CBTC & NextGen Systems Engineering DIrector

STV • Pittsburgh, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

STV is seeking a CBTC & Next Gen Engineering Director for its Systems Department in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This senior leadership role provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC), next-generation train control systems, systems integration, rail signaling, safety assurance, and transit modernization programs across North America and select international markets. The Director serves as a technical authority and advisor, leading multidisciplinary teams responsible for planning, designing, integrating, verifying, validating, testing, commissioning, and preparing complex transportation systems for operation. The role works with transit agencies, rail operators, technology suppliers, contractors, and STV project teams to deliver infrastructure programs from concept through revenue service.

The Director also advances STV’s rail systems practice through client engagement, business development, strategic planning, technical innovation, and talent development. Responsibilities include establishing engineering direction and governance; overseeing systems architecture, requirements, interfaces, integration, and lifecycle engineering; directing safety assurance and verification and validation; supporting project delivery and supplier coordination; and leading technical teams and business development efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 15 or more years of progressive experience in rail transit, signaling, train control, systems engineering, or transportation infrastructure.
• 10 or more years of experience supporting CBTC, advanced train control, or systems integration programs.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams and complex project delivery efforts.
• Extensive experience with CBTC, rail signaling systems, systems integration, requirements management, interface management, verification and validation, testing and commissioning, operational readiness, and safety assurance programs.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle processes and transportation infrastructure delivery.
• Experience working directly with transit agencies, rail operators, suppliers, and contractors.
• Excellent leadership, communication, client-facing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or Business Administration.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• INCOSE certification (ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP).
• Experience with ATO, ATS, PTC, digital interlockings, ETCS, platform screen door integration, or cybersecurity for operational technology systems.
• Familiarity with AREMA, APTA, FRA, IEC, and IEEE standards and requirements.
• Experience supporting major transit agencies such as MTA, WMATA, SEPTA, NJ Transit, MBTA, CTA, Sound Transit, Metrolinx, TTC, or similar organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering for CBTC, next-generation train control, PTC, ATO, ATS, moving block systems, digital interlockings, and advanced rail technologies.
• Establish technical direction and engineering governance for major transit and rail modernization programs.
• Oversee systems architecture, requirements management, interface management, integration planning, and lifecycle systems engineering.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams through design development, implementation, testing, commissioning, and operational transition.
• Ensure alignment among signaling, communications, cybersecurity, rolling stock, traction power, facilities, track, and operational systems.
• Serve as a senior technical authority for CBTC and advanced train control technologies.
• Develop and maintain technical standards, methodologies, best practices, and quality procedures.
• Conduct technical reviews and provide executive-level oversight of complex engineering deliverables.
• Support project governance, risk management, issue resolution, and technical decision-making.
• Mentor and develop technical leaders and foster engineering innovation and excellence.
• Direct RAMS activities and safety assurance programs, including hazard analyses, system safety assessments, and safety certification.
• Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards, regulations, and project requirements.
• Support risk identification, mitigation planning, and operational safety strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate safety activities with owners, operators, safety assessors, and regulatory authorities.
• Lead verification and validation strategies for safety-critical transportation systems.
• Oversee factory testing, site testing, systems integration testing, trial operations, and commissioning programs.
• Direct operational readiness planning and revenue service implementation.
• Ensure technical performance requirements are achieved before system acceptance.
• Coordinate testing interfaces among suppliers, contractors, and operating agencies.
• Serve as a primary technical liaison with transit agencies, rail operators, technology suppliers, contractors, and owner representatives.
• Facilitate technical workshops, design reviews, integration meetings, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Manage relationships across multidisciplinary teams and external project partners.
• Support procurement reviews, technical evaluations, and supplier performance assessments.
• Provide strategic guidance on project delivery challenges and technical risk mitigation.
• Monitor emerging technologies in rail systems, digital infrastructure, automation, and intelligent transportation systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational performance through advanced signaling and train control technologies.
• Support innovative service offerings and technology adoption strategies.
• Represent STV at industry conferences, client events, technical committees, and professional organizations; contribute to thought leadership and development of the firm’s rail systems capabilities.
• Support strategic pursuits, proposal development, technical approaches, staffing plans, and client presentations.
• Assist with capture planning and positioning for major rail and transit opportunities.
• Develop and maintain relationships with transit agencies, transportation authorities, rail operators, and industry partners.
• Identify opportunities to grow STV’s systems engineering and rail modernization services.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert in business development and executive client interactions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop systems engineering professionals across multiple disciplines.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, training, and career development initiatives.
• Build succession plans and strengthen technical capabilities within the Systems organization.
• Promote collaboration across offices, business units, and technical disciplines, and foster safety, innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and transit and parking where applicable
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Back-up dependent care
• Parental leave
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional licensure and society memberships

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director