Chief Architect - CBTC

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chief Architect to lead the development of cutting-edge communication-based train control systems. This role involves providing expert technical guidance, overseeing complex signaling solutions, and ensuring compliance with customer requirements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development and systems engineering, along with strong leadership skills to mentor and guide technical teams. Join a collaborative environment where your expertise will shape the future of transportation technology and make a significant impact on global projects.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in software-based system applications development.
• Strong knowledge of systems development life cycle and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams to develop communication-based train control systems.
• Mentor engineers and guide them in design processes and compliance assessments.

Skills

Software Development

Systems Engineering

Technical Leadership

Project Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Polarion

Melody advance

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

The Chief Architect - CBTC will provide expert level technical knowledge and leadership to identify, evaluate and guide communication-based train control systems in Engineering. They will provide final approval of complex signaling solutions for all technical proposals and perform system design, analysis, modelling, and simulation to specify communication-based train control systems; develop and define system design features to meet customer requirements and analyze and evaluate customer requirements to verify compliance with our product system technical requirements; develop and define System and Subsystems requirements to fulfill specific customer requirements on the project and communicate and gain acceptance of the design with the customer and internal stakeholders.

Experience in leading large technical teams on complex solutions is a must. The incumbent is accountable for performing the design work independently, within cost and schedule limits, as defined in approved work packages. Responsible for leading a team to perform system design activities to deliver a high quality and safe guideway design, on time, at the lowest cost while meeting customer requirements. The incumbent will also adapt system design processes to meet the needs of the project deployment and industry standards and ensure this process is followed by the team.

They are able to understand complex technical topics in short periods of time and determine strategies to analyze and solve problems. This includes the ability to lead a team to understand and follow the strategy.

Key Responsibilities

TECHNICAL:

As a technical expert in the company, this role will perform several key roles including:

• Mentor: Leading through example on good practices for design and following process.
• Technical Consultant: Can guide resources/teams to solve technical problems.
• Technical Leader: Ability to lead technical teams to solve critical issues.
• Technical Manager: Can provide technical input to a project strategy to ensure success.

Also has the ability and experience to perform technical work, this includes the following:

• Leads customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, and architecture design.
• Converts Customer (internal and/or external) requirements into conceptual designs and prepares associated documentation by performing operational analyses, simulations and technical trade-off studies evaluating alternative design configurations and functional features.
• Creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfil customer requirements.
• Prepares system, subsystem, and interface requirement specifications by analyzing and decomposing modelling, refining customer requirements and typical train control domain requirements.
• Prepares Operational Concept Document.
• Prepares and supports bids and proposals, including customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, architecture design, simulation, trade-off of key features, estimation, etc.
• Presents technical design and reports to customers and/or other engineering/management groups in clear, complete, concise, and non-ambiguous terms.
• Defines or proposes updates of processes and standards covering the work and its products based on the knowledge of systems engineering and/or his technical specialty.
• Operational design limits are evaluated and defined.

• Ability to develop solutions that include a balance of cost/benefit.
• Ensures and encourages the system team to follow the development process.
• Strategy of development not only accounts for system development work but considers the activities of other teams to ensure the end-to-end solution can be developed in an efficient manner.
• Ability to identify development risks and can create/implement a plan to mitigate these risks.

SAFETY:

• Promotes a safety culture where product safety is paramount.
• Ensures that safety is built into the design by early identification and resolution of safety related defects.

MANAGEMENT:

• Communicates complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Guides and influences stakeholders about strategies to resolve issues and sell our product solution.
• Leads technical discussions, presents technical solutions and regular status reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Mentors other systems engineers by coaching them on how and what to prepare, monitoring their progress, providing technical guidance and directing them on priorities.
• Works closely with other Work Package Managers and the project team to ensure the system team has the inputs needed to perform the design and ensures the system team is providing the necessary outputs/support to other disciplines.
• Identifies and implements process improvement initiatives.
• Engages other leaders in the organization to ensure the strategy for design on the project/product is consistent with other initiatives in the organization and is capitalizing on other project/product designs.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Systems, Electrical, Computer), Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• 12 years' experience in development of software-based System applications.
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, methods, and tools.
• Knowledge of systems development life cycle.
• Senior level expertise in URS (Urban Rail Signaling) Systems - Minimum 7 years on/or similar system complexity - Referent/coach on specialized engineering skills of the CBTC (Communication Based Train Control) domain.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in leading a group of technical resources.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficient in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in using DOORS, Polarion, Melody advance, or other system design and requirement management tools.
• Strong application (automated train control systems) domain knowledge & knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices.
• Experience in developing/reviewing test scenarios and/or procedures from requirements.
• Knowledge of Rail Signaling.
• Knowledge of Communication Based Train Control.
• Work Package Management.
• Ability to sell/defend products to customers with differing levels of knowledge for automated systems.

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