Corrosion and Materials Protection Specialist Engineer

What do we offer?

• Join an international leading company in sustainable mobility solutions.
• Participate in world-class railway projects.
• Be part of a highly specialized team with great innovation capacity.
• Continuous professional development in a top-level technological environment.
• Real possibilities for growth and specialization within CAF.

If you are looking for a high-level technical challenge and want to contribute to the development of more reliable and durable railway solutions, we are waiting for you.

The Corrosion Specialty, framed within the Technical Studies area of the Product and Engineering Directorate of the CAF Rail Business, has the mission to define, develop, and maintain CAF's corporate knowledge regarding corrosion and materials protection, guaranteeing the robustness of the technical solutions applied to railway vehicles throughout their entire life cycle.

Reporting to the Specialty Manager, the person hired will participate in project support activities, technological development, corporate knowledge generation, and the resolution of complex corrosion problems, collaborating with the different engineering, manufacturing, quality, and railway services areas.

What will your mission be?

You will be part of the reference team in corrosion and materials protection, providing specialized technical support in both corporate development activities and client projects, contributing to the continuous improvement of CAF's solutions and processes.

• Knowledge management: Maintain and develop corporate knowledge regarding corrosion, degradation mechanisms, material selection, and protection systems. Definition and management of studies and tests oriented towards said knowledge management and validation of corrosion protection solutions and measures. Transfer that experience to corporate documentation.
• Internal standardization: Participate in the preparation of corporate documentation, maintenance, and improvement of technical specifications, design standards, and corporate procedures related to corrosion.
• Technological development: Perform market surveillance oriented towards identifying technological improvement opportunities. Evaluation of new materials, coatings, surface treatments, and anti-corrosive protection technologies.
• Failure analysis: Participate in failure investigations and root cause analysis related to corrosion phenomena, proposing corrective actions.

• Support to Tenders in the analysis of corrosion requirements in specifications.
• Analysis and definition of requirements in awarded projects.
• Support to the different design areas (Building Blocks) in the interpretation of requirements and the definition of solutions oriented towards corrosion reduction. Participation in concurrent meetings.
• Participate in the selection of materials and surface protection systems based on environmental, operational, and contractual requirements.
• Participate technically in the evaluation of suppliers and manufacturers of coatings, surface treatments, and anti-corrosive protection solutions.
• Participation in meetings with the Client to defend corrosion control measures and compliance with contract requirements.
• Support to Manufacturing in the interpretation of project documentation and correct application of corrosion measures.
• Support to Quality in the selection of painting processes and resolution of corrosion-related incidents.
• Support to External Services in the resolution of corrosion problems appearing in vehicles in Service.