Reliability and Safety Engineer ( RAMS ) – Railway industry
Job Description
<p>Akkodis, a global leader in the engineering and R&D market that is leveraging the power of connected data to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.</p><p><br></p><p>With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics. The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market, and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow. www.akkodis.com</p><p><br></p><p>As part of our growth in the region and our portfolio development, we are looking for a experienced RAMS Engineer who will work from our office in Dubai to support our Canadian Team. ( From 1PM to 10PM UAE time ) </p><p><br></p><p><strong>YOUR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Provide direction and advise on technical issues with respect to assigned projects and ensure that system designs meet contractual requirements.</li><li>Propose system safety engineering design solutions to RAMS Engineering objectives using existing products. </li><li>Predict system safety engineering operational performance and review design details to accomplish this: safety distances, block layout, permissive movement authority and interlocking requirements, algorythms to resolve safety conflicts.</li><li>Coordinate the resolution of technical issues between all parties involved and innovate compliant, cost effective technical solutions to project problems.</li><li>Provide RAMS engineering expertise and analysis in the development and implementation of Advanced Train Control Systems.</li><li>Perform safety design, analysis, modeling and simulation to specify and verify train control systems are safe to operate.</li><li>Ensure that suitably competent staff are assigned to perform the various hazard and safety analysis activities, and that the competency management log books of all project or department staff maintained</li><li>Assist in the Safety effort during the business development, bids & proposals and project launch stages to ensure the scope of safety work is well understood, planned for, and that the cost estimates are practicable</li><li>Review of all Safety Risk; Safety Hazard; and Pending Hazard SCRs to their product and/or projects to ensure consistent and assessment and analysis by Project Safety Specialists, and to ensure safety defects with broader implications are cloned and managed correctly.</li><li>Exercise safety leadership on the product and/or project and is to the Principle System Engineers (PSE) for the safety of the CBTC system including:</li><li>Support the development of Compliance Matrixes for CENELEC Standards (and other safety-relevant standards) on their Product and/or Projects;</li><li>Review of the Hazard Log and associated Hazard Analysis performed the CBTC equipment;</li><li>Train, lead and supervise more junior members of the Rams Engineering Group.</li><li>Identify with adequate anticipation risks and opportunities and propose mitigation actions</li><li>Prepare technical proposals, reports, presentations, change evaluations & responses to customer questions based on knowledge of train protection & operational needs, products, job requirements & industry standards. Provide technical Bids and Proposals support as assigned</li><li>Prepare system & subsystem safety requirement specifications, interface requirements and test requirements by analyzing and decomposing customer requirements.</li><li>Technical trade off evaluations are performed to identify the system safety engineering design choices with associated advantages and disadvantages.</li><li>Evaluate the compliance and safety of designs with safety engineering requirements by review of technical specifications, designs & designs changes for both HW and SW, and suggest design alternatives where appropriate to enhance safety based on a knowledge of design feasibility & the safety requirements. Represent RAMS Engineering, and provide evaluations & recommendations with respect to safety in formal design reviews.</li><li>Propose Work Package estimates and descriptions based on knowledge of the work and project requirements.</li><li>Reporting to the RAMS Engineering Manager and Chief Safety Engineer and liaise with the Group Lead RAMS Engineering.</li><li>Define safety requirements by evaluating & defining railway operational hazards that could be caused by the ATC system.</li><li>Verify the safety of both hardware and software products and the system by performing:</li></ul><ol><li>Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) – Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and</li><li>Hazard Analysis – Event Tree Analysis – Operating & Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA)</li></ol><ul><li>Assure that safety requirements are met by participating in hardware, software and field testing (as required).</li><li>Resolve safety related issues by participating in the Safety Commitee, as required.</li><li>Ensure that safety can be verified. Approval of test documentation</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>YOUR PROFILE & SKILLS</strong></p><ul><li>B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Computer Science or equivalent</li><li>10+ years train control experience and/or automatic control in the industry, such as aircraft, industry. i.e. related field.</li><li>A detailed knowledge of system requirements definition/design, safety risk analysis.</li><li>Familiar with systems engineering, electrical or software engineering electro magnetic compatibility.</li><li>Good technical writing skills, good communication and analytical skills.</li><li>Knowledge of CENELEC50126, 50128, et 50129 standards is mandatory</li><li>Excellent command of the English language, both written and oral.</li><li>Computer skills, MS Office; DOORS; Modeling; Data Bases.</li><li>Knowledge of Railway System Operations & Transport products is fundamental</li><li>Knowledge of specification-driven systems and designs.</li><li>Experience in real time software development is an asset. The technical specialist typically works with a team of engineers to define what will be designed; how it will perform and how it will be determined that it is working correctly.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Job location : Dubai JLT</p><p>Working time : From 1PM to 10PM</p>
