Train Control Management Systems - Toronto, Canada - CAD Industries Ferroviaires Ltée

CAD Industries Ferroviaires Ltée

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Train Control Management Systems (TCMS) Technology Expert

Company:

Cad Railway Industries Ltd was founded in 1968 headquartered in Montreal.

We take pride on being North America's leader of full-service solutions in the freight, passenger and commuter rail industries in Canada, the United States and offshore.

Cad Railway has other facilities in Calgary, Lethbridge (under Caltrax banner) and has recently been selected by the ONxpress Transportation Partners association to provide all legacy fleet maintenance services for the Metrolinx rail fleet of approximately 1000 bi-level coaches and 90 locomotives.

Cad Railway's delivery team will operate Metrolinx's rail maintenance facilities in Etobicoke and Whitby.

Summary:

The role is to develop, validate and prepare modifications and maintenance changes to supported fleets.

The primary purpose of this position is to develop train level engineering solutions and engineering change documentation in support of in-service fleets, predominantly focused on Safety, Reliability, and System / Vehicle enhancements.

Primary work domains will be:
modifications to existing train architecture, investigation of issues, new feature development, subsystems integration.

Manages the functional and technical interface between the Vehicle sub-systems according to the vehicle engineering process and provides a single point of contact in expertise for all functional and technical topics of subsystems, working in the multidisciplinary project team.

The Technology Expert Engineer typically handles one or many of the following systems: CCTV, Passenger information, Communication, HVAC, Compressed air, Propulsion, Brake, TCMS, etc.

You will ensure that the subsystems under your responsibility integrate properly at the train level.

You will have a demonstrable knowledge and capability across a range of vehicle systems and be responsible for providing technical leadership in the development of vehicle modifications, be familiar with relevant industry standards and have a proven capability in the developing and justifying technical solutions, producing vehicle modification documentation as required.

You will liaise with engineers/specialists ensuring compliance with appropriate Industry Standards. In addition, you will liaise with other engineering functions to ensure a fully integrated, safe & compliant design. As part of the design process, you will need to ensure the company's commercial interests are not compromised.

The role will also include providing technical support and solutions to the Production Line, Procurement, Quality, and Suppliers & Test as required.

Core Accountabilities:

Provides technical leadership, ensuring adherence to engineering processes to provide high quality solutions that meet customer's requirements. Reviews and influences the design solutions to ensure they are in accordance with all applicable requirements.
Carry out high integrity validation of vehicle modifications undertaken against industry standards. To identify, review and close out risks, to develop and participate in system test procedures or other validation approaches as appropriate.
Participates in design reviews internally and with customers.
Develop and manage Interface requirements. Lead design reviews, internal and with customer.
Maintain close contact with all stakeholders on status of work package. Responsibility for tracking their progress and adherence to budgeted hours through task planning.
Develops action plans and coordinates resources to address and resolve problems as needed.
Technical lead for the whole design lifecycle (concept, prelim, detailed and realization), Development of design concepts and BOMs as required.
Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodologies are inadequate or where the implementations of solutions are not effective.
Optimizes communication and relationships with customers and other functions. Implementation of processes/tools/behaviors by taking into account business requirements, customer needs, technical innovations, and new market conditions.
Initiates cross functional reviews to communicate the design development of all interfaces and develop/plan design solutions and mitigations resulting from review actions.
Provides technical support to CADRI Bid Teams, developing technical solutions, Engineering costs and programs as required.
Estimates costs and schedules. Organizes and structures personal workload to achieve consistent on time delivery against the Engineering Plan
Provide immediate technical support to teams operating in the field

Qualifications:

Bachelor's in Software engineering, Electrical engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent
PEO Member or EIT
Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience
Experience in embedded systems / control systems
Experience with Electromechanical component integration
Can read and analyze elect