Senior Rail Systems Assurance Lead

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

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.