Senior System Engineer (Railway System Interface Manager)

RINA Piraeus Team; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

RINA is recruiting a Senior System Engineer (Railway System Interface Manager) to join its team in Al Ain, UAE. You will design, integrate, and optimize railway systems, coordinating with subsystems across rolling stock, signaling, tracks, and power supply to ensure safe and efficient operations.

The role requires strong leadership in interface management, system integration, and lifecycle management, with extensive experience in railway standards and V&V planning, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of railway systems engineering with strong interface management.
• Experience with signaling systems (ETCS, CBTC, PTC, Interlocking).
• Interface management between hardware, software, and infrastructure.
• Experience with sustainability in railway design, construction, and operation.
• Knowledge of EN 50126/50128/50129 RAMS and ETCS/ERTMS standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate, and optimize railway systems and interfaces across subsystems.
• Manage railway system scenarios, requirements and architectures; coordinate verifications.
• Lead lifecycle management, upgrades, and maintenance planning for longevity.
• Oversee digitalization efforts including IoT, AI, Big Data, and Digital Twin concepts.
• Define and monitor the V&V plan for interfaces and ensure successful project closure.

Skills

System interface management

Railway system engineering

Interoperability

Lifecycle management

Digitalization & smart rail

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

CATIA

ReliaSoft

FMECA/FTA tools

Job description

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Posting Date: 28 Sept 2026

Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE

Contract Type: Fixed-Term

Division: Electronics and System Engineering

Level of experience: Senior

RINA is currently recruiting for a Senior System Engineer (Railway System Interface Manager) to join its office in Al Ain within theElectronics and System EngineeringDivision.

Mission

The Railway Senior System Engineer is responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing railway systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. This role involves system-level thinking, covering rolling stock, signaling, infrastructure, power supply, and communication systems.

The successful candidate will join the RINA System Engineering team and will act as Railway Interface Manager for the project of appointment, collaborating with the Railway Integration Manager, and with other System Engineering and System Assurance Experts and Managers, by ensuring the development and validation of all interfaces with the successful integration of the systems involved in the design and construction of the whole railway system.

Key Accountabilities

A. System Interface Management

- Managing railway system scenarios, requirements, system architecture, related with the interaction between subsystems (rolling stock, signaling, tracks, power supply).

- Selecting appropriate technologies and configurations for new rail projects.

-Manage the interface development by the subsystems and coordinating the process of verification and validation of all interfaces during the life cycle of the project up to interface final successful closure.

- Manage the correct interface of the system with all the external stakeholders, ensuring the correct finalization of all the applicable authorization processes.

B. System Integration

- Ensuring interoperability between different railway subsystems, interfaces between rolling stock, signaling, and infrastructure.

- Validating system compatibility across national and international requirements and standards (e.g., EN, NFPA, ...).

- Ensuring the subsystem are correctly integrated to allow the validation of performance and functionalities for all foreseen scenarios for the railway system.

- Allowing integration testing validation by ensuring railway systems adhere to the performance and characteristics required by the project requirements, standards, laws, …

- Defining and monitoring the execution of the V&V plan for what concern the interfaces

D. Lifecycle Management

- Managing railway system upgrades and modernization projects.

- Supporting asset management and maintenance planning to maximize system longevity.

E. Digitalization & Smart Rail Technologies

- Implementing IoT, AI, and Big Data solutions for predictive maintenance and automation.

- Working with Digital Twin, Remote Monitoring, and Smart Signaling technologies.

Education

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Qualifications

- Minimum of 15 years of experience in system engineering for railway systems, with strong proficiency in interface management

- Experience in focusing on sustainability in Railway systems and infrastructure design, construction, and operation.

- Signaling Systems (ETCS, CBTC, PTC, Interlocking)

- Interface management between hardware, software, and infrastructure.

- Managing mixed traffic operations (High-speed, freight, commuter trains).

- CENELEC Standards: EN 50126 (RAMS), EN 50128 (Software), EN 50129 (Safety)

- ETCS/ERTMS (European Train Control System)

- UIC, AAR, and FRA Regulations (for different railway regions)

- Failure & Safety Analysis: ReliaSoft, FMECA, FTA Tools

- Electrical & Mechanical Design: MATLAB, Simulink, CATIA

Project Management & Lifecycle Management:

- Working with V-Model, Agile, or Waterfall methodologies.

• WORKPLACE DYNAMICS - Resourcefulness in shaping progress and working efficiently.
• FORESIGHT & INSIGHT - Context awareness adopting a systemic perspective and informed decision making.
• PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Ownership for life, work and results, striving to grow professionally and personally.
• INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE - Skills and strategies we use to interact effectively with others.
• DOMAIN & BUSINESS ACUMEN - Applying a scientific approach and critical thinking in operations and solution development within area of expertise.

RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the energy, marine, certification, infrastructure & mobility, industry, research & development sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind.We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.