Railway Systems Architect & Interface Lead

RINA Consulting (formerly D'Appolonia); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

RINA Consulting (formerly D'Appolonia) seeks a Railway System Engineer (Interface Engineer) to join its Al Ain office in the Electronics and System Engineering Division. You will design, integrate, and optimize railway systems across rolling stock, signaling, tracks, and power supply.

The role covers the lifecycle from concept to operation, focusing on requirements, interface and configuration management for national and international railway projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in system engineering for railway domain projects.
• Rolling Stock (Locomotives, EMUs, DMUs, High-Speed Trains)
• Signaling Systems (ETCS, CBTC, PTC, Interlocking)
• Electrification (25kV AC, 750V DC, 3kV DC systems)
• Track Infrastructure (Standard gauge, High-Speed Rail, Light Rail, Metro)
• Interface management between hardware, software, and infrastructure.
• DOORS and Enterprise Architect for systems engineering work

Responsibilities

• Defining and managing railway system requirements and architecture.
• Ensuring interoperability between subsystems and interfaces.
• Validating system compatibility across networks (ERTMS, CBTC, PTC).
• Improving efficiency: capacity, energy, reliability.
• Defining and monitoring the V&V plan.
• Managing upgrades and asset maintenance planning.

Skills

System engineering

Interface management

Requirements mgmt

Interoperability

V&V planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Enterprise Architect

MATLAB

Simulink

CATIA

ReliaSoft

Job description

RINA Consulting (formerly D'Appolonia) seeks a Railway System Engineer (Interface Engineer) to join its Al Ain office in the Electronics and System Engineering Division. You will design, integrate, and optimize railway systems across rolling stock, signaling, tracks, and power supply.

The role covers the lifecycle from concept to operation, focusing on requirements, interface and configuration management for national and international railway projects.