Intermediate Ram Specialist

3 months ago


Toronto, Canada Thales 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)

As an Intermediate RAM Specialist, he will be responsible in performing all RAM activities of the project and will be working collaboratively with all design team making sure that RAM is built-in to the system design thereby ensuring compliance to all contractual RAM requirements and a successful demonstration of reliability, availability and maintainability can be achieved.

The Intermediate RAM Specialist will be an open-minded and evidence-oriented individual, who with mínimal supervision, will work closely with the design team in systems, hardware, software, and cybersecurity departments to provide recommendations of RAM improvement to the design and to ensure delivery of Thales products in good quality, on time and within budget. The Intermediate RAM Specialist will also be part of a team that is responsible for the timely and effective execution of the combined tasks and activities of RAM management and RAM engineering to achieve the system RAM requirements throughout the system/project life cycle.

Key Accountabilities:
- Analyzes and evaluates hardware designs to verify compliance with contractual Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) requirements.- Evaluates and identifies RAM problems and suggests design alternatives (i.e., redundancy, reliable components, preventive & corrective maintenance, diagnostic capabilities, etc.) where appropriate to enhance the RAM of the subsystem or system.- Prepares Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) Program Plan that defines the RAM objectives and tasks to be performed, and deliverables to be produced at various phases of the project.- Prepares RAM Demonstration Plan and Procedure.- Prepares RAM Report(s) as part of RAM Demonstration program.- Prepares Reliability Report as part of Reliability growth monitoring and improvement program.- Performs Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and/or Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) at subsystem and system level to identify all single failure points that are critical to operational success of the system.- Performs Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability apportionments to ensure hardware is being designed to meet contractual requirements.- Performs RAM predictions and calculations to verify compliance to customer requirements and to recommend RAM improvement strategy, if necessary. Also performs Testability Analysis (a subset of Maintainability Analysis).- Performs Spare Analysis and identify recommended spare parts list to support the system maintenance during warranty period.- Provides RAM calculated data to support Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis that will predict the total cost of utilizing the CBTC (Communications Based Train Control) system through its entire life span.- Performs MTBF calculations based on field returns to support Quality Assurance (Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process) and participates in FRB meetings.- Evaluates the Reliability, Availability and Maintainability of designs and design changes for hardware by reviewing technical specifications, design & Engineering Change Control documentation.- Assures that RAM requirements are met by participating in hardware design reviews and meetings.- Provides evaluations & recommendations with respect to Reliability, Availability and Maintainability in formal design reviews and by raising Change Requests (CRs) against any RAM issues.- Evaluates the Reliability of designs and design changes for hardware by reviewing technical specifications, design & Engineering Change Control documentation.- Reporting directly to the Manager of RAMS Engineering, having direction from the RAM Lead or Technical Specialist and work closely with other team members, both inside the RAM and Safety teams; and from other functional teams to meet the project objectives.

Key Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.- Must have a basic knowledge in Electronic components and circuits.- A detailed knowledge of system requirements definition/design, RAM principles and methodologies-
- Working knowledge of RAM methods and techniques: FMECA, Reliability Modeling and Prediction, RAM & Testability Analyses.- Experience with RAMS -related standards EN50126, EN50128, EN50129, IEC61123, IEC61124, IEC60812, and IEC62278, MIL-HDBK-217/472/338B/781A, MIL-STD-1629A, IEEE 1474.1, and AREMA.- Good command of the English language, both written and oral.- Computer skills, MS Office; DOORS; ClearQuest, SAP.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Member of Professional Engineer of Ontario (P


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