RAMS Engineer: Rail Safety & Reliability Architect

IKOS GROUP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transportation

WiFi

Benefits package

Job summary

IKOS, a leading railway engineering consultancy, seeks RAMS Engineers to join its expanding team in New York. You will deliver RAMS documentation for rolling stock subsystems, interface with customers and engineering teams, and assess RAMS requirements against contracts.

Candidates should hold an engineering degree and have RAMS experience in rail or related sectors, performing FMECA/FTA, hazard analyses, and risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or related discipline).
• RAMS activities experience in rail/transport/heavy industry or related sectors.

Responsibilities

• Deliver RAMS documentation for rolling stock subsystems (brakes, couplers, pantograph, inverters, trucks) according to project schedules.
• Interface with customers, engineering teams, and project stakeholders to ensure RAMS requirements are understood and implemented.
• Review RFPs and assess contractual RAMS requirements, identify risks, gaps, and mitigations.
• Perform reliability and maintainability analyses to ensure designs meet performance objectives.
• Conduct hazard identification, risk assessments, and define mitigation measures.
• Perform safety analyses using methods like FMECA, FTA, and RBD.
• Develop maintenance strategies and Life Cycle Cost analyses to optimize costs while maintaining reliability and safety.
• Support FRACAS activities and performance reporting.
• Utilize predictive analytics and failure data to support decision-making.
• Analyze field return data to improve RAMS databases and product information.

Skills

RAMS methodologies

FMECA/FTA

Hazard analysis

Strong analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

FRACAS

Reliability software

Job description

IKOS, a leading railway engineering consultancy, seeks RAMS Engineers to join its expanding team in New York. You will deliver RAMS documentation for rolling stock subsystems, interface with customers and engineering teams, and assess RAMS requirements against contracts.

Candidates should hold an engineering degree and have RAMS experience in rail or related sectors, performing FMECA/FTA, hazard analyses, and risk assessments.