Intern - RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety)

Hitachi • Pittsburgh, PA

93d • Onsite

About The Position

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Intern - RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) for Summer, 2026. The internship opportunity will provide exposure to Safety Engineering. The position is based in Pittsburgh, PA. RAMS Engineering focuses on developing, coordinating, and conducting technical safety studies on system and product level designs to assess the likelihood that a product/system performs its intended safety functions over the intended lifecycle including: Measuring and analyzing the safety of the design. Recommending design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of system and product safety. Completing risk analysis studies of new designs. Undertaking testing and analysis on failures, proposing changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or product safety.

Requirements

• Strong relevant technical skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Current Engineering student at a 4-year university with a graduation date between December, 2026 and December, 2027.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the organization, scheduling, implementation and monitoring of project RAMS and V&V activities.
• Support the identification of competencies required to perform RAMS activities.
• Request adequate RAMS staffing to the relevant functional managers.
• Assist the project RAMS team for the achievement of project safety requirements.
• Contribute to workload management with periodic updates and analysis of deviations.
• Manage critical path and align RAMS schedule with project master schedule.
• Proactively manage risks for early detection of cost, schedule, technical and resource issues.
• Assist with the delivery of RAMS documentation on the project.
• Assist with schedule and cost constraints to relevant Product, Signaling and System RAMS Engineers.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree