Senior Systems Engineer - Traction Electrification

Salary Range

Sound Transit offers a salary range of $87k to $191k with a midpoint of $139k. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, but may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity, and market.

About the Role

This is a technical leadership role as a traction electrification systems engineer. Traction electrification includes incoming AC utility feeds and medium voltage AC power distribution, DC traction power substations, overhead contact systems (OCS) and related automated monitoring and control systems.

Essential Functions

• Develops and maintains agency design criteria and standards for systems and assets in assigned engineering discipline.
• Reviews and provides input to formal contract deliverables and submittals to provide assurance of project compliance with established agency technical criteria, policies and procedures for design development, systems interface coordination and integration, construction and testing and commissioning.
• Reviews and makes recommendations on changes and deviations from established agency standards and criteria.
• Supports senior staff working closely with city code and fire department officials to ensure code requirements and operational best practices are incorporated into design projects.
• Develops designs for follow on and service delivery projects from beginning to end, including coordination of schedule, scope, and budget of assigned projects.
• Provides engineering economic analysis in determining total cost of ownership.
• Provides support to the department/division and others on matters as directed; serves as staff on a variety of committees as assigned; prepares and presents reports and presentations; attends and participates in professional group meetings.
• Supports Agency Sustainability efforts to develop efficient designs and evaluate new technologies intended to improve efficiencies and reduce impact.
• Collaborates with staff across the agency to ensure continuous improvement and best practice is applied to engineering criteria, policies and procedures.
• Champions and models Sound Transit's core values and demonstrates values-based behaviors in everyday interactions across the agency.
• Contributes to a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion in alignment with Sound Transit’s Equity & Inclusion Policy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or closely related field. Five years of traction electrification systems engineering experience that includes project management, systems design, construction and/or operations support; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred Licenses Or Certifications: Professional Engineering license.

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Engineering principles, methods and techniques applied during design, construction, testing and commissioning, operations and maintenance.
• Codes and related regulations applicable to area of practice.
• Recent developments, current literature, and sources of information related to emerging trends and innovation in area or practice.
• Troubleshooting, diagnostics and root cause analysis - ability to systematically investigate equipment failures determine the root cause, and recommend corrective action.
• Time management - ability to control a large workload, prioritize effort, and manage commitments.
• Collaboration - ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other agency staff, consultants, contractors, authorities having jurisdiction, and other stakeholder groups.
• Communication - ability to communicate clear and accurate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences in verbal and written form.
• Meeting management - able to plan, conduct and record effective meetings.
• Systems thinking - ability to understand the whole problem, seek different perspectives, understand interdependencies, and decompose complex problems into solvable elements.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

Work is performed in a hybrid office environment and in a transit system field environment including rail tunnels and equipment rooms. Positions working in field may occasionally be exposed to dangerous machinery, extreme weather conditions, physical harm, hazardous chemicals, and/or extreme noise. Position is responsible for visual inspections and troubleshooting in the field. May be subject to bending, eye/hand coordination, standing, talking, seeing, and walking.

Compensation Practices

We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.