Principal System RAMS Engineer

Hitachi•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Principal System RAMS Engineer to be responsible for developing, updating and maintaining a RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) specific schedule of activities in connection with railway systems, sub-systems and products. This position is for a roving employee who will work in unanticipated locations throughout the United States. The employee will have to relocate, but travel is not required from any particular location.

Requirements

Implementing RAMS methodologies and safety analyses, including RBD, FTA, PHA, SHA/SSHA, FMECA, O&SHA, Hazard Logs, and Safety Cases, to ensure reliability and safety across rail signaling and train control systems
Applying technical knowledge of rail signaling technologies, electronic interlocking, CBTC systems, rolling‑stock interfaces, and complex multi‑system integration in operational environments
Leading RAMS programs, performing requirements apportionment, and managing safety and system requirements
Applying V‑Cycle engineering principles throughout project lifecycles, including O&M and field readiness
Overseeing field project execution—managing stakeholders, interfaces, budgets, planning, cost control, and quality processes—ensuring efficient coordination across engineering and operations teams
Applying rail industry standards and executing conformance processes (DCCC, CSCC, and CoC)
Brownfield project upgrades and migration hazard assessments
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Industrial & Systems Engineering
8 years of experience executing RAMS activities for railway transportation projects

Responsibilities

Evaluate the Reliability and Safety of systems / sub-systems / products and compliance with applicable national and international standards, by developing RAMS deliverables, such as RAMS Plans, RAMS Prediction model and Assessment, Hardware and Software Safety Analyses and Safety & Security Checklists, Hazards Log and RAM Monitoring plan / reports
Provide feedback to RAMS Manager, Work Package Lead (WPL) and project team during all program phases to support design, development and certification of systems, sub-systems and products
Coordinate and consolidate RAMS inputs / contribution from different entities (suppliers, vendors, stakeholders)
Collaborate with RAMS Manager and WPLs to ensure provision of schedule and cost progress of RAMS documentation and plan sufficient time for reviews to guarantee delivery, in compliance with RAMS and quality standards
Ensure correct identification and apportionment of RAMS requirements and guarantee verification and integration into applications and overall design, by assisting / collaborating with cross-functional teams, including design, quality and production
Independently validate safety-related functions by supporting Safety governance on V&V, providing technical reviews of test and V&V plans / test and V&V reports, and witnessing RAMS field tests
Participate in technical meetings and reviews, including design reviews and readiness reviews
Serve as Safety WPL in support of RAMS Manager in coordinating and ensuring execution of RAMS activities on the project / system / product, as defined from the tender phase up to Operational phase, within budget allocation
Support tenders by providing preliminary RAMS Plan, resource allocations and deliverables list
Anticipate and alert RAMS Manager on potential blocking issues with regard to expectations of the project / system / product milestones and be pro-active in the definition / implementation of related resolution plan
Act as independent reviewer for safety related documentation and clearly identify non-compliances
Act as Subject Matter Expert for RAMS Department
Ensure definition and improvement of corporate RAMS processes
Conduct audits of safety engineering activities and report findings to senior management
Support management of / interface with Independent Safety Assessor, Client and other external Authorities