Rail Systems Engineering Manager - Assurance

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Middle East Ltd is seeking a Rail Systems Engineering Manager - Assurance in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This senior role focuses on leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated railway systems, RAMS, and assurance across major rail programs.

The ideal candidate will have 18+ years in rail systems engineering, strong experience with signalling, telecoms, SCADA, and EN50126/28/29, and the ability to guide technical decisions with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent
• 18+ years in progressive rail systems/engineering roles
• Deep knowledge of signalling, telecoms, SCADA, AFC, PSD, and rail architectures
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams on major rail projects

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineers and technicians on railway systems engineering activities.
• Oversee complex assignments across major rail infrastructure programs.
• Establish technical approaches, scopes, and investigation strategies for challenging system issues.
• Direct requirements management to maintain traceability from stakeholder needs to design outputs.
• Manage interfaces between railway subsystems and external stakeholders.
• Oversee RAMS activities throughout the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Guide systems assurance processes and ensure engineering evidence supports safety and compliance.

Skills

Railway systems engineering

Systems engineering management

Systems assurance

Rail systems integration

Requirements Management

Interface Management

RAMS

Reliability engineering

Availability analysis

Maintainability engineering

Railway safety assurance

Signalling systems

Telecommunications systems

SCADA

Automatic Fare Collection

Platform Screen Doors

Integrated rail architectures

Requirements traceability

Interface coordination

Engineering verification

Technical assurance

Multidisciplinary engineering

EN50126

EN50128

EN50129

Technical problem solving

Engineering team leadership

Rail infrastructure projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Rail Systems Engineering Manager - Assurance Job Snapshot

Role: Rail Systems Engineering Manager - Assurance

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Engineering

Function: Engineering

Experience: Minimum 18 years

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Rail Systems Engineering Manager - Assurance in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Engineering opportunity for an accomplished rail professional with extensive expertise in multidisciplinary railway systems, systems assurance, requirements management, RAMS, and technical integration. AECOM is hiring an experienced engineering leader to manage complex technical assignments and guide engineering teams supporting major rail infrastructure programs in Saudi Arabia.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia

City: Riyadh

Industry: Engineering

Function: Engineering

Salary: Not disclosed

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Rail Systems Engineering Manager will provide senior technical leadership across integrated railway systems while maintaining oversight of engineering quality, interfaces, requirements, and systems assurance. The position combines strategic technical decision-making with direct management of engineers and technicians, requiring the ability to resolve complex multidisciplinary challenges with minimal supervision. The manager will help ensure signalling, telecommunications, SCADA, AFC, PSD, and associated rail technologies operate as a coherent and assured system throughout project development and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary group of engineers and technicians responsible for railway systems engineering activities.
• Interpret, organize, execute, and oversee technically complex assignments across major rail infrastructure programs.
• Establish engineering priorities, scopes, technical approaches, and investigation strategies for challenging or unconventional systems issues.
• Provide leadership across signalling, telecommunications, SCADA, Automatic Fare Collection, Platform Screen Doors, and integrated railway system architectures.
• Direct requirements management activities to maintain traceability between stakeholder needs, technical specifications, design outputs, verification, and final acceptance.
• Manage interfaces between railway subsystems, civil infrastructure, stations, operational systems, and external stakeholders.
• Oversee RAMS activities covering reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety throughout the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Guide systems assurance processes and confirm that engineering evidence supports project safety, performance, and compliance requirements.
• Apply EN50126, EN50128, and EN50129 principles to relevant engineering, assurance, and railway safety activities.
• Investigate complex technical problems and develop practical engineering concepts and solutions where established approaches are insufficient.
• Exercise independent professional judgment on significant technical matters within delegated authority.
• Maintain effective technical liaison with internal disciplines, project leadership, clients, consultants, contractors, and other external parties.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables across disciplines while identifying technical dependencies and resolving interface constraints.
• Review engineering outputs and support consistent technical quality across the team 's work.
• Develop engineering capability through technical direction, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and effective allocation of specialist resources.
• Provide clear technical recommendations and status information to project and program leadership.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate will hold a bachelor 's degree in Engineering or an equivalent professional qualification and bring at least 18 years of progressive systems engineering experience within the rail industry. Substantial technical exposure to railway signalling, telecommunications, SCADA, AFC, PSD, and integrated rail architectures is essential. The role requires proven capability in Requirements Management, Interface Management, RAMS, and Systems Assurance, supported by experience on major rail infrastructure programs. Candidates should demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of EN50126, EN50128, and EN50129 and the ability to apply these standards within complex project environments. Extensive progressive experience should be complemented by sound engineering judgment, multidisciplinary leadership capability, and confidence operating independently on high-impact technical matters.

Skills Set

• Railway systems engineering
• Systems engineering management
• Systems assurance
• Rail systems integration
• Requirements Management
• Interface Management
• RAMS
• Reliability engineering
• Availability analysis
• Maintainability engineering
• Railway safety assurance
• Signalling systems
• Telecommunications systems
• SCADA
• Automatic Fare Collection
• Platform Screen Doors
• Integrated rail architectures
• Requirements traceability
• Interface coordination
• Engineering verification
• Technical assurance
• Multidisciplinary engineering
• EN50126
• EN50128
• EN50129
• Technical problem solving
• Engineering team leadership
• Rail infrastructure projects

Why Join Us

Saudi Arabia 's investment in major transport infrastructure is creating sustained demand for senior railway systems specialists capable of managing increasingly integrated and safety-critical technologies. This position offers the opportunity to influence complex rail engineering decisions in Riyadh while leading multidisciplinary technical resources and working across systems integration, RAMS, assurance, and interface management. AECOM 's international engineering network also provides access to specialist expertise and large-scale infrastructure experience across multiple disciplines.

About the Company

AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting organization providing engineering, design, planning, program management, and construction management expertise. Its transportation teams support complex rail and infrastructure programs by combining multidisciplinary engineering capability with systems integration, technical assurance, and project delivery expertise.