Safety Engineer

ALTEN Canada is hiring a Rail Safety Engineer, Ground Transportation. This is within the rail signaling, ground transportation space. You bring strong hands-on experience with CENELEC, will work with DOORS closing hazards and technical sound with SILS and FSAs. You are well experienced with Rail Transportation where safety is your primary concern.

Location: Remote or ability to work hybrid in North York
Shift: Day
Term: Fulltime

Key Elements of this Rail Safety Engineer Role:

• Our safety team uses Waterfall not Agile 
• Strong, hands on experience with CENELEC
• Good understanding of safety principles and standards – systems are highly complex a
• Sound understanding of Relays, Scada System, Hardware design, PHA
• Analyze and author electrical drawings 
• Thorough understanding of Risk Assessment and Functional Safety Analysis

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the Safety Engineering activities are executed in accordance with the company’s process, applicable industry standards and best practices
• Perform hazard identification studies (HAZID, HAZOP), hazard analyses (PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA), safety analyses (FFMEA, FMECA, FSA) and hazard management
• Define safety requirements; analyze and evaluate design compliance with safety requirements and safety principles
• Review the adequacy and completeness of the safety evidence and produce the corresponding Safety Case artifacts
• Work as part of an integrated project team, promoting the company’s safety policy and best practices
• Report directly to the Manager, RAMS Engineering and liaise with the Chief Safety Architect

Key Requirements:

• B.Sc. in Electronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a technical role in train control systems or automation in other industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, medical or nuclear
• Good understanding of systems engineering, software engineering and functional safety
• Knowledge of system safety lifecycle, system requirements definition, safety design concepts (system and software), safety and risk analysis
• Experience with safety standards (CENELEC, IEC, IEEE, MIL), best practices, safety methods and techniques (HAZID, HAZOP, PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, FSA) and hazard management
• Good technical writing skills, excellent communication and analytical skills; excellent command of the English language, both written and oral