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About the Role
The Technical Safety Specialist provides technical safety leadership to the safety team, enforcing the safety strategy, developing and improving safety methodologies, and executing Safety Engineering activities in accordance with company processes, industry standards, and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Safety Engineering activities are executed in accordance with company process, applicable industry standards, and best practices.
- Perform hazard identification studies (HAZID, HAZOP), hazard analyses (PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA), safety analyses (FFMEA, FMECA, FSA), and hazard management.
- Define safety requirements; analyze and evaluate design compliance with safety requirements and safety principles.
- Review the adequacy and completeness of safety evidences and produce corresponding Safety Case artifacts.
- Work as part of an integrated project team, promoting the company's safety policy and best practices.
- Report directly to the Manager, RAMS Engineering and liaise with the Chief Safety Architect.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Electronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a senior technical role in train control systems or automation in other industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, medical or nuclear.
- Knowledge of railway signaling systems, train control systems, fixed and moving block signaling principles, relay-based and/or computer-based interlocking design.
- Good understanding of systems engineering, software engineering and functional safety.
- Detailed knowledge of system safety lifecycle, system requirements definition, safety design concepts (system and software), safety and risk analysis.
- Extensive experience with safety standards (CENELEC, IEC, IEEE, MIL), best practices, safety methods and techniques (HAZID, HAZOP, PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, FSA) and hazard management.
- Ability to lead and coordinate technical staff.
- Good technical writing skills, excellent communication and analytical skills; excellent command of the English language, both written and oral.
Skills
- HAZID
- HAZOP
- PHA
- SHA
- OSHA
- FTA
- FFMEA
- FMECA
- FSA
- Systems engineering
- Software engineering
- Functional safety
- System safety lifecycle
- System requirements definition
- Safety design concepts
- Safety and risk analysis
- CENELEC
- IEC
- IEEE
- MIL
- Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC)
- Solid-State Interlocking (SSI)
Location
- Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Work Type
- Full time
- No
Experience Level
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a senior technical role
Education Level
- B.Sc. in Electronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- M.Sc. in Electronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $112,221 – $144,102
Benefits
- Health, Dental and Vision plans - 100% of premiums are company-paid
- Retirement Savings Plan with a company match
- Company paid holidays - 3 weeks of vacation
- Company provided Life and accident Insurance, LTD
- Worklife programs such as Flextime and a variety of Development and Training opportunities
About the Company
- A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into.
Equal Opportunity
- At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.