Interlocking Application Designer

Imagine playing a central role in reducing the carbon footprint of Canada's busiest public transit system and doing so with a consistently ranked Top Employer with a global reach. As part of the ONxpress consortium, Alstom is proudly working to transform the collective mobility of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas (GTHA) through the On-Corridor Works project. The GO Expansion scope : new electric locomotives, train control systems, network electrification, signalling, telecommunications and digital systems.

Purpose:

• The Interlocking (IXL) is a system composed by Mechanical, Electromechanical, Electric, Electronic and Software components having the aim to ensure safe movements of trains.
• The purpose of the job is to take part to the execution of IXL application design activities of a Signaling project, adopt the Alstom application design process and ensure the delivery accordingly to the projects schedule and quality commitments.
• The IXL Application Design Engineer shares with Project IXL design leader the progress of the activities performed, the issues and the potential improvement that can be applied on methods and tools.

Key accountabilities:

• Deliver design scheme plan layouts, Control Tables, safe HMI layouts, signaling logic application data, diagnostic application data
• Ensure the application and consistency to the reference application design methods & tools, requesting in cooperation with the Project IXL design leader deviations whenever appropriate
• Participate actively to the IXL detailed design review meetings and provide activity progress reports
• Organize and produce documental, software design deliveries accordingly to the project templates and needs
• Support the Project IXL design leader and Project V&V manager in design issues debugging and testing
• Analyze and manage design change requests and participate to the definition of the IXL application package to be delivered to the V&V, installation and Testing & Commissioning teams
• Ensure independence of the design activity from the verification activity

Educational Requirements:

• Engineering Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, Automation Engineering or similar
• First experience in relevant positions (systems / sub-system application design) in a highly complex and normative environment (railway signaling, CBTC, aerospace, defense).

Desirable

• Signaling HW Design and SW data generation processes understanding.
• Knowledge of signaling principles and translation of principles into application logic.
• Engineering and system background.
• Experience in relevant positions (systems / sub-system application design) in a highly complex and normative environment (railway signaling, CBTC, aerospace, defense).
• Railway transport trainings certification
• AutoCAD, programming language knowledge

Competencies & Skills

• Open-minded;
• Multi-disciplinary approach;
• Proficient in English;
• (Self) entrepreneurial;
• Problem setting and problem solving;
• Writing skills required: clarity, rigor, and concision.