Technical Authority

Job description

The System Test Rigs team, part of the System Engineering department, are responsible for designing and building complex simulation systems that allow railway signalling and control equipment for main line, metro, and light rail projects to be prototyped, integrated, tested and proven in a lab environment.

Test rigs range in scale from simulations running on a couple of PCs up to large Integration Facilities with many server cabinets worth of trackside and train borne equipment, signaller’s panels, and a mock-ups of train cabs. 

The jobholder will work within a team structure delivering detailed system engineering solutions with short to medium goals as dictated by their team leader or manager.

The role will balance strong technical requirement and design and skills with the ability to deliver within demanding timescales.  

What will I be doing?
In this role you will have in depth knowledge of Signalling and Train Control Systems, Automatic Train Control (ATC), train systems and the interfaces to the ATC, train dynamics and system integration test facilities. You will be the expert in assisting with fault investigation and root cause diagnosis as well as guiding the test facility architecture, design of new functionality and any data preparation and test analysis tools required to support, operate, and provide training on the System Test Rigs.

The jobholder will be expected to work and communicate effectively with fellow regional Siemens employees in the R&D department and the Project Delivery Teams as well as nationally and internationally and with the client when required.

What are my responsibilities?

·  Customer requirements capture and analysis
·  System design specification
·  Author sub-system and software design specifications
·  Author interface specifications
·  Configuration management and continuous improvement of test rigs in support of system integration
·  Test rig data production and development of tools to automate production of test rig data
·  Review and inspection of design submissions from external suppliers
·  Investigation and resolution of system or product level technical issues in hardware development, software development and system integration, cooperatively with safety engineering, verification, and validation functions
·  Provide support to the production of system application manuals
What do I need to qualify for this role?

·  Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in an engineering, scientific or numerate discipline (essential)
·  In depth knowledge of a metro signalling system such as Siemens CBTC and European Train Control System (essential)
·  Knowledge of having applied systems engineering practices in one or more mission critical, software intensive application domains (essential)
·  Thorough understanding of systems engineering and configuration management processes and related tools (essential)
·  Experience of working to industry quality and applicable standards (essential)
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills (essential)
·  Motivated, dependable, and self-reliant (essential)
·  Excellent numerate skills (essential)
·  Familiarity with UK signalling principals
·  Experience in the development of Signalling Systems, Automatic Train Protection products, or other large programmable electronic systems
·  Familiarity with hardware and software lifecycles, associated tools, techniques and methodologies
About us
We’re Siemens.  A collection of over 377,000 great minds who are all making the future and you could be one of them.   We have offices across the UK, full of talented individual’s helping us to challenge the today and work towards a brighter tomorrow.

Want to join us and be a Future Maker?
We’re excited to hear that you would like to join us here at Siemens.  Our people love it here and we want you to be a part of helping us make real, what matters.

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 to help us review your suitability for the role.  We will be in contact as soon as possible with an update on your application.

What else do you need to know?
Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, holiday allowance and pension. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you.

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We recognise that building a diverse workforce is essential to the success of our business, therefore we encourage applications from a diverse talent pool. We are proud to announce that we have partnered with VERCIDA , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site where all our vacancies are in an accessible format. We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.

Organization: Siemens Mobility

Company: Siemens Mobility Limited

Experience Level: not defined

Job Type: Full-time