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Job Description

AECOM is seeking to hire a Signaling Systems Engineer to support transit and rail projects, including the design, implementation, and modification of train control and signaling systems. This position requires expertise in signal engineering, systems integration, and safety-critical applications for freight and or passenger rail operations. The selected candidate will work with engineering teams, clients, and stakeholders to ensure the successful deployment of signaling solutions in compliance with industry regulations and safety standards.

The role involves analyzing, designing, and commissioning fixed-block and automatic block signaling systems, with an emphasis on track circuit integration, interlocking logic, and grade crossing automation. The candidate will also assist in reviewing and modifying vital logic software for system enhancements.

The selected candidate will work with internal design teams and client personnel to develop functional and detailed designs for new and existing signal systems, ensuring safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

We're looking for a talented engineer who has a deep understanding of railway signaling systems, interlockings, and control logic. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to develop, implement, and validate innovative signaling solutions for intricate rail systems. As a detail-oriented professional, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, perform technical analyses, and play a crucial role in the successful completion of railway infrastructure projects. This exciting challenge offers the chance to contribute to the future of rail transportation.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

• 4 years of experience in rail transit signaling and train control systems or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

• Knowledge and experience with track circuit requirements and their role in train control and signal operation

• Experience with automatic block signal systems, including their design and implementation

• Understanding and experience of approach, time, and route locking principles in railway signaling

• Experience and familiarity with cab and interlocking signal operation, including their interface with track circuits

• Experience and ability to work with safety-critical signaling systems, including the design and validation of signal indications and control logic

• Experience working with Vital Logic Software (VLS) or Vital Harmon Logic Controllers (VHLC)

• Experience with Relay Based Interlockings

• Experience with Computer Based Interlockings and/or Solid State Interlockings

• Proficiency and experience in AutoCAD, MicroStation, or equivalent design tools

• Experience in modifying, testing, and commissioning railway signal control software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline

• 10 years of experience in transit or freight rail signaling and train control projects

• Prior experience with onboard train control systems and speed code generation

• Knowledge of CBTC (Communication-Based Train Control) and integration with fixed-block systems

• Experience working in a Brownfield environment with Signaling and Train Control upgrades

• Experience with Control Center workstation requirements definition and upgrade of Control Center supervision systems together with the Signaling and Train Control System upgrade

• Experience in grade crossing warning systems and their automation

• Experience with automatic block signaling and interlocking systems

• Professional Engineer (PE) or INCOSE CSEP/ESEP is a plus

Additional Information

• Relocation is an option for this position

• Visa support is an option for this position

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $90,000.00 - $129,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10126281

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: On-Site

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc