Senior Signaling Engineer Transit Division SF Municipal Transportation Agency (1374)

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Temporary Exempt - Full Time not to exceed three (3) years This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

Application Opening: December 17 2025

Application Filing Deadline: January 2 2025 

Salary: $163332 to $198484/annually

Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:30AM - 5:30PM

Vacancies: 1

Please Note: A cover letter and resume must be attached to the online application.

Under the general direction of the Train Control Upgrade Project Lead Engineer the Senior Signaling Engineer leads the signaling design section of the SFMTA owners engineering team. The Senior Signaling Engineer assists the Train Control Upgrade Project Lead Engineer with oversight duties related to project design and scheduling to facilitate the procurement development and maintenance of the future train control system. Additionally this position is responsible to the Train Control Upgrade Project Manager and Lead Engineer for reviewing technical submissions from the Train Control Supplier Hitachi Rail to ensure that the submitted design meets the SFMTAs objectives for the project conforms to all applicable SFMTA state local and federal technical regulations and complies with the technical standards identified in the Train Control Supplier Contract.

The Train Control Upgrade Project will be delivered through a series of contracts with the technology supplier (Hitachi Rail) and other firms providing installation construction support technical expertise and professional services. The Senior Signaling Engineer will act as a senior reviewer of technical documentation from the project contractors perform technical coordination between the department and Supplier and produce technical documentation on behalf of SFMTA in response to Supplier RFIs and inquiries.

In addition the Senior Signaling Engineer will liaise with SFMTA Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to obtain their input and using engineering judgment develop requirements or evaluation criteria that ensure that the needs expressed by SFMTA SMEs are met. The Senior Signaling Engineer will supervise junior SFMTA engineers and consultants on the team in order to meet these objectives.

As a senior SFMTA technical representative the Senior Signaling Engineer will have a strong understanding of the project contract requirements and be able to identify key project staff and agency stakeholders for review when evaluating submittals and project deliverables.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties:

• Supervises assistant and associate engineers as the senior member of the SFMTA signal engineering team;
• Participates in project design reviews evaluates the CBTC System Suppliers technical designs and installation materials and prepares technical comments on behalf of the SFMTA;
• Contributes to technical discussions between the SFMTA CBTC System Supplier and other project contractors;
• Communicates with the CBTC System Supplier and other project contractors via formal correspondence and informally reviews technical correspondence received and prepares responses to technical RFIs from contractors;
• With the CBTC Supplier SFMTA Resident Engineer SFMTA stakeholders and consultants assists in developing the migration and installation plans for the central and wayside train control system equipment;
• Works with the Technical Program Manager and Technology Department engineers on communications infrastructure design and technical coordination between the Supplier and supportive infrastructure installers;
• Works with Real Estate department Maintenance of Way staff facilities project team and engineers on ensuring SFMTA facilities are prepared for train control equipment installation;
• Supports engineering surveys in preparation for train control project design; directs and supervises supporting work by SFMTA and other City departments as well as contractors to prepare field surveys of railway and communications infrastructure relevant to the project;
• Participates in train control system testing and assists the project QA team in assessing the quality of installed components;
• Tracks completion of technical requirements and evaluates the system and individual subsystems and components for acceptance;
• Communicates with the CBTC System Supplier and/or Installers for technical support as needed to address system issues under warranty;
• Works with the CBTC System Supplier SFMTA operations and maintenance staff to ensure both the designed and finished onboard train control system meets operations and maintenance needs and works within their stated constraints;
• Participates in the selection training monitoring evaluating and counseling of project engineering staff;
• Analyzes related project schedules and budgets;
• Reviews and manages workload assignment to consultants junior staff and interns as required;
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications

• Five (5) years experience working on train control or rail signaling projects including a minimum of two (2) years experience supervising engineers on train control or rail signaling projects; AND
• Possession of a baccalaureate masters or Ph.D. degree in Engineering.

Substitution:

A Masters Degree in Engineering may substitute for one year of the overall work experience listed above. A Ph. D. in Engineering may substitute for two years of the overall work experience.  The two (2) years of supervisory experience are required and cannot be substituted.

Notes:

Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications by the final filing date unless otherwise noted. One year of full-time experience is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time experience.

Desirable Qualifications

• Leadership experience and/or experience managing a team of engineers on a project;
• Additional years of train control or train signaling systems supervisory engineering or technical experience beyond those stated in the minimum qualifications;
• Experience with computer systems computer networks and communications/network systems;
• Experience with and/or an understanding of packet-based networks human-machine interfaces and number systems;
• Experience with high-level control system programming;
• Experience developing or manipulating computer software to parse and process low-level data;
• Experience with field engineering testing or other hands-on engineering work;
• Experience working as a contractor for public transit agencies or as an employee of a public transit agency;
• Technical writing and editing experience; experience writing technical specifications and/or manuals;
• Experience with CAD software or other computer-aided design tools;
• Experience with P6 Primavera Microsoft Project or other project management software applications;
• Experience with Microsoft Office products such as Excel Outlook and Word;
• Experience interpreting and analyzing telematics data using Python SQL Tableau or other tools to perform calculations and visualize data;

Ability to work well with a multi-disciplinary diverse workforce including operations staff maintenance technicians technical professionals contractors executives and elected officials and stakeholder groups.

Additional Information :

Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. More information can be found at:  Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

Selection Process:
Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience. Additional screening mechanisms may be used to determine candidates qualifications.  Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs of the Agency will be invited to move forward in the selection process.

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

This recruitment may be utilized to fill similar positions in this classification at SFMTA.

For questions or inquiries please contact: Ruel Cantos Senior Human Resources Analyst at   

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time