System Design Specialist, Senior
Hitachi Rail
Design and analyze CBTC train control systems, define requirements and ensure safety.
2 days ago ago
Intermediate (4-7 years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hybrid
Company Size
38,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Rolling Stock Maintenance
Digital Signalling & Train Control
Ticketing & Payment Systems
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Turnkey Railway Solutions
Smart Mobility / Digital Asset Management
Sector Specialisms
Rolling Stock
Signalling
Turnkey Solutions
Operation
Service
Maintenance
High-Speed Rolling Stock
Express Trains
Role
What you would be doing
requirements spec
concept design
simulation
compliance assessment
bid support
safety integration
- Prepares system, subsystem, and interface requirement specifications by analyzing and decomposing, modeling, and refining customer requirements and typical train control domain requirements.
- Creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfill customer requirements.
- Presents technical designs to customers and/or other engineering/management groups in clear, complete, concise, and non-ambiguous terms.
- 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.
- Prepares Operational Concept Document.
- Identifies and implements process improvements in the project.
- Evaluates and defines operational design limits.
- Ensures that safety is built into the design by early identification and resolution of safety-related defects.
- Mentors other systems engineers.
- Prepares and supports customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, and architecture design.
- Promotes a safety culture where product safety is paramount.
- Prepares and supports bids and proposals, including customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, architecture design, simulation, trade-off of key features, estimation, etc.
- 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, and ensures a good understanding of the System Design.
- Proposes work package estimates and descriptions based on the knowledge of the work and project requirements.
What you bring
bachelor's
software engineering
systems engineering
doors
urs
cbtc
- Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
- Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, methods, and tools.
- Strong application (automated train control systems) domain knowledge and knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Systems, Electrical, Computer), Computer Science, or a closely related field.
- Rail signaling knowledge.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Medium-level expertise in URS (Urban Rail Signaling) Systems:
- Ability to sell/defend product to customers with differing levels of knowledge about automated systems.
- System engineering expertise.
- Minimum 5 years on/or similar system complexity.
- 4-10 years’ experience in development of software-based System applications.
- Experience in using DOORS, Polarion, Melody advance, or other system design and requirement management tools.
- Intermediate level of expertise on specialized engineering skills of the CBTC (Communication Based Train Control) domain.
- Knowledge of systems development life cycle.
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Company
Overview
- Wa (Harmony): We need to show respect to our colleagues, our suppliers, our clients and our stakeholders. We show respect to earn respect.
- Makoto (Sincerity): We should act with integrity in all we say and do, … we maintain fairness in all our dealings; our reputation is founded on how we go about our business.
- Kaitakusha – Seishin (Pioneering Spirit): We lead with ambition, seeking new challenges; we are not afraid to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of our business.
100% Emission
Scope 1 & 2 by 2030
Target to achieve complete elimination of operational greenhouse gas emissions.
40% Reduction
Scope 3 by 2030
Aims to reduce emissions across the entire value chain, including supply chain and product use.
12% Decrease
Scope 1 & 2 in FY22
Achieved a significant drop in operational emissions in the fiscal year 2022.
90% Lower
COâ‚‚ in HS2 Fleet
Accredited with PAS 2080, demonstrating a major improvement in fleet efficiency.
- Carbon neutrality across business sites by 2030
- Carbon neutrality across entire value chain by 2050
- Net-zero across value chain by 2050 and net-zero operations by 2030
October 2023
DEI Global Committee Launched
The company established a global committee to oversee diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Membership Doubled
Employee Resource Group Growth
Employee Resource Group membership has grown significantly following leadership inclusion interventions.
78%
EDI Score
The company achieved a score of 78% on its EDI metrics following targeted wellbeing and inclusion initiatives.
- Gender-focused efforts: working to achieve a better gender balance
- UK/Ireland, Italy, Japan regional DEI programmes underway
- Defined focus areas include: Gender; Nationality, Ethnicity and Cultural Background; Multi‑Generations; LGBTQIA+; Disability and Neurodiversity
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