
ALSTOM TRANSPORT AB · Västerås
Som Traction Power Design Engineer hos Alstom arbetar du med att designa och optimera kraftsystem för hållbara tåglösningar i nära samarbete med tvärfunktionella team.
Som Traction Power Design Engineer hos Alstom arbetar du med att designa och optimera kraftsystem för hållbara tåglösningar i nära samarbete med tvärfunktionella team.
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, 80,000 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 Traction Power Design Engineer in Västerås we’re looking for?
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your electrical engineering expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative, innovative, and forward-thinking teammates.
You'll play a key role in shaping the future of sustainable mobility by designing and optimizing power systems for our traction solutions. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as mechanical engineering, control/command engineers, and validation engineers), contribute to design reviews with suppliers, and ensure compliance with customer and normative requirements.
You’ll specifically take care of defining electrical component interfaces with the mechanical department, as well as specifying power requirements for control systems, but also contribute to defining validation tests and solving technical challenges.
Applying design rules and leveraging standard tools for power systems
Calculating electrical and thermal constraints for power components using tools like MATLAB, SABER and MATHCAD
Specifying and reviewing power electronic components, such as IGBTs, diodes, and passive components
Collaborating with suppliers on design reviews and component qualifications
Contributing to Return of Experience and writing knowledge guidelines
Participating in technical core team meetings and preparing power design reviews in accordance with DFQ systems
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:
A master’s degree in electrical engineering
Strong background in designing power electronics converters or electro-technical systems
Proficiency in tools such as MATLAB, SABER, MATHCAD
Knowledge of power electronic components and their interfaces
Fluency in English; Fluency in Swedish is desirable
Creativity and problem-solving skills, particularly in R&D contexts
Understanding of design methodologies and standard deliverables for power systems
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 colleagues
Contribute to innovative projects that shape the future of mobility
Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment
Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
Progress towards senior technical or managerial roles
Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
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 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signaling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 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 Traction Electrical Design Engineer focused on EHI (Electrical Harness Integration ) and design in Västerås we’re looking for? Your future role Get on-board and apply your expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Viveka Isberg-Fredriksson, (Head of Converter Electrical Engineering), and work alongside collaborative and driven teammates. As a Traction Electrical Design Engineer, you will drive and support technical investigations and collaborate with many different functions within engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to deliver smart, innovative propulsion products to customers all over the world. In this role you will be responsible for Electrical Harness Integration and design and creation of relevant documentation. Define interfaces, analyze costumer requirements and support prototype activities related to this area. Plan and coordinate the work related to this area. As a converter electrical design engineer, you must have a passion for bringing both people and all the technical details together. In this role you will have the opportunity to be part of all phases in the product life cycle from design to final validation, and field support once our products are delivered to customers. We’ll look to you to: Design and Integrate Electrical Harness and all relevant documentation for our traction products. Plan and lead the work of a small project team of engineers both onsite and offsite related to this area. Drive and support technical investigations and design activities related to this area for products in development and in the field. Define electrical interfaces. Collaborate with and support system engineering, mechanical engineers manufacturing engineers and test engineers. Analyze customer requirements As part of the development team, perform one or more of the following development activities, design and Integrate electrical Harnesses, support prototype and pre-series in production. Support product lead with bid support, analyzing requirements from customers or system architects and translate them into requirements related to the circuit diagram design routine test for the converter product. Support other functions, colleagues with reviews. 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: Degree in Electrical Engineering, Higher Vocational Education specialized in Electric Power or equivalent education Some experience in relevant field of electrical engineering (Traction engineering, Electrical Harness Integration and design. Knowledge of Catia is desirable. Experience of planning, coordination or leading a smaller team onsite/offsite is an advantage. English, business fluent, is mandatory for this role and Swedish is an advantage 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) 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.
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signaling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 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 Traction Ecodesign Engineer in Västerås we’re looking for? Your future role Get on-board and apply your expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Specialist Team Manager, and work alongside collaborative and driven teammates. As a Traction Ecodesign Engineer, you will drive and support technical investigations and collaborate with many different functions within engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to deliver smart, innovative propulsion products to customers all over the world. In this role you will be responsible for the Ecodesign activities and creation of relevant documentation for delivery projects and products. Furthermore, you will analyze costumer requirements and plan, coordinate the work related to this area. As a Traction Ecodesign engineer, you must have a passion for enabling sustainable solutions and bringing people and technical details together. In this role you will have the opportunity to be part of all phases in the product life cycle. From design to final validation and product end of life. We’ll look to you to: Deploy and apply Ecodesign referential in T&P, R&D, Expertise activities Ensure Ecodesign expertise for local platform, subsystems, tenders and projects. Perform Ecodesign activities/analysis on tenders (contractual and legal requirements analysis and positioning) Prepare Ecodesign management plan and specifications (Traction level) Participate in and plan environmental audits. Participate to design work in order to ensure achievement of Ecodesign commitments and compliance. Participate to relevant Design Reviews meetings, propose corrective actions and risk mitigation plan. Implement relevant Ecodesign R&D and CCN results in projects and products. Ensure that fire and smoke requirements are properly considered and integrated across all Ecodesign activities and deliverables 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: Degree in Material, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience) Experience working with REACH and RoHS regulations, as well as product recyclability Knowledge of EN 45545 (fire and smoke requirements) is desirable Experience in planning and coordinating activities or leading smaller teams (onsite/offsite) PLM experience is desirable Strong interest in sustainability and Ecodesign principles English, business fluent, is mandatory for this role; Swedish is an advantage 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) 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.
Location: Vasteras, SE Company: Alstom Req ID:508653 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, 80,000 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 Traction System Engineer in Västerås, Sweden we’re looking for? Your future role You will define the architecture, the functionalities of the traction drives or auxiliary converter systems. You will also technically lead the engineering studies in order to reach performances in compliance with the technical requirements. We’ll look to you for Collects external (customer, standards) and internal (rolling stock) requirements, allocates them to the technical teams. Defines the architecture and functionalities of the traction drive or auxiliary converter system, taking as input the external requirements as well as internal ones Ensures consistency and compatibility between all traction or auxiliary functions specifications by verifying every functional requirement specification and every component specification and by participating to all design reviews Defines together with the validation team the traction or auxiliary validation strategy Defines and participates in combined system type test and the commissioning of the train. Participates in technical meetings with customer in order to provide support to the Sub-System Manager and / or Project Engineering Managers Analyses technical issues and proposes solutions during the commissioning and the reliability growth phase Provides Return of Experience to be implemented in Reference Solutions. Contributes to the RoE committee and documentation updates. All about you Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent, providing a robust academic foundation for advanced engineering responsibilities. Analytical, structured, and methodical approach, with the ability to assess complex systems at both architectural and detailed technical levels. Strong experience in the electrical dimensioning of power electronic systems, ideally gained in roles requiring technical leadership, expert judgment, and adherence to industry standards. Strong collaboration skills and high standard of professional communication, enabling effective interaction with cross‑functional stakeholders. You are fluent in English, and proficiency in Swedish is considered an advantage 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 Work with new security standards for railways. Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful 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 recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension). 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.