Hardware Application Designer

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week
Physical Environment: Office environment
Travel: Occasional travels including site/vendors, training and conferences, as required (both domestic and
international)



Responsibilities
TECHNICAL:
 Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, and resourcefulness in solving problems.
 Good understanding of SelTrac Signal Plans and SelTrac Radio equipment.
 Good knowledge of Railway infrastructure and deployment of trackside and equipment room assets within
greenfield and brownfield deployments.
 Demonstrates an advanced level of logical reasoning resulting in effective hardware application designs,
products and processes.
 Interprets and writes Requirements that provide traceability from high level customer designs to low level
detailed design elements.
 Proficient in technical writing of technical design specifications, scope of works (SoWs) and requests for
proposals (RFQs).
 High degree of familiarity with CENELEC and AREMA standards.
 Prepares specifications for hardware and/or software components.
 Proficient with the use of development tools, CAD packages (Microstation, AutoCAD).
 Selects an appropriate design approach.
 Maximizes the use of existing product designs.
 Possesses or has the ability to gain the Hitachi Competency Management System (CMS) Designer or Principles
license.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
 When required, perform the role of a Work Package Manager on projects, collaborating with a team of 1 to 5
Designers.
 Assist with project-related tasks, such as planning timelines and tracking budgets to ensure project goals are
met.
 Keeping track of progress on all tasks assigned to the SID project team.
 Ensuring that all project tasks proceed according to schedule, within budget, and in accordance with all
requirements.
 Generating accurate, supportable estimates for current departmental technology and providing estimates for
technologies that are new to the department.

Qualifications
 Post-secondary Technologist diploma or Electrical or Electronics Engineering degree.
 7-10 years of related work experience.
 Proficient with the use of CAD tools (Microstation, AutoCad), Bills of Materials (SAP), Configuration
Management, Hitachi Change Control Process (Clearquest), and Microsoft Office suite.
 Good interpersonal and diplomatic skills to deal confidently, courteously, and correctly with people at any level
within the organization, and the customer.

Summary
Location: Toronto, ON

Interested candidates can directly send over their resumes to Leslie at leslie.walker@randstad.ca

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