Safety Assurance Engineer (Engenheiro de Segurança Ferroviária)

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 Safety Assurance Engineer in São Paulo we’re looking for?

This opportunity is not related to EHS (Environmental Safety and Health) metier.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your safety and risk management expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside proactive and detail-oriented teammates.

You'll play a critical role in ensuring the safety of our signalling projects and products while driving compliance with safety standards and regulations. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (project teams, external and internal Independent Safety Assessors, customers, and safety consultants), manage safety activities, and provide technical support to Safety Assurance Engineers, among other responsibilities.

You’ll specifically take care of safety analysis at various levels (system, subsystem, wayside equipment, onboard equipment, hardware, and software), but also manage safety demonstrations through Safety Cases or Safety Reports.

We’ll look to you for:

• Performing technical safety analyses such as Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), and Hardware Analysis.

• Defining and transferring safety requirements to mitigate railway safety risks and tracking them to closure.

• Supporting the Project Quality Manager during Safety Design Reviews and Safety Authorizations.

• Acting as a Safety Leader to address safety issues and ensure their resolution.

• Meeting quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) objectives.

• Applying Alstom’s Railway Safety Processes and Instructions to projects and programs.

• Providing proactive design assessments to define technical solutions for railway safety risks.

• Participating in the improvement and definition of safety processes.

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, System, Computer, Automation, Mechanical Engineering.

• Desirable knowledge of signalling systems and CENELEC standards (50126, 50128, and 50129).

• Experience or understanding of safety analysis and risk management.

• Knowledge of electronics and railway systems (beginner to experienced level).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a rigorous and detail-oriented approach.

• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate within a team.

• Proactive mindset with a sense of urgency and anticipation.

• Advanced English proficiency; Spanish is a plus.

• Willingness to travel sporadically.

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.

• Work with advanced safety standards for rail signalling.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and supportive colleagues.

• Contribute to innovative and impactful projects.

• Utilise our dynamic 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 opportunities.

• Progress towards leadership roles in safety assurance and project management.

• Enjoy 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.