Senior System Engineer; Railway System Interface Manager

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Posting Date: 28 Sept 2026

Location:

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE

Contract Type:
Fixed-Term

Division:
Electronics and System Engineering

Level of experience:
Senior

RINA is currently recruiting for a Senior System Engineer (Railway System Interface Manager) to join its office in Al Ain within the
Electronics and System Engineering
Division.

The Railway Senior System Engineer is responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing railway systems to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. This role involves system-level thinking, covering rolling stock, signaling, infrastructure, power supply, and communication systems.

The successful candidate will join the RINA System Engineering team and will act as Railway Interface Manager for the project of appointment, collaborating with the Railway Integration Manager, and with other System Engineering and System Assurance Experts and Managers, by ensuring the development and validation of all interfaces with the successful integration of the systems involved in the design and construction of the whole railway system.

A. System Interface Management

- Managing railway system scenarios, requirements, system architecture, related with the interaction between subsystems (rolling stock, signaling, tracks, power supply).

- Selecting appropriate technologies and configurations for new rail projects.

-Manage the interface development by the subsystems and coordinating the process of verification and validation of all interfaces during the life cycle of the project up to interface final successful closure.

- Manage the correct interface of the system with all the external stakeholders, ensuring the correct finalization of all the applicable authorization processes.

B. System Integration

- Ensuring interoperability between different railway subsystems, interfaces between rolling stock, signaling, and infrastructure.

- Validating system compatibility across national and international requirements and standards (e.g., EN, NFPA, ...).

- Ensuring the subsystem are correctly integrated to allow the validation of performance and functionalities for all foreseen scenarios for the railway system.

- Allowing integration testing validation by ensuring railway systems adhere to the performance and characteristics required by the project requirements, standards, laws, …

- Defining and monitoring the execution of the V&V plan for what concern the interfaces

D. Lifecycle Management

- Managing railway system upgrades and modernization projects.

- Supporting asset management and maintenance planning to maximize system longevity.

E. Digitalization & Smart Rail Technologies

- Implementing IoT, AI, and Big Data solutions for predictive maintenance and automation.

- Working with Digital Twin, Remote Monitoring, and Smart Signaling technologies.

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

- Minimum of 15 years of experience in system engineering for railway systems, with strong proficiency in interface management

- Experience in focusing on sustainability in Railway systems and infrastructure design, construction, and operation.

- Signaling Systems (ETCS, CBTC, PTC, Interlocking)

- Interface management between hardware, software, and infrastructure.

- Managing mixed traffic operations (High-speed, freight, commuter trains).

- CENELEC Standards: EN 50126 (RAMS), EN 50128 (Software), EN 50129 (Safety)

- ETCS/ERTMS (European Train Control System)

- UIC, AAR, and FRA Regulations (for different railway regions)

- Failure & Safety Analysis:
Relia Soft, FMECA, FTA Tools

- Electrical & Mechanical Design: MATLAB, Simulink, CATIA

Project Management & Lifecycle Management:

- Working with…