Senior Safety Assurance Lead - Rail Systems

KB Signaling; West Henrietta (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401k plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

KB Signaling seeks a Safety Assurance Lead to strengthen our safety program across multiple projects in North America. The role reports to the Safety Manager and focuses on developing and improving safety during program and project development.

You will define safety plans, perform analyses, support tenders, and lead safety engineers while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver safe, compliant rail signaling solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering (System, Electrical, Electro-mechanical, Software).
• 5 years of experience in safety assurance or safety-critical applications.
• Knows and understands AREMA, CENELEC safety standards.
• Structured and organized.
• Team player.
• Proactive behavior.
• Sense of anticipation and urgency.
• Ability to say “no” when needed and to support/elaborate plan/solution to deliver.
• Resilient under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Training capability in Safety.
• Ability to allocate/drive activities performed by others.
• Technical aptitude to grasp engineering designs and how they can be impacted.

Responsibilities

• Perform Safety Assurance activities on project/product development.
• Support tenders by providing Safety Estimates.
• Define the Safety Plan, including safety workload, and planning for the project/product development.
• Perform Safety Analysis.
• Apply safety assurance methodologies defined for the project/product development to meet Safety Targets.
• Manage the Hazard Log through closure.
• Support V&V and TC activities from a Safety perspective.
• Work with Engineering teams to integrate products into projects.
• Build the Safety Reports and/or the Safety Cases.
• Defend the Safety Case in front of external ISA assessors; define and follow-up action plans to close findings.
• Lead (if any) the Safety Assurance Engineers involved on the project / system / product.
• Manage Safety Issues of fielded solutions.

Skills

Safety assurance

Safety standards AREMA/CENELEC

Team player

Proactive

Organizational skills

Technical aptitude

Planning capability

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (System/Electrical/Electro-mechanical/Software)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

KB Signaling seeks a Safety Assurance Lead to strengthen our safety program across multiple projects in North America. The role reports to the Safety Manager and focuses on developing and improving safety during program and project development.

You will define safety plans, perform analyses, support tenders, and lead safety engineers while collaborating with engineering teams to deliver safe, compliant rail signaling solutions.