Rail Engineering Manager — Systems & Governance Lead

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Ballerup; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work 40/60

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead governance, interfaces and design assurance for railway solutions. You will drive technical maturity and coordinate across multiple engineering domains to ensure safe, integrated solutions.

The role requires senior leadership in rail systems, strong design and interface skills, and the ability to guide supplier engineering teams through complex projects.

Qualifications

• Senior engineering leadership in rail systems, control/communications, IT/OT or multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Strong systems engineering, design assurance, interface, configuration and lifecycle acceptance knowledge.
• Ability to lead diverse technical teams and supplier engineering organisations.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during design freezes, technical escalations, audits and commissioning defects.
• More than 7 years on complex rail/systems projects.
• CENELEC familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering management approach, design governance, and engineering maturity criteria.
• Lead technical coordination across Solution Engineering, Interface & Integration, Requirements, Installation Design, Configuration/Defect control and Work Package Leaders.
• Ensure safety, RAM, cybersecurity, EMC, human factors, O&M, installation and IVVQ/T&C requirements are embedded in design outputs.
• Escalates major technical deviations, maturity gaps or unresolved interface conflicts.

Skills

Rail systems leadership

Systems engineering

Interface management

Lifecycle

CENELEC familiarity

Job description

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead governance, interfaces and design assurance for railway solutions. You will drive technical maturity and coordinate across multiple engineering domains to ensure safe, integrated solutions.

The role requires senior leadership in rail systems, strong design and interface skills, and the ability to guide supplier engineering teams through complex projects.