System Engineer

Hitachi Rail Limited; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited is seeking a System Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA. The role focuses on analyzing customer system specifications, decomposing them into detailed requirements, and ensuring hardware/software designs meet specifications throughout the project lifecycle.

You will create system specs, architecture, and traceability matrices, and interact with multiple departments to deliver solutions. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of requirements management experience, familiarity with

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in a requirements management position.
• Experience with DOORS, Jazz, MS Excel (or equivalent).
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams under senior Project Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer specifications and derive system requirements.
• Create system specification documents and architecture including interfaces.
• Trace requirements through to customer specs and develop test procedures.
• Serve as primary technical interface to the customer throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with electrical hardware and software engineering teams.

Skills

Requirements management

Verbal and written communication

Collaborative teams (1-5 engineers)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Jazz

MS Excel

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Job Description:

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self‑motivated System Engineer who thrives in a fast‑paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of tasks from administrative to strategic. This position will be based in Pittsburgh, PA.

The successful candidate will be responsible for analysis of customer supplied system specifications, decomposing the statements within such specifications into system requirements. The system engineer will be responsible for identifying gaps between customer requirements and standard Onboard system hardware/software products. The system engineer will be responsible for the creation of system specification documents, system architecture including interface control design documents and trace system specification to the customer spec. The system engineer will be responsible to assure that the hardware and software design satisfies the customer specification creating or reviewing the test procedures and creating a requirements trace matrix from the test procedures back through the requirements and to the customer specifications. The systems engineer will be the primary technical interface to the customer throughout the lifecycle of the project and will act as technical liaison relative to the hardware/software development effort with other departments within Hitachi working on the same project.

Accountabilities

• Analyzing customer specifications, industry standards, and local processes to develop design requirements
• Managing the design technical solution, adhering to the input requirements)
• Managing and implementing requirements changes
• Leading collaborative problem solving that balances risk, time, cost
• Providing technical solutions and estimates for change orders
• Analyzing and mitigating design risks
• Interfacing and guiding electrical hardware and software engineering professionals to execute the work
• Preparing, submitting, and defending design documentation with external customers
• Occasionally acting as an overall Project Engineer on smaller projects

Required skills/experience

• 3-5 years' experience in a requirements management position
• Experience (desired) or familiarity (minimum) with requirements design tools such as DOORS, Jazz, MS Excel, others
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Practical experience working in collaborative teams with 1-5 engineers under direction of a senior Project Engineer

Education

Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline

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