System Engineering (S/W)/ System Architect

Responsible for requirement management, high level design, technical management, implementation and testing of simulation projects as directed by the Project Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Define and manage the system architecture for software-based solutions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance
• Translate customer and business requirements into clear, testable system and software specifications
• Develop and maintain system-level models, interfaces, and data flow diagrams to ensure end-to-end consistency

• Collaborate with software, hardware, mechanical, and test teams to achieve seamless system integration
• Lead and participate in system design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure alignment with project goals
• Establish and maintain requirements traceability between stakeholder needs, design, implementation, and test outcomes
• Define system-level verification and validation (V&V) plans, acceptance criteria, and ensure compliance through test execution
• Conduct impact analysis for changes in requirements, design, or architecture to manage technical risks
• Support configuration management, version control, and ensure proper documentation of system baselines
• Evaluate performance, reliability, and safety aspects of the overall system and drive necessary improvements
• Perform FAT and SAT with customers.
• Provide technical leadership in defining integration strategies, communication protocols, and data exchange standards
• Collaborate with project managers and stakeholders to define system scope, priorities, and deliverables
• Ensure software design aligns with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity policies, and industry standards
• Facilitate cross-functional communication between developers, testers, and domain experts to ensure cohesive implementation
• Support creation and maintenance of system documentation, including interface control documents (ICDs), design specifications, and test reports
• Stay current with emerging technologies and system engineering tools to improve processes and system quality
• Promote model-based system engineering (MBSE) and continuous integration/testing practices where applicable.
  
  

• 10+years of experience, preferable in rail simulation
• Requirements Management
• System Engineering Planning                                                                                                              
• System Design and High-Level Architecture                                                                                       
• Technical Risk Management                                                                                                               
• Integration & Test Planning                                                                                                                
• Verification and Acceptance                                                                                                               
• Technical Management                                                                                                                       
• Tender Support as delegated by the System Architect Team Lead                                                    
• Customer interaction as delegated by the Project Manager                                                              
• Thorough understanding of engineering principles

• Good verbal and written communication skills, good analytical skills                                               
• Strong ability to understand technical systems                                                                                  
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and Scrum Framework, backlog grooming
• Managing and improving processes                                                                                                    
• Problem solving and decision making                                                                                                 
• Quality of work                                                                                                                                    
• Initiative/quickness
• Performance under stress