Project Engineer

About Us

Hitachi Rail offers a global career with opportunities in digital transformation and technology, across diverse teams and markets. This role contributes to our ongoing legacy of innovation and collaboration.

Description

Project Engineer is the technical leader for the project, responsible for guaranteeing completion of activities through coordination of Work Package Leaders for subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver design work packages on schedule and within the planned budget.
• Lead project monitoring and control activities, including maintaining schedule, MPR updates, meeting minutes, risk register, and change orders.
• Prioritize and monitor software problem reports and execute tasks within engineering and software development activities.
• Track performance and analyze progress toward key goals.
• Conduct regular meetings with clients to clarify requirements and meet them in a timely manner.
• Collect KPIs to monitor project status.
• Maintain and monitor the project budget.
• Manage TXCR for the project by ensuring proper creation by Work Package Leaders.
• Plan design reviews during the project lifecycle to define GO/NOGO steps.
• Facilitate scope/requirement discussions with technical teams and customers.
• Document and report project progress to stakeholders and clients.
• Contribute to an optimal overall project technical solution.
• Ensure project objectives are communicated to the project team and that all technical activities align with the schedule.
• Ensure proper Configuration Management, including document management and transmittal processes.
• Delegate tasks to team members according to their skills and experience to ensure efficient completion.
• Follow up on requirement specifications and integration compliance within the project and system disciplines.

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as project engineer or lead systems/software engineer for large software control system applications.
• Very good knowledge of German railway signaling and control systems.
• Prior experience with basic project management.
• Maintaining and controlling budget, schedule monitoring/development, risk management, resource and task management.
• Extensive understanding and/or experience with software development lifecycles, delivery, and hardware/software integration lifecycles.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, scheduling software (MS Project or Primavera), requirements management systems, and software configuration tools.
• Experience managing small- to mid-sized projects and project teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, engage, and manage cross-functional teams with varying skills/experience.
• Ability to multi-task across multiple projects and build strong relationships with effective communication and leadership.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.

Desired Skills/Knowledge

• Rail or rail transit domain experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience supporting Bids and Proposals for new work is preferred.
• Experience with overall systems architecture design.
• Experience with robust, mission-critical control systems.
• Experience providing leadership in functional or project management roles.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

Languages

• Italian and English proficiency

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