Project System Specialist

4 weeks ago


Old Toronto, Canada Hitachi Vantara Corporation Full time
About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

We are looking for a Project System Specialist to join our team in Toronto

As a Project System Design Specialist, you will be responsible for the overall system design for the project, accountable for performing the design work independently within cost and schedule limits as defined in approved work packages. You will lead the team to perform system design activities to deliver a high quality and safe guideway design, on time, at the lowest cost and meeting customer requirements. The incumbent will also adapt system design processes to meet the needs of the project deployment in accordance with industry standards and ensure this process is followed by the team. You will also be expected to perform the role of Work Package Manager, organizing and assigning work to the system engineers on the project while managing (budget and schedule) the system design work for the project.

Key Accountabilities
TECHNICAL:
  1. Prepares and supports customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, and architecture design.
  2. Converts customer 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.
  3. Creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfill customer requirements.
  4. Prepares system, subsystem, and interface requirement specifications by analyzing and decomposing modelling, refining customer requirements and typical train control domain requirements.
  5. Prepares Operational Concept Document.
  6. Prepares and supports bids and proposals, including customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, architecture design, simulation, trade-off of key features, estimation, etc.
  7. Presents technical design and reports to customers and/or other engineering/management groups in clear, complete, concise, and non-ambiguous terms.
  8. Identifies and updates system processes based on specific project/product needs that align with industry standards and will produce high quality designs efficiently.
  9. Evaluates and defines operational design limits.
  10. Ensures the system design team has strong working relationships with Software, Hardware, Safety and IVVQ groups.
  11. Encourages the system team to follow the development process.
SAFETY:
  1. Promotes a safety culture where product safety is paramount.
  2. Ensures that safety is built into the design by early identification and resolution of safety related defects.
MANAGEMENT:
  1. Supervises contractors and other systems specialists, defining their work, coaching them, monitoring their progress, and directing them on priorities.
  2. Proposes work package estimates and descriptions based on knowledge of the work and project requirements.
  3. Leads technical discussions, presents technical solutions and regular status reports to internal and external stakeholders.
  4. Mentors other systems engineers by coaching them on how and what to prepare, monitoring their progress, and providing technical guidance.
  5. Works closely with other Work Package Managers and the project team to ensure the system team has the inputs needed to perform the design and provides necessary outputs/support to other disciplines.
  6. Identifies and implements process improvement initiatives.
Key Requirements
  1. Bachelor's degree in engineering (Systems, Electrical, Computer), Computer Science, or a closely related field.
  2. 6-10 years' experience in development of software-based System applications.
  3. Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, methods, and tools.
  4. Knowledge of systems development life cycle.
  5. Senior level expertise in URS (Urban Rail Signaling) Systems - Minimum 3-5 years on/or similar system complexity.
  6. Experience in leading a group of technical resources.
  7. Strong planning and organizational skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
  1. Experience in using DOORS, Polarion, Melody advance, or other system design and requirement management tools.
  2. Strong application (automated train control systems) domain knowledge & knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices.
  3. Rail Signaling knowledge.
  4. Work Package Management.
  5. Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
  6. Ability to sell/defend product to customers with differing levels of knowledge about automated systems.
Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at Hitachi Rail Careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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