Principal Systems Engineer (ETCS Operations)

Job Locations: UK-London

Job ID 2022-1520

Position Type Permanent Full-Time

Post End Date 22/12/2022

Overview

The role provides professional expertise to support RSSB’s delivery of standards and related projects where specialist knowledge of ETCS/ ERTMS operational technology, requirements and railway operating systems is required. You will lead engineering and operational specialists in:

• Developing requirements;
• Rationale and guidance for the railway system covering compatibility at European, national and route levels;
• Safe integration in support of the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment (CSM RA) and;
• Railway operational technology, systems and data. Operational technology, systems and data includes variously the hardware, firmware, software, data such as railway signalling, ETCS/ERTMS systems, train control and protection systems, traffic management, SCADA, remote infrastructure monitoring and train running systems.

You will author new and revised publications and standards, including Railway Group Standards and Rail Industry Standards, and support the development of European and International standards (through collaboration with BSI, CEN, CENELEC, ISO and IEC).

Responsibilities

• Manage the development and application of processes to derive operational scenarios and requirements that support ETCS/ERTMS deployments
• Lead on and develop operational concepts, requirements and rules for ETCS/ERTMS systems including managing changes and deviations
• Lead and support the application of system modelling, analysis and requirements capture techniques and facilitate industry consensus on emerging requirements, rationale and guidance across a wide range of railway operational systems and the context in which they exist, including the detailed impact that these systems have on the railway system.
• Provide timely and comprehensive technical and operational support to RSSB members in line with reasonable requests and to help RSSB deliver research
• Ensure that the means of achieving improvements (for example safety, technical, procedural and/or economic) are sought through the identification of technical opportunities and by monitoring technical development and international best practice
• Represent RSSB and the wider rail industry through membership of relevant industry committees including technical committees and mirror groups facilitated by RSSB, BSI, CEN/CENELEC and others.
• Chair industry meetings as required
• Work in conjunction with the Standards Technical & Regulatory Policy department to ensure that the solutions developed, or documents drafted, comply with the relevant decision-making criteria for the environment in which they are made
• Inspire and support the industry in benefiting from RSSB’s work so that RSSB’s output have the impact that is intended
• Provide direction, advice and coaching to develop colleagues
• Resolve issues for matters referred by colleagues where you have specific competency
• Peer review standards work produced by others
• Report to the Professional Head of CCS&C issues for resolution and subsequent action
• Report progress and provide technical direction and advice to project managers and the Professional Head of CCS&C on progress made on individual projects
• Deputise for the Professional Head of CCS&C when required.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• A science, mathematics or engineering qualification and experience or membership of a relevant professional institution
• A detailed knowledge and understanding of ERTMS/ETCS technical and operational applications
• An understanding of the whole railway system and an ability to apply specialist operational and engineering knowledge to the system
• Experience with document revision/change control work processes
• An understanding of current and emerging programmable electronic system technologies as applied to railway control, command and signalling, and operations
• Knowledge of, relevant interoperability and safety legislation and standards
• Effective analytical skills and the ability to apply them in the context of the railway system
• An ability to learn quickly and think abstractly
• An ability to work collaboratively with industry to ensure effective fit for purpose standards and outputs
• A high level of accuracy.
• Effective communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to write competently and to understand technical documents
• Analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information and abstract ideas
• Effective chairing skills for stakeholder meetings
• Effective facilitation skills with experience and ease of working with senior rail professionals, technical committees and stakeholders at all levels
• Leadership and coaching skills
• A commitment to RSSB’s values and customer service.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in the assurance of safety-related, or safety-critical systems
• An understanding of requirements, rationale and guidance in the context of the Railway Group Standards Code and Manual
• An ability to undertake horizon scanning to be proactive in capitalising on the implementation of new technology
• Proficient with MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint to a
• An ability to apply systems engineering thinking to solve challenging whole railway system problems.