Senior Design Engineer

We currently have an opening in our Systems Engineering job family for a Senior Design Engineer. This role will be primarily working in our ongoing projects to maintain and renew London Underground’s operational network. As a Senior Design Engineer, you will be an integral member of the design team, assuring compliance to a defined design process and ensuring that solutions conform to client requirements including quoted standards and specifications. You will be responsible for architecting solutions, design production, design estimates and design work packages for bids, projects and services to contract requirements, standards, budget, and on‑time delivery. You will undertake the role of Designer as identified in the CDM regulations, with particular attention to design risks, ensuring that safety risks are designed out or deemed as low as reasonably practicable. This is a hybrid role working a minimum of two days per week from our site in Waterloo, London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and develop design solutions using industry best practice, focusing largely on operational networks and connectivity.
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, design authorities and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications and ensure successful delivery of the project.
• Engage with supply chain to develop understanding of product offerings that can be applied to our solutions.
• Produce designs that are buildable and maintainable that meet customer requirements and relevant standards and legislation.
• Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and other hardware issues.
• Carry out technical investigations and produce associated reports.
• Produce Installation Test Plans in accordance with associated documented processes.
• Understand and follow the project delivery processes, methodologies, and use the defined tools as set out in the Hitachi Rail Business Management System and the project specific Engineering Management plans.
• Support Work Package Managers with timely provision of status, accurate measurement of progress and forecasting of remaining work and by identifying change, variation, risk and opportunity to the work package manager wherever the scope of works is impacted.
• Meet customer representatives to discuss and resolve technical issues.
• Prepare cost/time estimates for contract variations.
• When appropriate provide technical support to other teams/departments.
• Share knowledge and experience with junior members of the team and provide mentorship where applicable.
• Produce cable infrastructure designs and 50V power supply designs.
• Assist with the production of material approval documentation and EMC/EMF technical documentation.
• Ensure designs and materials comply with London Underground fire and safety/engineering regulations and standards.

Technical Skills and Experience:

• Ability to architect network solutions at a concept and detailed level.
• Ability to manage a design through a defined design process.
• Sound ability to use design tools to produce complex designs.
• Ability to produce metrics as part of Quality assurance & control.
• Working knowledge of project plans.
• Working knowledge of Engineering Safety Management.
• Full understanding of the engineering lifecycle and its processes.
• Working knowledge of the CDM regulations.
• Demonstrated design capabilities to at least a supervisor level for one skill set and practitioner level for one or more key skill as captured and managed via the competency and capability management system.
• Proven capabilities in some or all of the following network-related areas: Network infrastructure, security appliances & management systems; Network security, authentication & encryption (certificates, crypto, identity schemes).

Human Skills:

• Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on systems design principles, engineering techniques, and best practices.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies, trends, and industry best practices, and apply them to enhance our solutions.
• Excellent communication skills in all forms and at all levels.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team.

What to expect:

We aim to complete a single‑stage interview process in person at our Waterloo office. The interview will focus on both technical and behavioural competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the TA partner know if this would be necessary. We may close this role early if we quickly identify suitably strong applicants.

What We Can Offer:

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market‑leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility:

Your health and well‑being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.