Systems Integration Lead

Description

• Recommends changes or improvements to integration plans and programs, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Keeps abreast of state-of-the-art methods and developments in systems integration, controls, and communications.
• External contacts (Required interaction/relationship with others outside the organization): Represents the organization in conferences with clients, prospective clients, and regulatory agencies.
• Defines scope of integration projects, with full responsibility for interpreting, organizing, and executing project assignments related to systems integration.
• Work direction given to others (Titles and number of personnel; type of direction given): Supervises and/or coordinates with other senior professionals and support staff.
• Provides technical leadership during system hazard analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and safety certification processes. Acts as the primary technical liaison with clients, regulatory agencies, and third-party vendors on all matters related to systems integration, ensuring that project deliverables meet or exceed industry best practices and client expectations.
• Internal contacts (Required interaction/relationship with others within the organization): Interfaces with senior technical professionals, technical managers, and administrative staff and managers as necessary.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex integration projects, collaborating with engineers from various disciplines, software developers, systems integrators, and operations staff. Oversees the development and review of system architectures, interface specifications, and test procedures to ensure seamless interoperability between subsystems and legacy infrastructure.
• May function as the project manager for routine to semi-complex integration projects. Responsibilities may include marketing, negotiating contracts, budgeting, financial management, schedule coordination, and resource allocation.
• Leads the design, integration, and commissioning of complex systems, ensuring all subsystems (including hardware, software, communications, and controls) are engineered to meet operational requirements, safety standards, and regulatory compliance for the intended environment.
• Selects problems for investigation, developing novel approaches and solutions to technical challenges in systems integration.
• Conducts quality control checks, reviewing calculations, designs, evaluations, and specifications developed by design staff for accuracy and completeness, performing on-site inspections and reviews of system installations, and conducting or overseeing remedial design work.

Requirements

• Other: Ability to process paper/electronic documents and utilize computer equipment; ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing; ability to visit project sites if necessary. Job also requires ability to plan, prioritize and review project plans and documents, evaluate alternatives, and select appropriate solutions.
• P.E. license is Desired.
• Strong technical writing and communications skills, proven through technical presentations, technical papers, and/or participation in technical committees.
• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field. M.S. or graduate-level technical coursework preferred.
• Decision making (Supervision received; independent judgment or initiative; consequence of error): Supervision received is essentially administrative, with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits. Acts independently on technical matters relating to his/her field.
• Demonstrated expertise in train control, signaling, and related safety-critical systems.
• 10 or more years of experience focused on systems integration is required.
• Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., AREMA, IEEE, FRA, FTA) and safety certification processes.
• Typical incumbent has 15 to 20 years of experience in complex systems environments.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance