AECOM is seeking a Project Engineer, Signaling and Train Control, for one of our offices in Sacramento, CA. This is an on-site role.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Project Engineer, Signaling and Train Control, provides engineering leadership for railway signaling and train control systems on a major transportation infrastructure project, supporting design, integration, testing, and commissioning. The position covers ETCS Level 2, Automatic Route Setting, Computer-Based Interlockings, Radio Block Centers, Traffic Management Systems, axle counter train detection, broken rail detection, and integrated train control and communications systems. Responsibilities include reviewing signaling engineering deliverables, supporting requirements management, system architecture and interfaces, evaluating supplier and contractor designs, and supporting safety, regulatory, and independent assessment activities. The position also develops and reviews testing and commissioning strategies and documentation, with travel of approximately 25–50% along the project alignment throughout the Central Valley, California.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepare, review, and approve signaling engineering deliverables throughout design, construction, and testing and commissioning
- Ensure technical documentation is complete, coordinated, and developed in accordance with Program requirements and applicable standards
- Support requirements management, system architecture development, and interface definition activities for train control
- Review supplier and contractor designs for compliance with Program specifications and operational requirements
- Coordinate interfaces between signaling, telecommunications, rolling stock, track, traction power, and operations teams
- Provide technical oversight and engineering support for ETCS Level 2, Automatic Route Setting, Computer Based Interlockings, and Radio Block Centers
- Provide technical oversight for Traffic Management Systems, axle counter train detection, broken rail detection, and integrated train control and communications systems
- Support FRA submissions and coordination activities, and prepare and review documentation required for regulatory, safety, and operational approvals
- Work with safety assurance teams, authorizing authorities, operators, and Program stakeholders to obtain required approvals and certifications
- Support development of safety cases, hazard analyses, and compliance documentation
- Address technical review comments and closeout actions raised by regulators and independent assessors
- Develop and review test plans, test procedures, and commissioning strategies for signaling systems
- Support Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, and operational trial running
- Witness testing activities and verify compliance with performance and safety requirements
- Coordinate defect management, corrective actions, and final system acceptance, and support revenue service demonstration and operational handover