Chief Rolling Stock Design & Specification Engineer & Project Manager (Rolling Stock)- BID Position

SYSTRA; Delhi; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA India seeks a Chief Rolling Stock Design & Specification Engineer & Project Manager (Rolling Stock) to lead technical specification development and oversee end-to-end design activities for metro rolling stock projects. You will coordinate with Civil, Signaling, and Procurement teams to ensure safety, performance, and on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate is a graduate engineer with 20+ years’ experience, including 15+ years on relevant rolling stock projects, proven leadership, and strong

Qualifications

• Total 20+ years of experience in engineering projects.
• At least 15+ years in rolling stock or related rail projects.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Defining core technical specifications for car-body structures and propulsion systems to ensure crashworthiness and stability.
• Leading global vendor management and FAT approvals.
• Managing the kinematic envelope with Civil/Tunnel teams and CBTC integration.
• Steering multi-million dollar procurement timelines and ensuring delivery alignment.
• Leading high-speed stability trials and safety commissioning.
• Developing long-term maintenance manuals and depot lifecycle planning.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems integration

Vendor management

Project management

Education

Graduate in relevant Engineering

Job description

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA’s unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India’s comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for Metro projects across India. The position of Chief Rolling Stock Design & Specification Engineer & Project Manager (Rolling Stock) is the key position in these BIDs.

Missions/Main Duties

• Design Authorization: Defining core technical specifications for car-body structures, propulsion systems (VVVF), and bogie dynamics to ensure crashworthiness and stability.
• Manufacturing Oversight: Leading global vendor management, including quality audits at assembly plants and the approval of Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT).
• System Integration: Managing the critical "Kinematic Envelope" with Civil/Tunnel teams and ensuring Signaling (CBTC) equipment is flawlessly integrated on-board.
• Contract Management: Steering multi-million dollar procurement timelines, ensuring train delivery aligns with track and signaling readiness.
• Safety & Commissioning: Leading high-speed stability trials and service drills to secure final CMRS (safety) authorization for commercial operations.
• Maintenance Strategy: Developing long-term maintenance manuals and specifying the heavy machinery required for the Depot's 30-year operational lifecycle.

Profile/Skills

• Graduate in relevant Engineering
• Required total 20+ years of experience
• 15+ years of experience in relevant projects.

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!