What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Systems Engineer (C&TC) position at Association of American Railroads?
Description
Overview :
MxV Rail seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Communications and Train Control (C&TC) team in defining, designing, modeling, testing, and evaluating C&TC technologies for the railroad industry. We seek a talented and highly motivated engineer to support current and next-generation train control technology and railway operations research. The successful candidate will support the research and systems engineering of Positive Train Control (PTC) systems, railroad safety systems, automation technology, lifecycle management, and / or other C&TC areas of activity.
Primary Responsibilities :
The Principal Systems Engineer is responsible for providing professional engineering and scientific services to internal and external customers as directed by the Staff Leader. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing project leadership and technical oversight, as well as interfacing directly with railroad committees, vendors, suppliers, and stakeholders. This role involves using engineering principles, systems engineering, data analysis, programming languages, database management / querying for research, and engineering of train control systems. The successful candidate is expected to participate in all phases of projects by assisting in requirements development, modeling, implementation, test planning, test execution, data analysis, presentations, and report writing. The successful candidate is also expected to have project leadership responsibilities, which include assisting in proposal preparation, project planning, project execution, project oversight, technical oversight and mentoring of internal staff, customer interaction, and deliverable preparation.
Requirements
Essential duties include, but are not limited to :
- Leading the development of system concepts and formal system Concepts of Operations documents.
- Leading development of systems engineering documentation, including formal system functional and performance requirements and interface specifications.
- Oversight of internal and industry processes related to systems engineering of interoperable train control technologies.
- Providing input on the implementation of configuration management processes.
- Providing input on the deployment architecture of requirements management tools.
- Providing input on system safety activities to support the development of systems engineering documentation.
- Performing requirements tracing tasks within requirements management tools.
- Project management duties including oversight of project activities and managing project schedules and budgets.
- Leading technology research and development activities.
- Leading problem definition and technical needs analysis across various projects within C&TC.
- Mentoring of junior-level staff.
- Working independently or within a multi-disciplinary group composed of MxV Rail staff, railroad personnel, and vendor product development personnel.
- Representing MxV Rail in industry committees and at industry conferences.
- Identification and development of project opportunities and technical capabilities to support industry needs related to train control applications.
- Ensures that all duties and responsibilities are performed in a safe manner.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Other duties may include :
Required Skills & Abilities :
Preferred Qualifications :
Working Environment and Level of Physical Activity :
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Benefits Overview :
Salary Range : $91,857 - $110,000 DOQ
Salary : $91,857 - $110,000
