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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 seeking a motivated and proactive individual to join our team as a Project Design Authority (PDA) in Toronto.

The Project Design Authority (PDA) is responsible for Solution Compliance for a Bid or Project or for a Product Development phase (as a project). Their primary objective is to define the Solution to achieve full compliance within the budget and schedule constraints of the project proposing the best trade-off to the product line policy. The PDA may be engaged in either or both Bidding and Delivery phases of the Project. The PDA role can sometimes be endorsed simultaneously with the SEM (Solution Engineering Manager) role according to the size of the project

Key Accountabilities:

• Approves the technical specification and source selection of subsystems/products to be outsourced taking into account Make Team Buy policy, export restrictions and offset requirements
• Approves the Design & Justification File (D&JF) prepared by the Solution Architect (ARC)
• Reviews and approves the completion of the integration, verification, validation and qualification results
• Oversees the acceptance of the Solution by the customer
• Organizes when appropriate technical meetings and peer reviews together with the Architect (ARC) and the SEM and other stakeholders (industry, services, Safety & HSE, specialties...), in order to perform the solution technical assessment and validation
• Checks the production, the deployment and the maintenance/service aspects of the Solution with the Production Process & Technology Manager (PPTM), the Deployment Project Manager (DPM) and the Service Engineering Manager (SvEM) respectively. The resulting conclusions are taken into account by the PDA for the Solution design validation and reflected in the DVa
• Takes into account the remarks from the DA as regards the validity of the Solution and the risk assessment and mitigation. Reports regularly to the DA on technical status and on technical risks
  
  

Key Requirements:

• University degree in Computer sciences, Engineering or a closely related field
• Mandatory to have strong oral and written communication skills in English
• 5+ years of experience with development of software-based System applications
• 3+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Proven customer communication / technical management skills
• Bid/ Engineering delivery process experience for Bid/ Project PDA
• System design of Software preponderant systems, safety critical system with experience covering full SW or HW development life cycle
• CENELEC standard experience
• Strong application (automated train control systems) domain knowledge & knowledge of modern software engineering practices, methods and tool
• Good marketing and presentation skills. Ability to sell/defend product to customers with differing levels of knowledge about automated systems
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• PENG certifications are a plus
• Involved in the delivery of 1 Rail signaling project in some capacity including experience in System Design, System Integration, and System Acceptance
• Delivery of complex systems
• Preferably a Degree in Engineering
  
  

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

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.

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