About the Role
This position will contribute to the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary transit projects across Ontario and the wider Rail & Transit organization, supporting the design, integration, and implementation of modern signaling systems for Light Rail Transit infrastructure. The successful candidate will play a key role in enabling safe, reliable, and efficient transportation systems that support sustainable mobility.
Responsibilities
- Support the design and engineering of Light Rail Transit signaling systems.
- Deliver design inputs for interlockings, train detection, and control systems.
- Support the development of signaling layouts, circuit designs, specifications, and technical reports.
- Contribute to system integration activities across signaling, communications, traction power, and rolling stock interfaces.
- Help deliver projects in line with scope, schedule, and budget objectives.
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.
- Participate in design reviews, constructability assessments, and risk management activities.
- Apply systems engineering principles and recognized safety standards, including RAMS and SIL, in the design and delivery of signaling systems.
- Support verification and validation activities through testing and commissioning phases.
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry and client standards such as AREMA, CSA, Metrolinx, and TTC requirements.
- Contribute to digital delivery and innovation initiatives within the Rail & Transit team.
- Support the use of BIM and data-driven design approaches.
- Help advance continuous improvement and the adoption of innovative signaling technologies.
- Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Support client-facing activities such as technical presentations and workshops.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5–10+ years of experience in railway/signaling engineering, with a strong focus on Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems.
- Demonstrated experience in Signaling design (CBTC, fixed block, or equivalent LRT systems).
- Demonstrated experience in Interlocking systems and train control principles.
- Demonstrated experience in Transit agency standards in Ontario (Metrolinx, TTC, etc.).
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario, or eligibility to obtain.
- Experience supporting projects through design, construction, and commissioning phases is an asset.
Skills
- Signaling design
- Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems
- Interlocking systems
- Train control principles
- Transit agency standards in Ontario
- Systems engineering principles
- RAMS
- SIL
- AREMA
- CSA
- Metrolinx
- TTC
- BIM
- Data-driven design
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario, or eligibility to obtain
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000 - $160,000
About the Company
- Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
- We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
- We believe everyone's contribution matters.
- We are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
- You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.
- Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
- Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
- Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Equal Opportunity
- We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.
- Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.
- We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
- Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
- We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
