Head of Hardware Engineering

AsHitachi Rail Singapore we are advancing rail signalling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide.

Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year making sustainable mobility a reality.

Head of Hardware Engineering (. R1012579)

at our location in Singapore

The Head of Hardware Engineering is responsible for leading the hardware engineering function covering Hitachi Rail projects. This role combines people leadership with handson technical accountability ensuring that hardware designs are safe compliant high quality and delivered on time and within budget.

The role acts as the technical authority for signalling hardware while building and developing a strong engineering team capable of delivering complex safetycritical systems.

In this role the Head of Hardware Engineering is to work closely with the overseas product centres and support bids and projects in the APAC region.

The hardware team managed by the Head of Hardware Engineer consists of electrical mechanical BIM and signalling design engineers.

The Head of Hardware Engineer is a member of the Engineering team and reports to the Hitachi Rail Singapore Head of Engineering.

The Head of Hardware Engineer collaborates with their peers including Project Design Authority Project Managers Procurement Supply Chain Installation and T&C Engineers.

Head of Hardware Engineer are expected to manage the team and technical deliverables (Bookwiring Room Layouts Rack Designs etc.) for Transportation projects (Mainline MRT LRT) that involve multiple international entities. They are expected to collaborate with the various departments onshore and offshore to ensure the designs are safe implementable and within budget.

You will enjoy having these responsibilities:

• Prepare update and review interface schematics wiring diagrams mechanical drawings block diagrams I/O bitmaps track scheme plans cable routing designs bill of materials and other analysis required for design of signalling systems
• Support interface with other system wide contractors (e.g. Platform Screen Doors Civil Trackworks Comms power etc.) and write Interface Control Documents
• Prepare and review test procedures and support investigation of systems/sub-system issues raised during testing or during revenue service.
• Ensure safety is built into the design at each step.
• Supported by the Project Design Authority deliver technical presentations to internal and external engineering/management groups in clear complete concise and non-ambiguous terms.
• Support technical proposals based on knowledge of past projects customer requirements and signalling design principles.
• Support site activities such as surveys and investigations if the need for experts arises.
• Opportunity exists to support and learn about other hardware design domains within Hitachi Rail including trainborne mechanical networking and power.
• Understand Customer needs: operation safety and maintenance
• Advise and support other Signalling Design Engineers on all Hardware maters
• Deliver project on time and within budget

Engineering Leadership & Management

• Lead manage and develop the hardware engineering team including capability building performance management recruitment and succession planning
• Apply engineering processes standards and best practices aligned with company and industry requirements
• Provide direction prioritisation and resource planning across multiple programmes and projects
• Foster a strong safety quality and compliance culture within the hardware engineering team

Technical Authority & Deliverables

• Own the endtoend hardware engineering lifecycle for railway signalling systems
• Translate Customer requirements into conceptual designs and prepare associated documentation by performing operational analyses simulations and technical trade-off studies identifying alternative design configurations and functional features.
• Act as the technical authority for signalling hardware designs ensuring compliance with applicable standards and regulations
• Review and approve technical documentation including schematics design descriptions BOMs interface specifications and test artefacts
• Ensure designs meet reliability availability maintainability and safety (RAMS) targets
• Support safety assurance activities including hazard analysis and safety cases working closely with systems and safety engineering functions

Standards Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with relevant railway and safety standards (e.g. EN 50126 / 50128 / 50129 IEC CENELEC SIL requirements)
• Interface with internal safety assessors customers and regulatory bodies as required
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering quality design robustness and lifecycle cost

Stakeholder & Project Engagement

• Work closely with systems engineering software verification & validation manufacturing and project management teams
• Provide technical input to bids tenders and customer proposals
• Support project execution by addressing complex technical issues risks and tradeoffs

You have:

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Electronic or related Engineering discipline
• 15 years working experience in hardware engineering for railway signalling or other safetycritical systems
  • Experience in Electrical circuit design signalling design or hardware application design
  • Experience with drafting tools such as Auto CAD Micro station and Solid works
• Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams
• Strong knowledge of safetycritical design principles and lifecycle standards (e.g. EN 5012x SIL)
• Excellent technical judgement and ability to balance safety performance cost and schedule
• Good interpersonal skills writing and verbal skills people supervision skills
• Ability to work within an international environment with different time zone
• Ability to travel and contribute to delivery of CBTC projects in Asia (e.g. Malaysia)

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you

We look forward to receiving your application in just a few clicks via our career portal.

For further information about Hitachi Rail as an employer visit us on us

Our motivation is the mobility turnaround. To achieve this our teams find innovative products and solutions that ensure the operation and reliability of the entire rail network and increase capacities on the rails.

Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger we are looking for your return we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:

• Stronger together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams
• Our drive: Together we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail around the world to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones!
• Attractive conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company

Notes

Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within Hitachi Rail and its subsidiaries. We also aim to offer all our equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.