Req ID: 481854
Location: Derby
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Apply by: 05/09/2025
Salary: circa £62,000 DOE plus bonus
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
Your future role
Take on a new challenge in Derby and apply your Train System Engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Head of External Subsystems, and work alongside a dedicated and passionate Engineering team in Alstom UK&I.
Working in multi-disciplined teams and collaborating across the Engineering team and with wider stakeholders, you will own the development of Train level brakes specifications utilising existing solutions from Alstom portfolio and identifying any developments required from utilising your previous brake system experience. You will lead activities throughout the project V-Cycle with a QDC mindset to define and deliver the required performance through verification and validation.
Day-to-day, you’ll specifically be responsible for the brakes system on current and future projects, identifying brake system requirements, best fit standard solutions, specifying brake control and fluid power requirements to sub suppliers, supporting integration design, ensure static and running performance make the case for approvals and fulfil the needs of our customers.
We’ll look to you for:
- Brake system engineering expertise for rail vehicle projects from initial concept to service operation, which will require
- Definition of brake and air system design requirements considering standards, interfaces to other systems and customer requirements.
- Identification of brake and air system solutions considering both innovation and reuse of products in the Alstom portfolio to leverage volume benefits and world-wide relations with the supply base,
- Support detail design of the brake and air system mechanical, electrical and electronic interfaces
- Identification of how requirements can be verified through the V cycle including multiple layers of calculation, modelling, static and on track testing, and analysis of all subsequent data logged, and interpretation of data in closing requirements via results and analysis.
- Support for verification of equipment and assembly for first in class.
- Provision of design support during production of vehicles including configuration control of any changes
- Engineering support during type testing of vehicles
- Reporting of verification data to demonstrate compliance to standards to approvals bodies and compliance with customer requirements
- Identification of problems during entry of fleets into service and working with suppliers and other Alstom engineering specialists to resolve them via existing reliability growth techniques and processes.
All About You
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent experience
- A proven track record and a high level of engineering experience in rolling stock brake systems and a knowledge of current and developing rail vehicle knowledge
- Collaborating in a multi-location team, including working with suppliers to resolve issues
- Seeing the big picture and the local detail
- Understanding of how software and hardware can be demonstrated to meet system integrity levels appropriate to safety critical functions
- Characterising and integrating braking, control and fluid power systems.
- Interpreting large volumes of train level and localised data identifying patterns and anomalies for further attention.
- Presenting analysis of test and other data in a rigorous and clear manner.
- From limited operational data identifying if problems exist, their characteristics, and further.
- Experience of rail industry is highly desirable.
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.
You’ll also:
- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
- Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
- A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
