Railway Communications Systems Project Engineer

Fluor Corporation; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Fluor Corporation is seeking a Project Engineer, Communication Systems, to lead the engineering deliverables for railway communications on the CAHSR program. The role covers fiber optic networks, IP/MPLS, OPS control center, CCTV, and regulatory interfaces, with 25–50% travel and base in Fresno, CA.

You will coordinate across telecom, signaling, traction, and IT teams, ensuring documentation, testing, and commissioning meet program standards and approvals for revenue service.

Qualifications

• Accredited four-year degree or global equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and twelve years of experience in railway communications, operational telecommunications, or transportation systems engineering.
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors.
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and approve communications engineering deliverables throughout design, construction, and testing and commissioning.
• Ensure technical documentation is complete, coordinated, and developed in accordance with Program requirements and applicable standards.
• Support requirements management, system architecture development, and interface definition activities for communications systems.
• Review supplier and contractor designs for compliance with Program specifications and operational requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces between communications, signaling, traction power, SCADA, stations, operations, maintenance facilities, and information technology teams.
• Provide technical oversight for fiber optic backbone networks, operational telecommunications systems, and IP/MPLS networks.
• Provide technical oversight for Operations Control Center communications, wayside radio, maintenance radio, and dispatch communications systems.
• Provide technical oversight for public address systems, CCTV transport networks, cybersecurity interfaces, and integrated operational communications and control systems.
• Support FCC licensing and frequency coordination activities, and prepare and review documentation required for telecommunications, operational, and regulatory approvals.
• Work with regulatory authorities, telecommunications providers, operators, and Program stakeholders to obtain approvals and certifications.
• Support radio spectrum management, interference assessments, radio coverage studies, and compliance documentation
• Address technical review comments and closeout actions raised by regulatory agencies and independent assessors
• Develop and review test plans, test procedures, and commissioning strategies for communications systems
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, network validation testing, and operational trial running, and witness testing to verify compliance with operational and performance requirements
• Coordinate defect management, corrective actions, and final system acceptance, and support revenue service demonstration and operational handover
• Other related duties may be assigned

Skills

Technical writing

Coordination

Stakeholder engagement

System integration

Communications systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

IP/MPLS networks

Fiber optic networks

Job description

Fluor Corporation is seeking a Project Engineer, Communication Systems, to lead the engineering deliverables for railway communications on the CAHSR program. The role covers fiber optic networks, IP/MPLS, OPS control center, CCTV, and regulatory interfaces, with 25–50% travel and base in Fresno, CA.

You will coordinate across telecom, signaling, traction, and IT teams, ensuring documentation, testing, and commissioning meet program standards and approvals for revenue service.