System Application Design Engineer

ALSTOM Gruppe; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Award-winning learning and development

Career progression across functions/c"

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Systems Engineer with a focus on railway signalling to design and deliver system-level applications. You will work with Project Core Teams, Project Engineering Managers, and System Designers to analyze requirements and ensure conformance to signalling design principals.

The role involves creating signalling scheme plans, operational specifications, and ensuring traceability using DOORS, while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across projects.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Engineering (Electronics and Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronics and Communication, or a relevant field).
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in the railway signalling domain.
• Knowledge of railway safety standards.
• Experience or understanding of signalling subsystems such as train control systems, wayside interlocking, or supervision systems.
• Familiarity with signalling design, installation, testing, and commissioning.
• Proficiency in VBA, CAD, Visio, MS Office, and Excel.
• Strong writing skills with clarity, rigor, and concision.
• Ability to adhere to engineering planning and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Requirement Manager and Project Architect to allocate technical requirements to system application design.
• Adhering to signalling design principles and project schedules, while following engineering and configuration management plans.
• Conducting kick-off meetings with design teams to define scope and delivery timelines.
• Ensuring system requirement traceability using Requirement Management Tools like DOORS.
• Delivering project system-level documents and application deliverables (e.g., scheme plans, signalling rules, system parameters, and review reports).
• Analyzing and responding to reports/comments from Testing & Commissioning, Verification & Validation, and customers.
• Preparing project training materials on system functions, architecture, and design details.
• Promoting and practicing Alstom's Code of Ethics and maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct.

Skills

Railway signalling domain

Team collaboration

Technical writing

Engineering planning

Education

Engineering degree (Electronics & Electrical / Instrumentation / Electronics & Communication)

Tools

VBA

CAD

Visio

MS Office

Excel

Job description

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

Take on a new challenge and apply your systems engineering expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dedicated, innovative, and collaborative teammates.

You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our projects by designing and delivering critical system application solutions. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (including Project Core Teams, Project Engineering Managers, and System Designers), analyze technical requirements, and ensure compliance with signalling design principles.

You'll specifically take care of creating system-level documents such as signalling scheme plans and operational specifications, but also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

We’ll look to you for:

• Collaborating with the Requirement Manager and Project Architect to allocate technical requirements to system application design
• Adhering to signalling design principles and project schedules, while following engineering and configuration management plans
• Conducting kick-off meetings with design teams to define scope and delivery timelines
• Ensuring system requirement traceability using Requirement Management Tools like DOORS
• Delivering project system-level documents and application deliverables (e.g., scheme plans, signalling rules, system parameters, and review reports)
• Analyzing and responding to reports/comments from Testing & Commissioning, Verification & Validation, and customers
• Preparing project training materials on system functions, architecture, and design details
• Promoting and practicing Alstom's Code of Ethics and maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct

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:

• Degree or diploma in Engineering (Electronics and Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronics and Communication, or a relevant field)
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in the railway signalling domain
• Knowledge of railway safety standards
• Experience or understanding of signalling subsystems such as train control systems, wayside interlocking, or supervision systems
• Familiarity with signalling design, installation, testing, and commissioning
• Proficiency in software tools like VBA, CAD, Visio, MS Office, and Excel
• Strong writing skills with clarity, rigor, and concision
• Ability to adhere to engineering planning and deliverables
• Competence in analyzing technical queries and collaborating effectively across teams

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
• Work with new security standards for rail signalling
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilize our flexible and inclusive working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards leadership roles or specialized technical positions
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.