Hardware Designer - Technical Specialist
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About the Role
Hitachi Rail seeks a Hardware Designer - Technical Specialist to produce complex hardware application designs and equipment designs for railway signaling. The role requires 10-12 years of experience, proficiency in CAD tools, and knowledge of CENELEC/AREMA standards.
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Responsibilities
- Produce complex hardware application designs and equipment designs for railway signaling
- Lead technical decision making and provide technical direction within area of expertise
- Interpret and write requirements providing traceability from high level customer designs to low level details
- Prepare specifications for hardware and/or software components
- Perform role of Work Package Manager on projects, collaborating with a team of designers
- Ensure project deliverables are completed accurately and on time
Requirements
- Post secondary Technologist diploma or Electrical/Electronics Engineering degree
- 10 12 years of related work experience
- Proficient with CAD tools (Microstation, AutoCAD), SAP, and Microsoft Office
- Good interpersonal and diplomatic skills
- Well developed verbal and written English skills
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Job Description
- To produce complex Hardware Application designs/Bookwirings and equipment designs that meet requirements utilizing processes based on established engineering and railway signaling principles.
Key Accountabilities
- The Technical Specialist is a subject matter expert within the team and acts as a technical leader internally and with the customer.
- Leads technical decision making and provides technical direction within their area of expertise and across multiple projects.
- Demonstrates an advanced level of logical reasoning resulting in effective hardware application designs, products and processes.
- Interprets and writes Requirements that provide traceability from high level customer designs to low level detailed design elements.
- Proficient in technical writing of technical design specifications, scope of works (SoWs) and requests for proposals (RFQs).
- Prepares specifications for hardware and/or software components.
- Proficient with the use of development tools, CAD packages (Microstation, AutoCAD).
- When required, perform the role of a Work Package Manager on projects, collaborating with a team of 1 to 5 Designers.
- Assist with project related tasks, such as planning timelines and tracking budgets to ensure project goals are met.
- Ensuring that all project tasks proceed according to schedule, within budget, and in accordance with all requirements.
- Ensure that all project deliverables are completed accurately and on time (as per project schedule).
Key Requirements
- Post secondary Technologist diploma or Electrical or Electronics Engineering degree.
- 10 – 12 years of related work experience.
- Proficient with the use of CAD tools (Microstation, AutoCad), Bills of Materials (SAP), Configuration Management, Hitachi Change Control Process (Clearquest), and Microsoft Office suite.
- Good interpersonal and diplomatic skills to deal confidently, courteously, and correctly with people at any level within the organization, and the customer.
- Well developed verbal skills in English to interact effectively and professionally in a variety of forums.
- Well developed writing skills in English to prepare clear effective documents.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Mentor junior or new members of the department.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism in the job and in relations with others.
- Locates and researches source documentation for design activities.
- Makes timely decisions, both independently and in concert with others.
- Identifies problems or inefficiencies in the department’s operation and suggest improvements.
Compensation
- Total Compensation Range (Base Salary + Annual Incentive plan): CAD 119,960 CAD 153,795
- Health, Dental and Vision plans 100% of premiums are company paid
- Retirement Savings Plan with a company contribution and a match, and without vesting period
- Company paid holidays 3 weeks of vacation, Holiday closure, personal emergency leave days and sick days
- Maternity/Parental/Adoption top up pay
- Annual Incentive plan
- Company provided Life Insurance, STD and Employee Assistance Plan
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