Signalling Hardware Project Engineer

Job description

This exciting role offers an opportunity to provide technical innovation within Siemens.

Working as part of a close knit team the role will have an area of specialism and a wide knowledge of our industry especially in regards to hardware. You will work closely with the project team(s) to ensure the hardware requirements on the project are correctly captured and delivered, whilst also working with the various Centres of Competence, technology teams and subject matter experts across the wider Siemens business to develop solutions that meet these needs and then with bid teams to develop proposals that deliver commercially viable, highly customer focused bids.

This isa key role within the project environment, with involvement in a wide range of project activities throughout the whole project lifecycle. This role provides the opportunity to travel both in the UK and overseas, ensuring an international flavour to your knowledge base and, over time, establish a rounded career in a global railway industry.

What are my responsibilities?

· Capable of initiating and managing detailed hardware related analysis of extensive, multi-layered systems
· Will work closely with colleagues in the Bids & Tendering team, the engineering team members in Germany, project groups, the Lines of Business and heads of technology throughout Siemens, to ensure that the project hardware meets our customers’ needs now, and in the future
· Will work closely with the installation design teams to ensure all project hardware mechanical/electrical interfaces and any installation constraints are documented and implemented accordingly
· Performs evaluation of Engineering issues and constraints, defining cross Engineering, and Sub-contract support needed to provide solutions to these major Engineering challenges
· Ability to follow the hardware processes and procedures to facilitate solutions that meet the project requirements
· Provide key input and ideas to help determine the most appropriate technical, product and commercial solutions within the given geographical and technical environment
· Ensure innovation and value engineering is applied to all proposals
· A key player within the project organisation
· Alongside the hardware manager will be responsible for hardware strategy across the whole lifecycle from tendering through into project delivery

What do I need to qualify for this job?

· Knowledge and/or experience, specifically the application design of standard hardware in an on-train environment and documentation of the application design for train carried systems, in particular train control systems & in-cab signalling systems (ETCS / CBTC) (essential)
· Ability to understand and capture hardware requirements (specifications, scenarios, rules, etc.) relating to the subsystem (essential)
· Create and maintain the specification / documentation of the hardware user requirements with the objective of defining favorable solutions (essential)
· Create and maintain the specification of hardware requirements with regard to important system aspects, e.g. system limits and performance, safety objectives, operability, maintainability and training (essential)
· Create and maintain the specification of hardware requirements for both mechanical and electrical interfaces including any installation constraints (essential)
· Assist the Hardware Manager with the management of the requirements for the hardware from the user requirements (essential)
· Assist the Hardware Manager with the creation and ongoing updates to the definition of the hardware architecture as part of the overall system architecture (essential)
· Ability to undertake diagnosis and fault finding of complex safety related and safety critical control systems (essential)
· Read and review requirements, creating written comments and attending reviews as required (essential)
· Review engineering data for completeness and consistency (essential)
· Review product installation designs to ensure adherence to guidelines and installation constraints (essential)
· Assist with the system and integration testing especially within the hardware areas (essential)
· Previous experience in Hardware / Systems Engineering, Project Engineering and Design of safety critical or safety related real-time systems, test and installation environments (essential)
· Previous experience in environmental design and testing/modelling (essential)
· Previous experience in application designs for maintenance (essential)
· Previous experience in liaising with subcontractors throughout the whole project lifecycle (essential)
· Must be willing to fill gaps in own knowledge and experience through taking a pro-active approach to learning, and seeking information from within and outside the company (essential)
· Demonstrates customer focus in all work carried out (essential)
· Experience of working to industry quality and safety standards (essential)
· Strong and effective communicator at all levels within the Business and in front of new and existing customers (essential)
· Demonstrates innovative and creative thinking when performing problem solving initiatives (essential)
· Highly motivated, dependable and self-reliant (essential)
· To work throughout the world
· Specific knowledge of railway systems and technologies
· Proven track record in working in major Sub-contract environments
· CAD (or other schematic drawing tools) experience

The Siemens Mobility Division with approximately 3,500 employees, focuses on sustainable technologies for metropolitan areas and their infrastructures. Its offering includes products, systems and solutions for intelligent traffic management, rail-bound transportation, smart grids, energy efficient buildings, and safety and security. The Division comprises the divisions Rail Systems, Rail Automation, Intelligent Traffic Systems, and Rail Electrification.

Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the UK’s major challenges. Siemens has a significant presence throughout the UK, with 13 manufacturing sites and more than 25 major offices. Today the company employs over 13,760 people in the UK, including about 5,000 in the manufacturing sector. Last year’s revenues were £3.36 billion. Electrification, automation and digitalization are the long-term growth fields of Siemens. In order to take full advantage of the market potential in these fields, our businesses are bundled into nine divisions and healthcare as a separately managed business.

Siemens offers a comprehensive reward package which includes a competitive basic salary, bonus scheme, generous holiday allowance and pension. Through our flexible benefits scheme you can select benefits that best suit your lifestyle, including private healthcare.

How do I apply?

We are looking forward to receiving your online application. Please ensure you complete all areas, of the application form, to the best of your ability as we will use this data to review your suitability for the role.

What else do I need to know?

Siemens is dedicated to quality, equality, and valuing diversity, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities within which we work.

If you are appointed in to this role you will receive standard Siemens terms, conditions and benefits.