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Job Description
About Us
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. And that's where you come in.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)
We are looking for a Manager, Systems Engineering to join our team in Toronto!
The successful candidate will be the single point, end-to-end, technical authority for the assigned projects(s).
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical leader of the Project in front of the Customer
- Create the cross-discipline Technical Teams (working groups) required to develop new solutions
- Take responsibility and ownership for the entire technical solution (end-to-end), not just the System Design and not just the Engineering deliverables
- Make Decisions on major technical tradeoffs that impact solution; which will potentially lead to changes in scope, cost and schedule (to benefit the project)
- Enforce the internal GATES ensuring phase containment and ensuring cost control
- Host the external GATES (CDR, PDR, FDR) with the Customer
- Ensure compliance to the technical requirements of the contract and ensure that Project Management gets waivers for intentional non-compliances at an early stage
- Elicit, manage and mitigate Technical Risks
- Work with PSM to make any changes in Bid plans/assumptions based on final negotiations
- Define Gates and entry/exit criteria
- Review and approve all technical Plans
- Review and approve the Level 2 plan and ensure that the project phasing approach is complete and consistent with project objectives, look cross-functional (Create and own system build plan)
- Make major technical tradeoffs based on project objectives and product strategy
- Approve completion of PDR: internal Gate for System Design completion
- Host external Gates with Customer
- Manage risks and Facilitate resolution of cross-functional problems
- Manage Customer Relationship vis a vis Technical issues
- Monitor build-up of Design Verification Matrix
- Manage risks
- Facilitate resolution of cross-functional problems
- Work with System Engineering to resolve defects in System Design
- Coordinate technical changes to System Design initiated by customer
- Monitor System Maturity Performance Measurements
- Approve internal Gate for implementation completion
- Monitor build-up of Design Verification Matrix
- Manage risks
- Ensure defects are prioritized and assigned to correct teams
- Facilitate resolution of cross-functional problems
- Ensure monitoring of system performance
- Approve internal Gate for Integration completion
- Monitor build-up of Design Verification Matrix
- Manage risks
- Facilitate resolution of cross-functional problems
- Monitor System Performance
- Approve internal Gate for Acceptance completion
- University degree in Computer sciences, Engineering or a closely related field
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience in development of software-based applications
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership role
- Good marketing and presentation skills
- Ability to sell/defend product to customers with differing levels of knowledge about automated systems
- Involved in the delivery of at least 1 SelTrac project in some capacity
- Strong application (automated train control systems) domain knowledge and knowledge of modern software engineering practices, methods and tools
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