Senior Rail Interface & Systems Integration Lead

Hatch; Katowice; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Hatch is seeking a Senior Interface and Integration Manager - Systems Engineer to join our Poland-based team. You will lead interface management across major rail and metro programmes, coordinating interfaces among railway systems, infrastructure, rolling stock and operations.

You will develop Interface Registers and Control Documents, run workshops, and collaborate with designers, contractors and operators to ensure coherent interfaces and successful project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Typically, 8–10 years in rail, transportation or complex multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience in interface management, systems integration, design coordination or multidisciplinary technical delivery.
• Good understanding of railway or metro systems and their interfaces with infrastructure, facilities and operations.
• Experience developing or managing interface registers, interface matrices, Interface Control Documents or similar records.
• Ability to coordinate functional, physical, operational, data and organizational interfaces.
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles and lifecycle processes.
• Familiarity with requirements management, Verification and Validation, configuration management, safety assurance or RAM is advantageous.
• Experience in signalling, rolling stock, communications, traction power, stations, tunnels, depots, MEP or other rail disciplines is advantageous.
• Experience with automated metro, CBTC or Grade of Automation 4 systems is advantageous.
• Familiarity with tools such as SharePoint, Excel, IBM DOORS, DOORS Next, ProjectWise or equivalents.
• Knowledge of European rail standards and CENELEC processes would be advantageous.
• Strong coordination, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Polish language capability would be advantageous.
• Ability to work in international, distributed teams and travel within Poland and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Lead interface management activities on major rail and metro programmes.
• Establish and maintain interface management processes, plans and working arrangements.
• Identify and coordinate internal and external interfaces across systems, infrastructure, rolling stock, operations and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain Interface Registers, Interface Matrices and Interface Control Documents.
• Facilitate interface workshops and multidisciplinary technical coordination meetings.
• Work with designers, contractors, suppliers and operators to define interface boundaries, responsibilities, inputs and deliverables.
• Track interface issues, actions, decisions, assumptions and dependencies through to resolution.
• Support the integration of signalling, rolling stock, traction power, communications, SCADA, stations, tunnels, depots and related systems.
• Coordinate interfaces between railway systems and civil, structural, architectural and MEP disciplines.
• Support identification and management of interface risks affecting design, construction, testing, commissioning or operations.
• Review design information to identify gaps, inconsistencies and potential interface conflicts.
• Support systems integration reviews, technical assurance activities and project reporting.
• Collaborate with requirements, systems engineering, configuration management, safety and RAM specialists.
• Produce interface reports, presentations and technical documentation for project teams and clients.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior and intermediate engineers.
• Contribute to Hatch’s Systems Integration and Assurance capability in Poland and Europe.

Skills

Interface management

Systems integration

Stakeholder management

Coordination

Requirements management

Systems Engineering

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

SharePoint

Excel

IBM DOORS

DOORS Next

ProjectWise

Job description

Hatch is seeking a Senior Interface and Integration Manager - Systems Engineer to join our Poland-based team. You will lead interface management across major rail and metro programmes, coordinating interfaces among railway systems, infrastructure, rolling stock and operations.

You will develop Interface Registers and Control Documents, run workshops, and collaborate with designers, contractors and operators to ensure coherent interfaces and successful project delivery.