Systems Engineer - Los Angeles, United States - Mott MacDonald

Description

Following recent contract wins, and with a strong backlog of work with existing clients, we are looking for a Systems Engineer to support major project delivery with a focus on system safety assurance. The Rail Transit group at Mott MacDonald is growing and is involved with several key rail development projects on the West Coast, specifically in Settle, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego. This provides excellent opportunities for rail and transit engineering and construction management staff to further their career and work to deliver transformational projects across North America with a focus on the West Coast.

Position description:

This role provides systems engineering and safety assurance services to clients predominantly (but not exclusively) in Seattle, Washington. In this role you will use your personality and drive to ensure that project delivery teams engage appropriately with client and contractor stakeholders to deliver a properly integrated and assured project. Duties will include:

• Support preparation of system safety management and certification plans and develop contract requirements to satisfy those plans.
• Facilitate hazard analyses with multi-disciplinary teams on large rail infrastructure projects.
• Perform hazard analyses on discrete elements of rail infrastructure projects.
• Define system safety requirements in requirements management systems such as DOORS.
• Review and critically evaluate hazard analyses performed by other entities.
• Evaluate submitted design and construction documentation and evaluate and record conformance with safety requirements.
• Produce reports communicating progress of hazard analysis and safety certification activities across multiple contracts on major projects.
• Support other systems engineering functions such as requirements management, interface management and reliability, availability and maintainability management.
• Develop training materials and deliver system safety assurance training to project team members.

We want you to have a desire to make a difference in the world and share our values. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence by transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or similar technical field.
• Registration as a professional engineer preferred.
• Six years' experience applying systems engineering expertise in the delivery of complex projects.
• Experience performing preliminary hazard analyses, operating hazard analyses, security threat analyses, subsystem and interface hazard analyses.
• Knowledge of safety analysis techniques such as fault tree analysis and failure modes and effects analysis.
• Broad technical knowledge of traction power, railway signaling / train control, fire and life safety systems, and integrated communications systems.
• Ability to develop strong collaborative and productive relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Methodical approach to problem solving and the ability to use your initiative to undertake tasks efficiently and independently on multiple assignments.

Salary Range: $100,000k-$113,000k
Benefits: 401k, medical, dental, and vision insurance, STD/LTD disability, holiday, personal time off (PTO), parental leave, and company-paid life insurance.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Equal employment opportunity is the law.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.