Senior Design Engineer

Hitachi Rail; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to join the design team. You will ensure compliance with the defined design process and client requirements, manage design production and programs for bids, projects and services.

You will mentor junior engineers and support the delivery of design work in a hybrid arrangement with regular office presence in Cheadle. A background in rail SCADA/telecoms design and CAD tools is expected to ensure safety and

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading design teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across disciplines.
• Proven ability to collaborate with project teams to translate needs into technical specs.
• Knowledge of engineering safety management and CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project teams to grasp needs and translate into technical specifications.
• Design and develop buildable, maintainable solutions meeting standards and legislation.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on design principles and best practices.
• Support work package managers with status, progress measurement and forecasting.

Skills

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

CAD software

ProjectWise

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 multi-cultural 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.

Location

Cheadle, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Job ID

R1011360

Date Posted

2026-10-27

Company Name

Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited

Profession (Job Category)

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule

Full time

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

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 multi-cultural 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

Our Opportunity

As a Senior Design Engineer, you are an integral member of the design team assuring compliance to a defined design process and ensuring that the design conforms to client requirements including quoted standards and specifications.

You will be responsible for the management of design production, design estimates, design programs and design work packages for bids, projects and services to contract requirements, standards, budget, and on-time delivery.

Take on the position of Designer as identified in the CDM regulations, with particular attention to design risks, ensuring that safety risks are designed out or deemed “as low as reasonably practicable”. You will be required to provide support to junior team members through the application of mentoring and coaching.

This is a hybrid role working a minimum of two days per week from our Cheadle office site.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project teams, engineering delivery, technical solutions managers, and other stakeholders to grasp project needs and convert them into technical specifications.
• Design and develop solutions using industry best practice. Engage with supply chain to develop understanding of product offerings that can be applied to our solutions.
• Produce designs that are buildable and maintainable that meet customer requirements and relevant standards and legislation.
• Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks and other design issues.
• Troubleshoot issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
• Provide independent peer review, checking and approval of designs.
• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on design principles, engineering techniques, and best practices.
• Work collaboratively with other engineering disciplines and other stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the project.
• Understand and follow the project delivery processes, methodologies and use the defined tools as set out in the SRS Management System and the project specific Engineering Management Plans.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest technologies, tools, and trends in Hitachi Rail and 3rd party COTS product developments.
• Support Work Package Managers with timely provision of status, accurate measurement of progress and forecasting of remaining work and by identifying change, variation, risk and opportunity to the work package manager wherever the scope of works is impacted.

Technical Skills And Experience

• Possesses a strong ability to use design tools to produce complex designs.
• Capable of managing a design through a defined design process.
• Able to produce metrics as part of Quality Assurance & control.
• Working knowledge of project plans.
• Knowledgeable in Engineering Safety Management.
• A proven record of working in a rail SCADA & telecoms engineering environment for control panel & installation design
• Fully understands the engineering lifecycle and its associated processes.
• Knowledgeable about CDM regulations.
• Experienced in CAD and has a working knowledge of ProjectWise.
• Experienced in adhering to SIL-2 standards and designing according to specified SRACs.
• Has demonstrated design capabilities to at least a supervisor level for one skill set and practitioner level for one or more key skill as captured and managed via the competency and capability management system.
• Can maintain configuration control of design baselines

Human Skills

• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on systems design principles, engineering techniques, and best practices
• Stay updated on emerging technologies, trends, and industry best practices, and apply them to enhance our solutions
• Excellent communication skills in all forms and at all levels
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Excellent problem-solving ability, trade-off skills and attention to detail

What To Expect

We aim to complete a one-stage interview process, which will be held at the office. The interview will focus on both technical and behavioural competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the TA partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are, and what might be available, your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you. We may close this role early if we quickly identify suitably strong applicants.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

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.