About the Role
Join Transport for London (TfL) Engineers in our Operating Assets teams, where you will maintain legacy assets and deliver new systems and solutions. This role is crucial for connecting communities and creating opportunities to move London forward safely, inclusively, and sustainably.
Responsibilities
- Develop safe, cost-effective electronic equipment engineering solutions across the organisation.
- Provide technical support to operations and projects requiring specialist electronics expertise.
- Support legacy rolling stock and signalling systems used on London Underground.
- Design bespoke test equipment for legacy assets.
- Diagnose faults on complex electronic systems, occasionally without design documentation.
- Design and build bespoke test equipment to test legacy electronic systems and assets.
- Deliver projects through the complete life cycle, from concept to operational service.
- Share electronics knowledge and guide other engineers on system design, build, and implementation.
- Conduct reactive repair, reverse engineering, and failure investigation.
- Design and approval of new systems.
Requirements
- Strong technical knowledge and understanding of modern and legacy system design with emphasis on analogue electronics.
- Good understanding of electronic components, their use, and failure modes.
- Good understanding of electronics design in safety critical applications.
- Proven experience of design and maintenance of complex electronics and electrical systems.
- Basic knowledge of rolling stock and signalling system safety concepts, and the practical methods required to maintain system safety.
- Satisfactory right-to-work checks.
- Ability to demonstrate right to work in the UK.
Skills
- Analogue electronic design and repair
- Circuit design
- Knowledge of governing Standards and industry best practice
- Electronics knowledge
Location
- Acton
- Various TfL sites across London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full Time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Dependent on skill, knowledge and experience
Salary/Compensations
- Circa £67,000
Benefits
- Final salary pension scheme
- Free travel on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
- 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- Hybrid working approach
- Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel
About the Company
- Transport for London (TfL) has a rich heritage, a commercial outlook, an iconic brand, and a unique public service.
- TfL Engineers are always looking forward.
- TfL currently uses a wide range of electronic, electrical, and mechanical systems to provide efficient, high-capacity control of traffic, both rail and road.
- We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
- We use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
- At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation.
- Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible.
- We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
- We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
- We welcome everyone to apply who feels that they are suitable for the role.
- Due to the under representation of women in the Equipment Engineering Services team, we would like to particularly encourage female applicants to apply.
