Chief Engineer – Train Performance & Systems

ALSTOM Gruppe; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

52 weeks maternity/adoption pay

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits and social coverage

Job summary

Alstom seeks a Train Performance Manager (Chief Engineer) to own end-to-end train-level performance, serving as the principal technical interface with the customer and coordinating requirements across all systems throughout the project lifecycle and into revenue service.

The role requires senior system engineering expertise, MBSE familiarity, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to drive verification and validation across major railway projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of railway systems, products, projects and engineering processes.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical activities within major railway projects.
• Ability to balance detailed technical understanding with system-level performance and operational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical interface for the customer on train and system-level performance matters.
• Lead train-level system development, integration, and validation activities, including architecture and performance targets.
• Ensure customer, operator, and regulatory requirements are translated into consistent, measurable train-level performance specifications.
• Coordinate with subsystems, suppliers and central functions to allocate requirements and ensure coherence.
• Lead system-level verification and validation to demonstrate compliance with train performance requirements.

Skills

Train performance

System engineering

Stakeholder mgmt

MBSE

SysML

Regulatory compliance

Tools

SysML

Job description

Alstom seeks a Train Performance Manager (Chief Engineer) to own end-to-end train-level performance, serving as the principal technical interface with the customer and coordinating requirements across all systems throughout the project lifecycle and into revenue service.

The role requires senior system engineering expertise, MBSE familiarity, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to drive verification and validation across major railway projects.