Senior IVVQ Engineer

Location:

London London United Kingdom

Job ID:

R1012250

Date Posted:

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together theres something for everyone to get stuck into. And thats where you come in.

Job Description:

Our Opportunity

Our Project Engineering function are currently looking for a Senior Integration Verification Validation & Qualification (IVVQ) Engineer.

As a Senior IVVQ Engineer you are responsible for all aspects of system integration and system testing for solutions that meet the needs of our clients and users within the rail domain. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements develop integration and testing tools and approaches to implement solutions and ensure the scalability reliability and performance of our products and solutions.

This is a hybrid role working a minimum of three days per week from our site in Bradford on Avon and may involve some travel to our other sites. Flexibility to work on-site during commissioning phases is required.

Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include but are not be limited to:

• Work collaboratively with other engineering disciplines and other stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the project.
• Lead the identification and closure of site defects technical debt performance bottlenecks and other engineering issues.
• Understand and lead the project delivery processes methodologies and use the defined tools as set out in the GTS Management System and the project specific IVVQ Management Plans and Engineering Management Plans.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest technologies tools and trends in IVVQ development
• Support Work Package Managers with timely provision of status accurate measurement of progress and forecasting of remaining work and by Identifying change variation risk and opportunity to the work package manager wherever the scope of works is impacted. Where appointed act as WPM and lead the IVVQ team operationally.
• Interface with the client to gain approval of test specifications and to host acceptance testing activities.
• Write and/or approve test plans test strategy documents and test specifications.
• Execute test specifications (according to test plan and project schedule) record and/or approve results of test execution.
• Raise/investigate/verify defects.
• Maintain agreed quality target/standards.
• Identify and implement verification methods (IADT).

Technical Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in systems development with a deep understanding of IVVQ principles and methodologies.
• Strong proficiency in SQL database querying and data analysis
• Experience with networking technologies including Cisco and Netgear switches; Windows and Linux network configuration troubleshooting and design review
• Software testing experience including test automation
• Python scripting for automation and system tasks
• Understanding of systems architecture and integration principles
• Hands-on experience with Linux system configuration (CentOS RHEL 6 Ubuntu) and bash scripting
• Familiarity with IBM DOORS for requirements management
• Practical knowledge of Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA
• Awareness of DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines
• Proven experience in testing and integrating complex systems applications
• Solid understanding of systems architecture and design patterns.
• Varied experience working in an engineering environment and understanding of engineering delivery methodologies.
• Be able to define and manage configuration control
• Proven ability to define develop and implement IVVQ tools.
• Experience of SW tools and deployments

Additional qualifications

• Drivers Licence Preferred
• IRSE Electronics Systems Licence Nice to have

Human Skills

• Excellent leadership communication stakeholder management motivation and inter-personal skills
• Ability to build and sustain strong working relationships at all levels
• Demonstrated ability to lead manage mentor and coach a diverse team
• Demonstrable experience in achieving buy-in from strong technical stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving ability trade-off skills and attention to detail.

What to expect

We aim to complete a two-stage interview process with at least one of these held in person at our Bradford on Avon office. The interviews will focus on technical and behavioural competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the Talent Acquisition (TA) partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are and what might be available your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you.

What We Can Offer

Were committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people and to achieve this we offer market leading training development and experiences along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority so youll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and thats why we offer you the flexibility to do whats important to you; whether thats part time hours job sharing home working or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at Hitachi Rail there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background age gender sexuality family status disability race nationality ethnicity religion and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1