Hardware Project Lead

Are you an experiencedHardware Project lead with a deep understanding of budgeting and designing? We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Project lead to lead a team of hardware designers in a role of Hardware Work-Package Manager and deliver on all project requirements for hardware deliverables within allocated budget, schedule, and scope, while maintaining the highest level of quality. To design new or revise existing hardware products, equipment, and installations, utilizing processes based on established engineering process, applying engineering design best-practices, principles, and design methodologies.




Advantages
This is an opportunity to work for a renowned company at a competitve pay rate.

Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities / Key Areas of Responsibility

Planning of group activities on one or multiple projects by using the appropriate management tools to define and schedule the tasks.
Verifying that all assigned work has been completed accurately, efficiently, and on time.
Responsible for the quality and integrity of the hardware designs and all related documentation, for conducting technical reviews, and for ensuring changes are in line with objectives.
Ensuring that assigned work proceed according to project schedule, within budget, and in accordance with all requirements. This includes revising plans and forecasts as required to accommodate changes in circumstances.
May be required to perform administrative tasks such as approving timesheets, vacation requests and may assist in the selection, appraisal, and evaluation of staff as required.
Carries out all assigned work efficiently, with a minimum of supervision, in accordance with company and departmental
Presents effective solutions to problems or inefficiencies in the department’s operation.
Makes timely decisions, both independently and in concert with others, after a thorough evaluation of all relevant factors.
Keeps track of progress on all assigned tasks and verifies that all assigned work has been completed accurately
Responsible for the quality and integrity of the hardware designs and all related documentation, for conducting technical reviews, and for ensuring changes are in line with objectives
Ensures both the safety and quality of hardware products while reducing the deployment cost of those products. Contributes to the heightened reuse of product hardware and contributes to improvements in hardware quality.
Prepares specifications for hardware and/or software components or devices.
Interprets, identifies, and documents requirements such that customer needs are met within the budget and schedule constraints.
Develops appropriate design architecture.
Reviews any applicable specifications, standards, rules, etc. and ensure that the appropriate actions resulting from this review have been taken
Implement designs using good design practice and applicable standards and guidelines
Making efficient re-use of existing designs

Qualifications
Key Skills: Requirements:

10+ years of experience in industry:
Cabling o Grounding techniques o Surge Protection
Electrical Engineering Principles:
Power circuits design
Electronic circuits including Microprocessors o Telecommunications circuits
Engineering tools: o CAD system (Autocad) o Multi-meter o Oscilloscope o Protocol Analyzers...
Well-developed verbal skills to allow clear communication without ambiguity
Proven track record in designing complex electrical or electronics products
Well-developed writing skills to allow documents, work packages, etc. to be prepared in a clear and concise format with sufficient information so that further clarification is not required
The ability to follow directions and work instructions, and to use good judgement in the performance of assigned work
The ability to effectively present pros and cons for various courses of action.
Proficient in the skills, and current with the technology of the discipline
Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum 12 years of experience in Railway Signalling industry
Proven track record of designing, installation, and testing of communication-based train control on-board equipment
Formulating or contributing to the development of new designs
Devising and running tests to verify functionality, and identifying and solving problems
Excellent understanding of the train interfaces and train operations
Familiar with train maintenance, train components, sub-systems and various train designs from different manufacturers
Understand, read, and design train interface electrical schematics
Deep understanding of the CENELEC and AREMA railway standards regarding on-board equipment
Experienced in performing train surveys
Ability to support bids by defining technical solutions and review the materials list
Certification: PEO

Summary
If you are ready to take ownership of critical product qualification activities , we encourage you to apply.

You can apply to this posting with your resume or email me directly at leslie.walker@randstad.ca

We look forward to hearing from you!

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