RAM Specialist, Senior

Location:

Toronto Ontario Canada

Job ID:

R1012229

Date Posted:

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail Canada Inc.

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:

The Senior RAM Specialist will report directly to the RAM Engineering Manager and work with the RAM team in performing RAM activities and will work collaboratively with other design team members in making sure that RAM is built-in to the system design ensuring compliance with all contractual RAM requirements.

The Senior RAM Specialist will also work under the guidance and mentorship of more senior team members to learn and perform RAM Engineering tasks and activities for CBTC systems. He/she will also be assigned as RAM Lead for a project with the support from other RAM team members.

Key Accountabilities

• Provides RAM engineering expertise and analysis in the development and implementation of Hitachi Rail CBTC system.

• Performs RAM design analyses modeling and simulation to specify and verify train control systems developed at Hitachi Rail are reliable and safe to operate.

• Represents RAM in technical meetings involving RAM-related issues. Participate in influence and approve design decisions impacting or potentially impacting RAM.

• Analyzes and evaluates hardware designs to verify compliance with contractual Reliability Availability and Maintainability (RAM) requirements.

• Evaluates and identifies RAM problems and suggests design alternatives (i.e. redundancy reliable components preventive & corrective maintenance diagnostic capabilities etc.) where appropriate to enhance the RAM of the subsystem or system.

• Prepares Reliability Availability Maintainability (RAM) Program Plan that defines the RAM objectives and tasks to be performed and deliverables to be produced at various phases of the project.

• Performs Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and/or Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) at subsystem and system level to identify all single failure points that are critical to operational success of the system.

• Performs Reliability Availability and Maintainability apportionments to ensure hardware is being designed to meet contractual requirements.

• Performs Spare Analysis and identify recommended spare parts list to support the system maintenance during warranty period.

• Provides RAM calculated data to support Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis that will predict the total cost of utilizing the CBTC

• (Communications Based Train Control) system through its entire life span.

• Performs MTBF calculations based on field returns to support Quality Assurance (Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process) and participates in FRB meetings.

• Evaluates the Reliability Availability and Maintainability of designs and design changes for hardware by reviewing technical specifications design & Engineering Change Control documentation.

• Provides evaluations & recommendations with respect to Reliability Availability and Maintainability in formal design reviews and by raising Change Requests (CRs) against any RAM issues.

• Evaluates the Reliability of designs and design changes for hardware by reviewing technical specifications design & Engineering Change Control documentation.

• Performs peer review of key RAM deliverables and artifacts including hardware design documents and maintenance manuals.

Key Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Computer Science or equivalent

• Must have a basic knowledge in electronic components and circuits

• Minimum 5-10 years relevant experience in system architecture for complex systems application of RAMS concepts & analyses techniques.

• Good command of the English language both written and oral

• Computer skills MS Office; DOORS; ClearQuest SAP are assets

Preferred Qualifications

• (Optional) Member of Professional Engineer of Ontario (PEO) or Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)

• Knowledge of railway systems is an asset

• Knowledge of RAM principles and methodologies are assets

Base Salary : $89888 $115424

The Company provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:

• Health Dental and Vision plans - 100% of premiums are company-paid

• Retirement Savings Plan with a company match

• Company paid holidays - 3 weeks of vacation

• Company provided Life and accident Insurance LTD

• Worklife programs such as Flextime and a variety of Development and Training opportunities

This posting relates to an existing vacancy.

Our hiring process uses both human and technologyassisted (AI) tools to support candidate screening and assessment. All results are reviewed by people and all hiring decisions are made by people.

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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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 89888 - 115424