Senior Signaling & Train Control Project Manager

Burns Engineering, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager, Signaling and Train Control to join our Transit and Rail Team in Sacramento, CA.

You will oversee ETCS Level 2 signaling delivery through design, procurement, installation, testing, and handover, coordinating with telecommunications, rolling stock, operations, track, and civil disciplines. Reporting to the Rail Systems Lead, you will manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractor performance, lead testing and commissioning, support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in railway signaling, train control, and rail systems delivery.
• Demonstrated signaling or train control delivery on projects exceeding $250 million in value.
• Experience delivering ETCS Level 2 or CBTC projects in a project management capacity.
• Experience with modern digital signaling technologies including ETCS, CBTC, ATP, and ATO.
• Experience integrating signaling systems with telecommunications, rolling stock, and operational control systems.
• Strong working knowledge of railway systems engineering and systems integration.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams and external suppliers.
• Demonstrated record delivering complex transportation infrastructure projects through testing, commissioning, and acceptance.
• Working knowledge of Positive Train Control, axle counter train detection, and broken rail detection technologies.
• Working knowledge of GSM‑R, LTE, FRMCS, or comparable railway communications networks as they interface with train control.
• Working knowledge of safety assurance and CENELEC processes, including EN 50126, EN 50128, and EN 50129.
• Availability for travel of 25 to 50 percent along the alignment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of ETCS Level 2 signaling systems throughout the full project lifecycle, from design development through operational handover.
• Oversee project scope, schedule, budget, risk, contractor performance, and stakeholder engagement for signaling work packages.
• Coordinate signaling interfaces with telecommunications, rolling stock, operations, track, traction power, and civil engineering disciplines.
• Oversee integration of ETCS with Automatic Train Operation, Automatic Route Setting, Computer Based Interlocking, and Radio Block Centres.
• Oversee integration of Traffic Management Systems, axle counter train detection, and broken rail detection systems with the train control architecture.
• Support development and implementation of operational concepts for high‑speed train operations.
• Manage signaling suppliers, contractors, and specialist consultants, including performance monitoring and delivery risk management.
• Ensure compliance with FRA requirements, Program specifications, and applicable railway signaling standards.
• Oversee review and acceptance of supplier and contractor signaling designs, technical submissions, and construction packages.
• Lead testing, commissioning, trial running, and operational readiness activities for signaling and train control systems.
• Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, and route proving programs.
• Support safety assurance, hazard management, safety case development, and system certification activities.
• Manage defect resolution, corrective action closure, punch‑list completion, and final system acceptance.
• Support project reporting, forecasting, change management, and executive‑level communications for signaling delivery.
• Support revenue service demonstration and operational handover of train control systems

Skills

ETCS Level 2

CBTC

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Tools

PMP/PRINCE2

Systems engineering tools

Job description

Burns Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager, Signaling and Train Control to join our Transit and Rail Team in Sacramento, CA.

You will oversee ETCS Level 2 signaling delivery through design, procurement, installation, testing, and handover, coordinating with telecommunications, rolling stock, operations, track, and civil disciplines. Reporting to the Rail Systems Lead, you will manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractor performance, lead testing and commissioning, support