Senior Rail Systems Project Engineer

Hitachi; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance review

Professional development & training

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Employee Assistance Program

Social events

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Principal Project Engineer in Brisbane, Australia, to lead project engineering in rail systems and signalling. The role covers real-time system engineering, testing, integration, software verification and safety-critical practices, including turnkey rail signalling projects such as ETCS/ERTMS/CBTC.

The ideal candidate will guide the Alliance TMS delivery, manage interfaces with multiple stakeholders, and ensure timely design and verification activities within cost

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or Computer Science with background in Systems Engineering.
• 5+ years’ experience in a project/engineering management role, and having this experience in rail, systems and signalling is highly desirable.
• Experience in real-time system engineering; testing and integration activities, software verification and validation best practices and safety critical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Supports Engineering Manager on preparing reports, attending technical meetings and supporting technical activities.
• Implement the technical solution within the assigned scope.
• Monitor document submission in terms of on time, on quality and on respect of Cost budget, according to the Contract, excluding RAMS.
• Execute project technical activities in line with the procedure implementing design and verification process (i.e. design review).
• Ensure that project objectives are clearly communicated to the project team and monitor technical project activities are aligned with the project schedule.
• Ensure the staffing, workload analysis and resource allocation to the specific activities.
• Prepare, check and submit TCNs. Once authorized, assure that technical change and variation orders are traced and implemented inside design activities and included in the Technology project cost revision.
• Ensure that project technical criticalities/risk list and management is implemented, continuously updated and evaluated with the support of interested Functional Manager, Engineering Manager and Project Manager.
• Execute the correct Document Management (submission and transmittal process), part of the overall Design Management.
• Contribute that correct Configuration Management process is in place.
• Ensure an interface for the technical definition and construction document delivery during execution of on-site activities.
• Guarantee the execution of the Verification activities of project engineering documents and of documents issued by WPLs by monitoring their execution by the Project’s WPLs, according to the V&V Plan.
• Contribute to the definition and execution of T&C activities (e.g. acting as interface with other technology unit involved in the project).
• Ensuring all activities undertaken are conducted with due regard to a high level of continuous improvement.
• Ensuring all activities undertaken are conducted with due regard to a high level of safety.

Skills

Project management

Rail systems

Signal & verification

Agile mindset

Education

Engineering or Computer Science degree

Job description

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Principal Project Engineer in Brisbane, Australia, to lead project engineering in rail systems and signalling. The role covers real-time system engineering, testing, integration, software verification and safety-critical practices, including turnkey rail signalling projects such as ETCS/ERTMS/CBTC.

The ideal candidate will guide the Alliance TMS delivery, manage interfaces with multiple stakeholders, and ensure timely design and verification activities within cost