railway vehicle bodies
• Both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience of welding of rail vehicles
• Knowledge of valid European and Swedish’s norms, standards and legislation for railway vehicles
• Knowledge of Finite Element Analyses (FEA)
• Fluent in English
• Swedish level C2 according to Folkuniversitetet (see further below)

Most of our customers are Swedish and part of the engineering work is to both talk to customers and different functions within Altom. Being able to communicate in Swedish will be required to be fully operational in the role, thus. However, Your Swedish does not need to be fluent today, but to cope with the role you need to have come a long way. You need to be willing to continue developing your Swedish. See further information at www.folkuniversitetet.se/mer-om-sprak/vilken-niva-ska-jag-valja/.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career, free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful and humble colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

Please note that during the holiday period we are reviewing all applications for this role as they come we will get in touch with you in the last  week of  August. That is also when we will start taking further steps in the recruitment process.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.