Electro-Mechanical Designer

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, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Purpose of the job:

• Electro-mechanical covers products made of electrical motors, electrical contacts and safety mechanical kinetics such as point machines and level crossings.
• Delivers studies, drawings, Bill of Material and technic al documentation for Signaling Trackside products with high level of safety.

Reports directly to:

Electro-mechanical Metier Leader

Internal Network & Links

• Program Manager
• Product Designer
• Product Safety Assurance Manager
• Quality assurance manager
• Product Industrial Manager
• Sourcing

Main Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

• Leads specific design from pre-study until industrialized design;
• Define Technical Specification on minor developments for Externalized activities;
• Is accountable for design documentation release (assembly and detailed drawings, Bill of material, schematics, technical reports);
• Participate to planning follow-up in collaboration with Product Architect;
• Defines mock-ups design and follow its manufacturing and validation;
• Collaborate to prototype assembly and fine tuning and collect design return of experience
• Participate in integration of the product with electrical and mechanical Interfaces;
• Provides all necessary information for safety analysis;
• Collaborate with Life Cycle Team to ensure the whole products documentation updating;
• Participates to the Finite Element Method process evolution due to software new releases and return of experience;
• Propose the manufacturing technology solution for every single component and validate the solution during Co-Engineering sessions with Industrialization;
• Is involved as technical expert in case of customer service needs (return of experience);
• Collaborate with Electromechanical Acceptance Team to define the Validation Test Plan;
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew;
• Contributes to continuous improvement of electromechanical Métier processes.

Educational Requirements 

  Mandatory:

• Graduated from Mechanical or Electro-Mechanical Engineering

Experience

Mandatory:

• Experience of mechanical design office

Desirable

• Signaling or railways background
• Field (installation or workshop)
• Industrialization
• Structural Calculation / Finite Element Method simulation

Competencies & Skills 

• CAD 2D and 3D (SolidWorks, Inventor, Autocad);
• Product Data Management (Enovia, Smarteam, Solidworks PDM);
• Knowledge in dimensioning standard or new electromechanical solutions (ball bearing/ball screws, lubricants, mechanical power transmission, oil-pressure system, generic mechanical components);
• Matlab
• Innovation

Position based in Athens

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.