Intermediate Interlocking Hardware Design Engineer - Go Expansion

ALSTOM Gruppe; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Intermediate Interlocking Hardware Design Engineer, where you'll play a vital role in enhancing the mobility of Canada's public transit systems. This position involves engaging in the design and execution of interlocking application design activities, ensuring adherence to quality commitments and project schedules. Collaborate with a diverse team to tackle complex challenges in railway signaling and contribute to innovative solutions that make a real impact. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to be part of a dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in IXL and/or TMS application design in a complex environment.
• Knowledge of signaling principles and design processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to application design methods & tools.
• Participate in design review meetings and provide progress reports.
• Analyze design change requests and manage application packages.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Multi-disciplinary approach

Sense of urgency

Education

Engineering Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, or Automation Engineering

Railway transport training certification

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Intermediate Interlocking Hardware Design Engineer - Go Expansion

Date: 7 Feb 2025

Location: Toronto, ON, CA

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Imagine playing a central role in reducing the carbon footprint of Canada's busiest public transit system and doing so with a consistently ranked Top Employer with a global reach. As part of the ONxpress consortium, Alstom is proudly working to transform the collective mobility of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas (GTHA) through the On-Corridor Works project. The GO Expansion scope: new electric locomotives, train control systems, network electrification, signalling, telecommunications and digital systems.

Purpose:

• The Interlocking (IXL) is a system composed of Mechanical, Electromechanical, Electric, Electronic and Software components having the aim to ensure safe movements of trains.
• The purpose of the job is to take part in the execution of IXL application design activities of a Signaling project, adopt the Alstom application design process and ensure the delivery accordingly to the projects schedule and quality commitments.
• The IXL Application Design Engineer shares with Project IXL design leader the progress of the activities executed, the issues and the potential improvements that can be applied on methods and tools.

Key accountabilities:

• Ensure the application and adherence to the reference application design methods & tools, requesting in cooperation with the Project IXL design leader deviations whenever appropriate.
• Participate actively in the IXL detailed design review meetings and provide activity progress reports.
• Organize and produce documental, software design deliveries accordingly to the project templates and needs.
• Support actively the Project IXL design leader and Project V&V manager in design issues debugging and testing.
• Analyze and manage design change requests and participate actively in the definition of the IXL application package to be delivered to the V&V, installation and Testing & Commissioning teams.
• Ensure independence of the design activity from the verification activity.

Educational Requirements:

• Engineering Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, Automation Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 2-5 years in IXL and/or TMS and/or ERTMS application design or relevant positions (systems / sub-system application design) in a highly complex and normative environment (railway signaling, CBTC, aerospace, defense).
• Signaling HW Design and SW data generation processes understanding.
• Knowledge of signaling principles and translation of principles into application logic.
• Engineering and system background.
• More than 5 years in relevant positions (systems / sub-system application design) in a highly complex and normative environment (railway signaling, CBTC, aerospace, defense).
• Railway transport training certification.
• AutoCAD and programming language knowledge.

Open-minded; Multi-disciplinary approach; Problem setting and problem solving; Sense of urgency; Writing skills required: clarity, rigor, and concision.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note:

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.