Senior Configuration & Defect Manager – Rail Systems

Hitachi, Ltd.; København; Hybrid; DKK 520,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Copenhagen is seeking a Configuration & Defect Manager to design, manage interfaces, and prepare documentation for installation, testing and approvals. You will maintain baselines, defect logs, version control, release traceability and non-regression coordination.

You will collaborate with Engineering, IVVQ/T&C, suppliers, and installation teams to coordinate releases, report defects, and ensure process discipline.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in configuration management, defect tools and release control.
• Experience in systems integration, rail, software, IT/OT or safety-related projects.
• Strong knowledge of version control, release management, asset configuration and defect analytics.
• Ability to coordinate technical teams around evidence-based closure.

Responsibilities

• Define configuration and defect management processes, baselines, naming rules, severity/prioritisation model and reporting cadence.
• Maintain records for hardware, software, firmware, drawings, settings, network devices, test scripts, documents and installed assets.
• Run defect triage, ownership assignment, root-cause tracking, fix verification, retest evidence and closure governance.
• Coordinate releases and configuration changes with Engineering, IVVQ/T&C, suppliers, Installation and Document Control.
• Report open defects, baseline status, known limitations and acceptance-impacting configuration issues.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation and confidentiality.
• Maintain baselines, defect log, version control, release traceability and non-regression coordination.
• Owns configuration status accounting and defect workflow discipline.
• Can block uncontrolled releases or baseline deviations and elevate systemic defect issues.

Skills

Configuration management

Defect management

Version control

Release management

Evidence-based closure

Escalation judgement

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Hitachi Rail in Copenhagen is seeking a Configuration & Defect Manager to design, manage interfaces, and prepare documentation for installation, testing and approvals. You will maintain baselines, defect logs, version control, release traceability and non-regression coordination.

You will collaborate with Engineering, IVVQ/T&C, suppliers, and installation teams to coordinate releases, report defects, and ensure process discipline.