Principal Systems Engineer

We have a exciting opportunity for a Principle signalling engineer within our Rail Infrastructure business based at our Chippenham site. Siemens mobility is a multinational leader in providing state-of-the-art software-based Signalling, communication and control systems that enable the operation of trains in mainline and mass transit systems across the world. The Principal Signal Engineer is capable of technically leading and assisting the System Engineering tasks on the various Project Delivery System Engineering (PDSE) projects. The Principal System Engineer will play a lead role in one or more of Customer Requirements Management, the definition of the System and Sub-system Design, and subsequent production of detailed Product Requirements for Development Teams to implement, or be a technical leader in the integration, verification or validation of those systems. This role will help play a major part in delivering the signaling and control systems necessary as the business demands. The role will focus on the front or early part of the lifecycle activities of the System Engineering process for most projects. What are my responsibilities? Customer Requirements Elicitation, Capture and Analysis; System Requirements Elicitation and Specification; System Design Analysis and Specification; Product Requirements Specification; Provide Interface Definition and Control; Product Design Analysis and Specification. Integration of component subsystems into a single system Configuration and continuous improvement of test rigs in support of system integration. Authoring and execution of System Integration & Validation Test Specifications and Test Scripts. The job will also involve contributing to some of the following tasks: Analyzing and advising on competing technical solutions. Working within a Configuration Control system (including raising and applying Change Requests etc.). Providing estimations for system engineering activities. Progress reporting. Advising on SE Process Improvement Advising on SE Metrics collection What do I need to qualify for this job? Essential Experience in providing technical leadership in demanding safety critical environments. Knowledge of the systems engineering life-cycle, cost awareness and awareness of processes involved in other engineering disciplines. Able to lead in continuous process improvement. Experience of working to industry quality and safety standards. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience in mentoring engineers working in a safety critical development environment’. Motivated, dependable and self-reliant A demonstrable broad experience of railway technologies and their application. Understanding and practical experience of applying CENELEC standards. Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in an engineering, scientific or numerate discipline. Desirable Chartered Engineer or equivalent Successfully passed IRSE examinations or demonstrable equivalent Fellow of the IRSE Experience of overseas engineering delivery and metro signalling. Experience in the CRE / CEM roles Testing qualifications Modules 1, 2 or 3 About us We’re Siemens. A collection of over 377,000 great minds who are all making the future and you could be one of them! We have offices across the UK, full of talented individual’s helping us to challenge the today and work towards a brighter tomorrow. We are looking forward to receiving your online application. Please ensure you complete all areas of the application form to the best of your ability to help us review your suitability for the role. We will be in contact as soon as possible with an update on your application. What else do you need to know? Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, holiday allowance and pension. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you. If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new! That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We recognise that building a diverse workforce is essential to the success of our business, therefore we encourage applications from a diverse talent pool. We are proud to announce that we have partnered with VERCIDA, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site where all our vacancies are in an accessible format. We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation. Organization: Siemens Mobility Company: Siemens Mobility Limited Experience Level: not defined Full / Part time: Full-time