Verification and Validation Engineer

Hitachi Rail Limited; København; Hybrid; DKK 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited seeks a Verification & Validation Specialist to join the RAMS & Validation team. You will verify and validate railway design deliverables, participate in inspections, and report findings to ensure compliance and quality.

The role includes collaboration with customers, partners, and internal teams across Denmark and Germany. The position supports a hybrid work model with travel as needed to commissioning and stakeholder meetings.

Qualifications

• Quality-oriented and detail-focused.
• Structured approach to work and reporting.
• Delivers timely and accurate V&V outputs with strong documentation.
• Ability to review technical documentation critically.
• Good communication and teamwork; proactive problem-solving.
• Railway experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Verify and validate that the F-bane project meets contractual and internal requirements.
• Perform verification/validation activities per instructions and checklists.
• Join inspections across project phases, mainly in Denmark and Germany.
• Report non-conformities and prepare V&V reports.
• Liaise with internal teams, customers, partners and suppliers to optimize processes.
• Occasional travel within Denmark and Germany may be required.

Skills

Quality-oriented

Structured

V&V tasks

Documentation review

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Proactive

Railway experience

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 multicultural 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.

Job Description – Verification & Validation Specialist

The Verification and Validation Specialist will together with the rest of the Verification and Validation team preparing, execute and ensure proper reporting of the Verification and Validation activities to the Head of RAMS & Validation.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• To verify and validate that the F-bane project is fulfilling the contractual and internal requirements during the development, design and implementation deliveries to the Customer of the railway design for specific rollout lines in west Denmark.
• Participate in performing verification and validation activities according to given instructions and checklist (Validation of signalling layouts, hardware configuration, drawings, templates, etc.).
• Participate in verification and validation inspections in different project phases to ensure confidence in the verification activities performed, with focus on test activities performed in Denmark and Germany.
• Report and evaluate any non-compliance detected during the verification and validation activities and creation of verification and validation reports.
• Liaise with the other internal teams, the customer, our partners and suppliers in order to optimize the processes.
• Occasional travel within Denmark (and Germany) may be required for commissioning, testing activities, and stakeholder meetings.

Skills and Experience

• Quality-oriented
• Structured
• Delivering timely and accurate V&V tasks while maintaining high-quality documentation and reporting.
• Ability to review technical documentation with a critical and independent mindset.
• Ability to work in a team and support a strong team culture
• Good communication skills
• Proactive way of working
• Railway experience will be an advantage

Technical

• Knowledge of railway terms and infrastructure elements
• Capability to gain the required technical understanding of signaling systems and processes
• Experience with Verification and Validation work preferably from the railway industry will be an advantage
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to railway safety, quality, and compliance throughout project phases.
• Knowledge of Requirement Management, Configuration Management and Defect Management will be an advantage
• Knowledge of System Engineering principles, will be an advantage
• Knowledge of CENELEC standard 50126, 50128 (2011), EN 50716, 50129 will be an advantage

Languages

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Danish or German are considered an advantage

Do you have the interpersonal skills?

You are ambitious and you take responsibility. In your work, you are able to identify difficulties, find constructive solutions through involvement and collaboration with different parties, and implement the best possible solution. You enjoy building and maintaining relationships based on transparency, trust and respect.

Working in Hitachi

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone.

We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view.

It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.