Senior Technology Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Technology Engineer

Location:

Stratford, London (Hybrid - min. 2 days per week onsite)

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Daily Rate: £ (Apply online only)/day (Umbrella - Maximum)

IR35 Status:
Inside IR35

The role is to provide technical leadership and delivery accountability for innovation across the asset base, progressing new technologies from development and trial into safe, assured and value‑for‑money operational deployment. The role operates with a high degree of professional autonomy, acting as a subject‑matter expert and technical authority within the innovation framework.

• Lead the identification, development and deployment of innovation initiatives aligned to strategic objectives
• Act as technical authority for assigned innovation projects, setting direction and ensuring engineering integrity
• Translate emerging technology into practical, deployable solutions for operations and maintenance

• Drive automation of manual inspection and maintenance activities
• Support delivery of efficiency and performance targets
• Translate emerging technologies into scalable operational solutions
• Contribute to innovation‑led transformation within asset management and maintenance

• Deployment of cameras on passenger and engineering trains
• Use of One Big Circle / AiVR for automated visual track inspections or Transmission Dynamics for OLE inspections

• Monitoring infrastructure behaviour (e.g. panto graph/OLE interaction, track) through various software with machine algorithms
• Supporting data‑led maintenance decisions

• Inspection of hard‑to‑reach assets (e.g. ventilation shafts, steep embankments)
• Environmental monitoring and reporting
• Potential use cases such as vegetation management

• Supporting a range of smaller R&D and digital transformation projects

• Lead and progress innovation projects from concept through to deployment
• Act as technical authority/SME within assigned project areas
• Engage with maintenance teams, asset managers and stakeholders
• Ensure engineering assurance, safety and compliance of new technologies
• Support business cases and benefits realisation
• Attend and contribute to project/stakeholder meetings (not meeting‑heavy but regular engagement required)

• Experience in introducing or deploying new technologies/innovation projects
• Exposure to drones and/or remote condition monitoring solutions
• Strong technical/technology mindset (software/systems understanding)
• Ability to operate autonomously and engage senior stakeholders
• Understanding of working in a regulated engineering environment

• Rail industry experience (engineering/asset management)
• Experience with One Big Circle, AiVR or transmission dynamics
• Exposure to digital inspection, AI or automation technologies

• Degree in Engineering, Technology, Software or Computer Science (desirable)
• Chartered Engineer status (or working towards) preferred

Disability Confident – CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and meet all essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases of high volume, the best candidates from within that group will be interviewed.

Armed Forces Covenant – CLIENT supports the Armed Forces Covenant and guarantees to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases of high volume, the best candidates from within that group will be interviewed.