IXL Lead Designer

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time IXL Application Design Engineer in Bangalore we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical and problem-solving expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative, innovative, and detail-oriented teammates.

You'll play a key role in delivering safe and efficient interlocking (IXL) systems that ensure the secure movement of trains. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as the project engineering team and product development team), participate in detailed design reviews, and produce high-quality design deliverables, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of creating design scheme layouts, control tables, and hardware configuration drawings, but also analyzing design change requests and supporting debugging activities.

We’ll look to you for:

• Delivering design scheme layouts, control tables, safe HMI layouts, signaling logic application data, hardware configuration drawings, and cable core plans

• Ensuring adherence to application design methods and tools, while identifying areas for improvement

• Participating in detailed design review meetings and providing progress reports

• Organizing and producing documentation, software, and hardware design deliverables based on project needs

• Supporting debugging activities alongside the Project IXL Design Leader and Project V&V Manager

• Analyzing and managing design change requests

• Collaborating with V&V, installation, and Testing & Commissioning teams to define hardware and software packages

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Software, Electrical, Electronic, or Automation Engineering

• Experience or understanding of IXL, TMS, or ERTMS application design, or relevant positions in complex, regulated environments (e.g., railway signaling, aerospace, defense)

• Knowledge of HW design and SW data generation processes

• Familiarity with engineering and system-level concepts

• A certification in railway transport training (desirable)

• Proficiency in AutoCAD and programming languages (desirable)

• Strong problem-solving skills and an open-minded approach

• Excellent communication and writing skills, with attention to clarity, rigor, and concision

• Fluency in English

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signaling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards senior design or project leadership roles

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.