(11/09/2025) TCMS Technical Project Lead

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This Position reports to:

TCMS Project Technical Lead

Your role and responsibilities:

Lead the TCMS scope of railway projects, ensuring end-to-end delivery from requirement gathering to commissioning. Collaborate with global stakeholders and customers to design, validate, and implement TCMS solutions in compliance with international standards and railway-specific protocols.

The work model for the role is: Onsite/Hybrid

This role is contributing to the Motion Business Traction division in Bengaluru.

Main stakeholders are railway/rolling stock integrators.

You will be mainly accountable for:

- Lead TCMS engineering activities across the project lifecycle, aligned with EN50657 and EN50128 V-cycle development models.

- Translate functional descriptions into Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) and logical/mathematical models.

- Conduct internal and external design reviews, ensuring alignment with project goals and stakeholder expectations.

- Prepare and maintain comprehensive customer documentation, including specifications, validation reports, and training materials.

- Perform validation activities using PC-based simulators and hardware-in-the-loop setups in the TCMS lab.

- Support static and dynamic commissioning of the first trainset.

- Travel to customer sites for design presentations, technical discussions, and approvals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of TCMS with propulsion, auxiliary systems, and onboard signaling.

Qualifications for the role:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, or Controls Engineering with 10–15 years of experience in TCMS engineering, preferably in railway applications.

- Hands-on experience in programming, testing, and commissioning within the railway domain.

- Proficient in IEC 61131 programming (SIL0 & SIL2 applications).

- Strong understanding of railway electronics and subsystem-level electrical schematics.

- Familiarity with communication protocols: CAN, MVB, WTB, TRDP, Dual-homing, Ethernet.

- Experience with TCMS equipment: DDU, VCU, WTB gateways, ECS, TRS, and onboard signaling systems like ATC and TCAS (Kavach).

- Experience working with locomotives, metros, and EMUs. TCMS SIL2 software development certification is highly desirable.

- Project Management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) are an added advantage.

More about us:

ABB Traction is a leader in traction technologies, driving innovation in rail and e-mobility. Our propulsion, auxiliary and energy storage solutions contribute to making transportation more sustainable, while saving energy every day. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day.

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