System Architect

About the role

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility. With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.

Responsibilities

• Member of the program engineering team
• Applies process, methods and tools as referenced by the program plans
• Supports the System Engineering Manager for identification of technical risks and definition of the development strategy
• Under the control of the System Engineering Manager, and in collaboration with the System Designers and coordination with other System Architects he/she ensures quality, consistency, and on time delivery of the design and specification according to the development strategy
• Leads and participates to the system design and specifications by application of System Engineering technics for : System Design (conceptual design thru critical thinking & holistic analysis, integration of end-users, experts, and CCN recommendations , phases concurrent engineering, ensures design for testability, RAM and safety, provides interface resolution and management)
• Technical reviews & decisions
• System Specifications (Structured system specifications, development and integration of RAM, safety, sub-system, software, product, and V&V needs, system modelling and requirements writing, management, and traceability)
• Application of verifications (document reviews, peer reviews)
• Configuration Management
• Interfaces with the System Application Architect for projects and tenders activities (evolutions & anomalies analysis, design & documentation support)
• Prepares of program/project documents (e.g. training material, user manuals, ..) he is in charge
• Participates to the material selection and procurement activities as required for the system delivery
• Alerts and reports on any event/risks that may impact the system development
• Participates to the program CCB
• Keep himself informed of the evolution of technologies through technological watch
• Contribute to continuous improvement (RoE: Return on Experience, process, workload estimations/metrics, ..)
• Supports the System Engineering Manager for workload estimations for the system design deliverables
• Promoting the Alstom Code of Ethics and adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct.