Requirement Lead Engineer

Alstom; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Technical & Commercial Manager to oversee requirements management for high-speed projects. The ideal candidate will have experience with DOORS, rollingstock knowledge, and strong system engineering skills. This permanent position offers a salary of circa £48,000 - £50,000 plus bonus and provides opportunities for career development in an innovative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive social coverage

Investment in professional development

Qualifications

• Experience of system engineering related to railway products.
• Familiarity with full end-to-end V-Cycle processes.
• Knowledge of rollingstock and railway systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage requirements schedule and handle conflicts.
• Import and manage contract changes into DOORS.
• Support process training and requirement quality reviews.
• Report contract movement KPIs.

Skills

System Engineering (including S/W)

Experience in using DOORS

Rollingstock knowledge

Ability to handle difficult situations

Ability to read a requirement in context

Understanding interfaces (ICDs)

Understanding of contract construction (MSA)

Experience in Rail Industry

Awareness of rail vehicle certification

Experience of ensuring external Customer Compliance

Job description

Overview

Req ID: 483599

Location: Derby

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 05/11/2025

Salary + Benefits: circa £48,000 - £50,000 DOE plus bonus

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, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

The role is for technical & commercial management of requirements. The focus is supporting the management of the Technical Specification in DOORS (Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System) for a high-speed project execution. The role includes understanding and linking the interface register to Customer Technical Specification clauses and managing technical contract movement with the commercial management team. Contract management of the MSA (Manufacture & Supply Agreement) and purchaser/manufacturer change notifications (PCN/MCN) for changes in design and linking this with the Requirements in DOORS up to Critical Design Gate (CDR) (in effect design freeze).

Responsibilities

• Manage the schedule of requirements management activities in accordance with the deadlines of each project and identify priority conflicts, risks and management of contract change leading to not meeting commitments.
• Import technical content and manage change of the Contract (MSA) into DOORS as an Engineering V-Cycle deliverable.
• Support is based on Process, method & tool training, support in requirement quality review, support user manipulating the tool.
• Reporting Contract movement (KPI) for the project
• Supporting COD (Chief of Development), TPM (Train Performance Manager), CAM (Certification & Authorisation Manager), TSM (Train Safety Manager), TAM (Train Architecture Manager), TDE (Train Design Engineer), SAA (System Architecture Area), TCE (Train Control Engineer) and TSS (Train Sub Systems) in:
• • Clarifying and cleaning requirements,
  • Synthesising requirements,
  • Analysing & developing requirements,
  • Allocating requirements, Defining Means of Proof associated to Requirements.
• Contract interface changes captured and managed.
• Communication and propagating requirements to the modules.
• Liaising with Commercial team on all technical movement (via controlled change notifications/CR (Change Request))

Qualifications

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• System Engineering (including S/W (Software)) preferably applied to Railway products
• Experience in using DOORS and knowledge of full end-to-end V-Cycle
• Rollingstock (vehicle) knowledge
• Ability to handle difficult situations
• Ability to read a requirement in context is essential
• Understanding interfaces (ICDs) and the impact on design and customer requirement
• Understanding of contract construction (MSA)
• Experience in Rail Industry is preferred
• Awareness of rail vehicle certification would be beneficial
• Experience of ensuring external Customer Compliance

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• 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!

Equal opportunity statement

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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