Signaling Engineer

Hitachi Rail; Medina; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Saudi Arabia seeks a Signaling Engineer to ensure reliability and safety of railway signaling in an operational environment. You will monitor performance, analyze faults, and drive maintenance procedures while coordinating with traffic control during incidents.

Ideal candidates will hold a Electrical/Railway engineering degree, Saudi nationality, and be prepared to lead technical solutions and report performance dashboards. This role emphasizes safety and regulatory adherence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field).
• Saudi National is required.
• Railway signaling knowledge or related experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain signaling system performance.
• L1 & L2 investigation of signaling failures and root cause analysis.
• Perform and review maintenance procedures, checklists, and schedules.
• Perform and supervise field maintenance activities.
• Analyze system logs to identify faults.
• Coordinate with traffic controller and maintenance teams during incidents and service disruptions.
• Support emergency response and restoration activities (including shift/on-call if required).
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, maintenance procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify improvement opportunities and propose technical solutions (modifications, upgrades).
• Prepare technical reports, failure analysis reports, and performance dashboards.

Skills

Fault analysis

Root cause analysis

Maintenance procedures

System monitoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Railway Engineering (preferred)

Computer Engineering

Job description

Role Overview: The Signaling Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and safety of railway signaling systems through effective maintenance strategies, fault analysis, and technical leadership. The role focuses on optimizing system performance in an operational railway environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain signaling system performance.
• L1 & L2 investigation of signaling failures and perform root cause analysis.
• Perform and review maintenance procedures, checklists, and schedules.
• Perform and supervise field maintenance activities.
• Analyze system logs to identify faults.
• Coordinate with traffic controller and maintenance teams during incidents and service disruptions.
• Support emergency response and restoration activities (including shift/on-call if required).
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, maintenance procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify improvement opportunities and propose technical solutions (modifications, upgrades).
• Prepare technical reports, failure analysis reports, and performance dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Railway Engineering (preferred).
• Saudi National (must).

We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.