Railway Communications Project Engineer — Design & Testing

Burns Engineering, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer, Communications to join our Transit and Rail Team in Sacramento, CA.

You will provide engineering leadership for railway communications and telecommunication systems across the CAHSR program, covering fiber, IP networks, and control communications. Responsibilities include producing deliverables through design, testing, and commissioning, coordinating interfaces across teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 10+ years in railway communications.
• Experience taking communications systems from design through testing and final acceptance.
• Strong knowledge of system integration and railway communications applications.
• Ability to manage requirements, architectures, and interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and approve communications engineering deliverables through design, construction, testing, and commissioning.
• Coordinate interfaces between communications, signaling, traction power, SCADA, stations, operations, and IT teams.
• Provide technical oversight for fiber optic backbone networks and IP/MPLS networks.
• Support FCC licensing, frequency coordination, and regulatory approvals.
• Develop test plans and commissioning strategies across factory and site testing.
• Travel 25–50% along the alignment.

Skills

Railway communications

Systems integration

Requirements management

Stakeholder coordination

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

IP/MPLS networks

Fiber optic networks

Regulatory documentation

Job description

Burns Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer, Communications to join our Transit and Rail Team in Sacramento, CA.

You will provide engineering leadership for railway communications and telecommunication systems across the CAHSR program, covering fiber, IP networks, and control communications. Responsibilities include producing deliverables through design, testing, and commissioning, coordinating interfaces across teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance.