TCMS Engineer

Reporting to: TCMS Project Technical Lead

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions.

In this role, you will be instrumental in creating and improving standard designs for locomotive control systems, alongside testing and commissioning TCMS (Train Control & Management System) at various locomotive sheds and customer locations. You will design and develop TCMS solutions for diverse railway projects, contributing to the Motion Traction Division. This is an #Li - Onsite role based in Bangalore.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop the TCMS architecture, electrical schematics, and software for Indian Railway locomotive projects.
• Derive TCMS designs based on project requirements and customer specifications.
• Document TCMS design requirements using standard tools.
• Validate implemented requirements on simulators and prepare validation reports.
• Generate Bill of Materials (BOM) for TCMS, document existing locomotive TCMS architectures, and project documents.
• Prepare customer and project documents for new projects.
• Contribute to cost-saving initiatives and new vendor assessments/qualifications.
• Support the sales team with requirement analysis, architectural changes, effort estimations, and documentation for new projects.
• Coordinate with manufacturing and testing teams to ensure proper fabrication, staging, and testing of TCMS cabinets, updating engineering deliverables to reflect as-built configurations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, or Controls Engineering.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in TCMS Engineering, preferably within the railway sector.
• Programming experience in IEC 61131-3 for TCMS projects or railway subsystems.
• Strong application knowledge of three-phase electric locomotives, propulsion converters, auxiliary converters, and communication protocols such as CAN, MVB, and WTB.
• Hands-on experience with TCMS equipment programming and configuration, including Driver Display Units (DDUs), Vehicle Control Units (VCUs), WTB gateways, DPWCS, RMS, and Remote I/O modules.
• Experience working on locomotives, particularly for Indian Railways, is advantageous.