Lead RAMS Engineer - WOBS

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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.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Support the review of project designs, specifications, and technical changes to ensure compliance with RAMS requirements.

• prepare and maintain RAM documentation and safety documentation, including RBDs, FMEA/FMECA, RAM Reports, and Demonstration Reports.
• Monitor RAM performance through data collection and analysis of failures, downtime, maintenance records, MTBF, MTTR, and Availability indicators.
• Review all installation, testing & commissioning, configuration changes, test procedures, test result, migration, trial operation, and site acceptance documents from a RAMS perspective.
• participate in site surveys, inspections, audits, and investigations to identify RAMS-related issues, hazards, failures, and installation deviations.
• Prepare all physical implementation reports (PISAR) and safety audit report (SAUR) for each dependency.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of Hazard log, Exported risk safety application condition, specific application safety case and ISA documents.
• Prepare periodic RAMS status reports and escalate significant safety concerns, recurring failures, or performance shortfalls to the RAMS Manager.
• Prepare field checklist procedure for the deployment team.
• Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement of RAMS processes across assigned projects.

*WOBS: Wayside & onboard operation solutions.

*MLS: Mainline solutions.

*V&V: Verification and validations Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.

Requirements

• Minimum 4-5 years of relevant experience in railway signaling, train control systems, RAMS engineering, or other safety-critical engineering environments, with hands-on involvement in RAM activities
• Experience in railway RAMS engineering, encompassing reliability, availability, and safety assessments, RAM demonstration and reporting, FRACAS management, root-cause investigation, and hazard/risk mitigation throughout the Familiarity with the System Safety Lifecycle.
• Experience managing safety and technical documentation-including Hazard Logs, Safety Cases, and requirements traceability-while coordinating across Engineering, Commissioning, and Maintenance team
• Good written and spoken English, with the ability to prepare technical reports and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, for RAM calculations, data analysis, and technical reporting

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• B.Sc. and/or M.Sc. in Electrical, Electronics Engineering.
• Experience with relay-based, computer-based, and/or solid-state interlocking EIS signaling principles.

Familiarity with CENELEC, IEC, IEEE, and MIL safety standards.

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