# Principal Telecoms Engineer

Req ID:531165 Location: Birmingham (Flexible) Appointment Basis: 12 Month FTC Apply by: 19/11/26 Salary + Benefits: circa 75k DOE At Alstom, we build what millions depend on daily: rail transportation systems that cannot afford to fail. We are more than 85,000 people worldwide, creating the industry’s most diverse portfolio: high-speed trains, metros, trams, maintenance services and integrated systems. More Than a Job: A Mission We are looking for a Principle telecoms engineer to combine technical leadership with accountable delivery of railway telecoms work packages. You will coordinate design, installation, testing and commissioning, ensuring that engineering requirements are met and work is delivered safely, to programme, within budget and to the required quality. Working across disciplines, you will manage interfaces, resources and change throughout the project lifecycle. Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) duties will be subject to the relevant competence assessment and formal project appointment. Your Role, Your Impact Undertake the Telecoms CRE role within the scope of your formal appointment, confirming that telecoms engineering complies with applicable standards, legis

- **Id**: 3863850
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alstom-principal-telecoms-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Birmingham, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T11:13:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T03:54:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6422
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Continuous learning, Flexible schedule, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Transport Infrastructure, Rail Transport

## Company

- **Id**: 445391
- **Name**: Alstom
- **Domain**: alstom.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/alstom>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.188
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 20
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **MPLS** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T11:13:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 20
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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