Senior Project System Design Specialist

Hitachi • Toronto, ON

8d • CA$132,000 - CA$169,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid) We are looking for a Senior Project System Specialist to join our team in Toronto. The successful candidate will perform system design, signaling design, analysis, modelling and simulation to specify communication-based train control systems; develop and define system design features to meet Customer requirements; analyze and evaluate designs to verify compliance with system technical requirements; develop and define System, Subsystems requirements; develop block design, interlocking control tables, and application database for Software subsystems; and analyze and evaluate system performance and prepare associated technical contract deliverable. The incumbent is accountable for performing the design work correctly, within cost and schedule limits, as defined in approved work packages. The work is typically defined by the Work Package Manager, then reviewed and approved by the Systems Architect and/or Manager. The System Engineer typically works with a team of engineers to define what will be designed, how it will perform and how it will be determined that it is working correctly. As Senior Project System Design Specialist you may also be assigned to lead a group of system engineers on a project or product. This would include reviewing correcting and mentoring other system engineers.

Requirements

• BA Sc. in related discipline; Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Physics, System Design Engineering or other
• Senior level expertise in URS Systems or minimum 12 years with similar system complexity
• Referent/coach on specialized engineering skills of the CBTC domain
• Communications based train control
• Railway Signaling
• Requirements Engineering
• Systems Design
• System Modelling
• Strong application (automated train control systems) domain knowledge & Knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices.
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, methods and tools.
• Knowledge of systems development life cycle.
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Ability to sell/defend products to customers with differing levels of knowledge about automated systems.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in using DOORS, Polarion, etc.
• Rail Signaling knowledge

Responsibilities

• Converts Customer (internal and/or external) requirements into conceptual designs and prepares associated documentation by performing operational analyses, simulations and technical trade-off studies evaluating alternative design configurations and functional features. Similarly creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfil customer requirements.
• Prepares system, subsystem, and interface requirement specifications by analyzing decomposing modelling and refining customer requirements and typical train control domain requirements.
• Prepares Operational Concept Document.
• Performs technical/engineering tasks to define system design, subsystem requirements, application databases for software subsystems. Analysis and simulations are performed as necessary to identify design feasibility & driving requirements.
• If assigned to signaling design work the incumbent will design the following: Signaling Principles; Block design; Interlocking control tables; Safe braking model; Performance analysis and Headway simulations Application database design;
• Prepares and supports bids and proposals, including customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, architecture design, simulation, trade-off of key features, estimation, etc.
• Presents technical design and reports to customers and/or other engineering/management groups in clear, complete, concise and non-ambiguous terms.
• Defines or proposes updates of processes and standards covering the work and its products based on the knowledge of systems engineering and/or his technical specialty.
• Operational design limits are evaluated and defined; performance analyses and simulations are developed & performed to support the above.
• Ensures the signaling design is implemented in accordance with applicable standards and signaling principles.
• Interfaces and builds strong working relationships with Software, Hardware and IVVQ groups to ensure timely analysis and resolution of in-house and field test issues.
• Leads technical discussions and technical solution presentations to internal and external stakeholders
• Develops a strategy for development of the full solution on a project(s) and leads the system team to deliver based on this strategy Strategy of development not only accounts for system development work but takes into account the activities of other teams to ensure the end to end solution can be developed in an efficient manner
• Ensures and encourages the system team to follow the development process
• Evaluates workload to ensure the team has the resources and skills to complete the development and will escalate any concerns to system management.
• Has ability to identify development risks and can create/implement a plan to mitigate these risks
• Supervises contractors and other systems specialists, by defining their work, coaching them on how and what to prepare, monitoring their progress and directing them on priorities.
• Proposes work package estimates and descriptions based on the knowledge of the work and project requirements.
• Prepares and delivers regular status reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Identifies and implements process improvement initiatives
• Promotes a safety culture where product safety is paramount
• Ensures that safety is built into the design by early identification and resolution of safety related defects

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision plans - 100% of premiums are company-paid
• Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution and a match, and without vesting period
• Company paid holidays - 3 weeks of vacation, Holiday closure, personal emergency leave days and sick days
• Maternity/Parental/Adoption top up pay
• Annual Incentive plan
• Company provided Life Insurance, STD and Employee Assistance Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree