Technical Specialist - Toronto, Canada - Thales

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Location:
Toronto, Canada

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day.

Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems.

Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.


The Technical Specialist, Safety Assurance is required, as assigned, to act in the capacity of Safety Assurance Manager (SAM) for a given project portfolio.


Key Accountabilities:

  • Supporting the implementation of processes that align with industry best practices, international standards, and the expectations of our customers, including development of awareness and training programs;
  • Performing safety audits and independent safety assessments for commercial Projects and Product development;
  • Identifying issues related to technical safety and applied processes, and ensuring timely escalation and resolution of the issues;
  • Providing leadership and guidance to assist in safetyrelated decisionmaking;
  • Providing direct support to the Bids and Proposals process such that informed decisions can be made regarding technical and contractual safety issues at the earliest opportunity in a commercial Project's lifecycle;
  • Staying current with practices and processes applicable to railway and other safetycritical industries (e.g. aerospace, military, nuclear, modern medical technology)

Key Requirements:

  • Education and technical background in electronics, computer science or electrical engineering preferred (minimum B.Eng or equivalent).
  • Minimum 10 years' experience working with safety critical train control systems
  • Working knowledge of rail signalling principles.
  • Familiar with train control systems such as Communication Based Train Control (CBTC), Solid-State Interlocking (SSI)/Computer-Based Interlocking (CBI).
  • Experience performing safety audits and assessments for safety critical systems.
  • Experience performing incident investigations related to safety critical software or hardware.
  • Ability to prioritize and work in a fast paced environment.
  • Working knowledge of safety design principles and processes.
  • Good understanding of systems engineering, software engineering and functional safety
  • Knowledge of system safety lifecycle, system requirements definition, safety design concepts (system and software), safety and risk analysis
  • Experience with safety standards applicable to rail signaling and train control (CENELEC, IEC, AREMA, IEEE, MIL), best practices.
  • Familiar with safety methods and techniques (HAZID, HAZOP, PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, FSA) and hazard management.
  • Good presentation, technical writing and communication skills + excellent command of the English language, both written and oral, is essential for the role.
LI-Hybrid

  • Thales is required to follow mandatory customer policies as well as Federal and Provincial legislation, now and in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, vaccination mandates and travel requirements. This role requires you to work on a customer site and/or travel. Therefore you must follow all mandatory customer policies and Federal and Provincial legislation as a condition of employment_
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