Electrical Design Engineer in Derby, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Lead Electrical Design Engineer
You will be working within the on-board train fitment design team to ensure the electrical system engineering requirements on the project are correctly captured and delivered. You will also work with the a number of teams including bid teams to develop proposals that deliver commercially viable, highly customer focused bids. This role provides the opportunity to travel both in the UK and overseas, ensuring an international flavour to your knowledge base and, over time, establish a rounded career in a global railway industry.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Capable of initiating and managing detailed electrical systems related analysis of extensive, multi-layered systems
• Will work closely with colleagues in the bids & tendering team, the engineering team members in the UK and Germany, project groups, the lines of business and heads of technology to ensure that the project electrical systems engineering solutions meets our customers’ needs now, and in the future
• Will work closely with the on-board train fitment design team to ensure all project related electrical system engineering interfaces are understood and implemented accordingly
• Will take an active role in liaison with and supervision of third party design companies to ensure projects are progressed to an agreed programme
• Performs evaluation of electrical engineering issues and constraints, defining cross engineering, and sub-contract support needed to provide solutions to these major engineering challenges
• Provide key input and ideas to help determine the most appropriate technical, product and commercial solutions within the given geographical and technical environment
• Provide strategy and guidance on EMC related installation issues
• Ensure innovation and value engineering is applied to all proposals
• A key player within the project organization
• Alongside the Senior Systems Integration Manager will be responsible for electrical systems engineering strategy across the whole lifecycle from tendering through into project delivery
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• In depth practical knowledge and experience of implementing and interfacing to train control systems, in particular TPWS, AWS, Traction Control, Brake Control, Vigilance, GSM-R and DAS
• Experience in undertaking the application design of standard hardware in an on-train environment and documentation of the application design for train carried systems
• Ability to understand and capture electrical system engineering requirements (specifications, scenarios, rules, etc.) relating to the subsystem
• Ability to produce supporting electrical design information, in particular electrical risk assessments, FMECA's, electrical protection calculations and earth bond calculations
• Ability to design circuitry and specify electrical components required to facilitate the interface between systems
• Ability to produce EMC strategies and guidance
• Ability to produce survey reports, installation instructions, Bills of Material, vehicle maintenance and overhaul instructions
• Ability to produce clause by clause responses to applicable UK and European standards associated with implementing train control systems
• An understanding of the approvals process required to modify a train and bring it back into service
• Assist the Hardware Manager with the creation and ongoing updates to the definition of the hardware architecture as part of the overall system architecture
• Ability to undertake diagnosis and fault finding of complex safety related and safety critical control systems
• Read and review requirements, creating written comments and attending reviews as required • Review engineering data for completeness and consistency
• Review product installation designs to ensure adherence to guidelines and installation constraints
• Previous experience in Hardware / Systems Engineering, Project Engineering and design of safety critical or safety related real-time systems, test and installation environments
• Previous experience in application designs for maintenance
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