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The Control Centre Product Development Team based at Radlett, design and develop high reliability and availability railway control system products. These consist of both modular and stand-alone products that are used to build control and infrastructure interfacing systems for deployment by the project delivery team.

These products are taken from concept through to deployment, complying with UK and European standards, with design for both hardware and software. To meet the increasing demands for redesign and introduction of new technologies, the development team capacity is being increased.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The role incorporates the design, and development of safety related railway control systems and infrastructure interfacing products using digital, computer and analogue designs supporting network (802.11) and serial RS232/422/485 communications.

This position gives the opportunity to further develop existing abilities and knowledge within electronics, software, computer based products and operating systems, system level design, communications protocols and power distribution. The nature of the UK railway continually provides challenges requiring different solutions and in this role you will be expected to contribute to the development of these through to product approval. Occasional visits to client site offices, control centres and trackside locations will be required, in addition to providing technical support to the project delivery team.

The Control Centre Products are the key enabler to high value project delivery, working to fixed timescales. Working closely with the other team members and reporting to the Control Centre Product Manager you will need to be flexible, motivated and able to determine requirements meeting both functional and standards compliance.

You’ll be:

• Assisting with the design or obsolescence redesign project from initial concept through to production
• Circuit design, PCB design and test
• Required to fault-find PCBs both during the product development and production stages
• Required to assist in the maintenance of existing hardware and software

The Person

You will be driven, keen to learn and motivated. Having a curiosity to research and learn information, you’ll be capable and interested to develop this role outside of its current remit. There is a large scope to develop relationships with external stakeholders and this role offers a lot of potential in terms of variety, role development and a real contribution to the success of the team.

You’ll ideally be educated to degree level or equivalent in an electronic and/or computing discipline, alongside relevant experience. Having Rail experience is not essential as we are looking for someone who is passionate about bringing new skills and experience into this role.

You’ll have:

• An understanding of C
• Schematic capture / PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• Analogue and Digital circuit design and diagnosis
• Embedded microcontroller programming
• Windows programming beneficial (i.e. C, C++, C#, VB .NET or PB)
• Proficiency in the use of MS applications
• Awareness or knowledge of Intel64 and IA 32 Architectures
• Experience of Windows™ embedded OS deployment
• Knowledge of PC configuration

Alstom is committed to create a diverse & international working environment that reflects the future of our industry, our clients and end-users. As an employee, you will have a unique opportunity to continue to build your career and directly contribute to the expanding growth of the global transport industry.