Senior System Engineer (Railway System Interface Manager)

Role overview

Interface management and integration

• Manage railway scenarios, requirements, architecture, and interactions among rolling stock, signaling, tracks, and power supply.
• Select technologies and configurations for new rail projects and coordinate interface development, verification, validation, and closure.
• Manage external system interfaces and applicable authorization processes.
• Ensure interoperability and compatibility across railway subsystems and against relevant national and international requirements and standards.

Verification, lifecycle, and digitalization

• Ensure subsystems are integrated for validation of railway performance and functionality across planned scenarios.
• Enable integration testing and ensure systems meet project requirements, standards, laws, and performance characteristics; define and monitor interface V&V plans.
• Manage upgrades and modernization and support asset management and maintenance planning.
• Implement IoT, AI, Big Data, Digital Twin, remote monitoring, and smart signaling for predictive maintenance and automation.

Education and experience

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• At least 15 years of railway systems engineering experience, with strong interface management proficiency.
• Experience focused on sustainability in railway systems and infrastructure design, construction, and operation.

Railway systems expertise

• Knowledge of rolling stock, signaling, electrification, track infrastructure, hardware/software/infrastructure interfaces, and mixed-traffic operations.
• Relevant systems include ETCS, CBTC, PTC, interlocking, 25kV AC, 750V DC, 3kV DC, standard gauge, high-speed rail, light rail, and metro.
• Standards and regulations include CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, ETCS/ERTMS, IEC 62290, and regional UIC, AAR, and FRA regulations.

Methods and tools

• Systems engineering tools listed include DOORS and Enterprise Architect; failure and safety analysis tools include ReliaSoft, FMECA, and FTA tools.
• Electrical and mechanical design tools listed include MATLAB, Simulink, and CATIA.
• Project methods include V-Model, Agile, or Waterfall; the posting also describes managing large-scale railway system deployment projects.

Competencies