Chief System Architect - CBTC

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Chief Architect for CBTC who will lead technical teams and drive design for communication-based train control systems. You'll be responsible for ensuring compliance with customer requirements, managing complex technical designs, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate will have 12 years of software system experience and a Bachelor's degree in engineering.

Qualifications

• 12 years' experience in development of software-based system applications.
• Knowledge of systems development life cycle.
• Senior level expertise in URS systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams to solve critical issues.
• Perform system design, analysis, and simulation for train control systems.
• Communicate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Software engineering practices

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

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.

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

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 required. 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: Guide resources/teams to solve technical problems
• Technical Leader: Lead technical teams to solve critical issues
• Technical Manager: Provide technical input to a project strategy to ensure success
• Leads customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, and architecture design
• Converts customer requirements into conceptual designs and prepares associated documentation by performing operational analyses, simulations and technical trade-off studies
• Creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfill 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 systems engineering knowledge
• Operational design limits are evaluated and defined

• Ability to develop solutions that balance cost/benefit
• Ensures and encourages the system team to follow the development process
• Strategy of development accounts for system development work and considers other teams\' activities to ensure end-to-end solution can be developed efficiently
• Identifies 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 provides the necessary outputs/support to other disciplines
• Identifies and implements process improvement initiatives
• Engages other leaders to ensure the design strategy on the project/product is consistent with other initiatives

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 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 and 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

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers

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