Functional Architect (m/f)

Job description

Functional Architect (m/f)-TWMA-UKDY00964827

Description

Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, offers the broadest portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and services that set new standards in sustainable mobility.

BOMBARDIER ECO4 technologies – built on the four cornerstones of energy, efficiency, economy and ecology – conserve energy, protect the environment and help to improve total train performance. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has a very diverse customer base with products or services in more than 60 countries. It has an installed base of over 100,000 vehicles worldwide.

We are currently looking to recruit a Functional Architect for our site in Derby

Purpose of the Role

You will be part of the Vehicle Engineering team in charge of Product definition and performance in a project. The Functional Architect is involved in the activities related to Functional Engineering processes along the full V-cycle:

• Analyzing, clarifying, consolidating and developing all the applicable functional and performances requirements at train level (Operability, Signalling, Customer expectations, regulation, standards, Reliability, Availability and Safety) allocated from the Requirement Manager

• Elaborating Train Functional architectures (command and control) in order to satisfy all the applicable functional and performances requirements with a particular focus on Safety and Availability performances

• Leading and animating the exchanges with functional architecture involved stakeholders (sub-system engineers, TCMS engineers, Electrical schemes engineers)

• Conducting trade-off studies in order to select the most suitable functional architecture according to the defined criteria (cost, performances, carry over rate, etc)

• Elaborating the sub-system requirements specifications to be distributed to the sub-systems suppliers, to the TCMS team (software)

• Elaborating the pure principle schemes to the Electrical installation team (low voltage logic)

• Elaborating the Functional Integration plan and the Validation plan (Means of Proofs)

• Elaborating the Test Specifications for Validate the train functions

• Verifying the train functional architecture at specification level trough modeling and simulations (Model Based (SysML) methodology), including non-regression tests

• Verifying the train functional architecture at detailed design level by using the VirtualBird Modeling&Simulation methodology, including non-regression tests

• Manage the change and the configuration for all the functional architecture deliverables (models and documents)

Your main goals are:

• to ensure that a complete and correct set of functional specifications and interfaces are issued for the project

• to develop a suitable train architecture, concepts and design solutions

• to ensure these are valid and correctly integrated as to meet the technical requirements in the form of a class leading, competitive and compliant rolling stock design

Job: Systems
Primary Location: GB-ENG-Derby
Organization: Transportation
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Regular

Desired profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or Chartered status, Master’s Degree in engineering is desirable

• System Integration experience and System Architectural understanding are essential

• 3+ years of Functional Architecture in a complex industry is necessary

• Significant experience and hands on delivery of the design, analysis, development, testing and delivery of engineering solutions that solve complex requirements

• Able to identify and manage complex issues with the appropriate techniques, in order to reduce risk

• Able to asses the interaction between humans and systems, systems and systems

• Experience in using SysML is desirable

• Can act as a guide to junior engineering practitioners

Are you interested in starting an exciting career at Bombardier Transportation?

If so, apply now at www.careers.bombardier.com and start your dynamic career today!