Test and Validation Engineer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

LOCATION: Jacksonville / Florida (US-FL), United States |
BRAND: KB Signaling |
REQUISITION : 9361 |
JOB GRADE: 18 |

ON-SITE/REMOTE: Hybrid

KB Signaling delivers unparalleled end-to-end wayside and onboard conventional signaling Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) platforms and solutions. A trailblazer, we are driven to provide the best solutions for improved safety, performance, and lower overall operating cost for today’s transit and freight railway systems and operators in North America and beyond. Our team is fueled by innovation and grounded in solid values, like giving back to the communities where we do business and embracing sustainability to help protect our planet.

KB Signaling is part of a global, high-tech company that will challenge you and help you grow. Discover your potential.

This position will play a key role in major deployment projects by leading, organizing, and performing verification, integration, and testing activities for signaling projects, while meeting KB’s requirements for quality, cost, and delivery.

• Investigates, troubleshoots, and provides recommendations for resolving complex, unique, or major technical problems. Provides technical leadership to individuals or teams in addressing these issues.
• Advises and provides technical direction on assigned projects to other technical staff involved in the same projects.
• Performs design work related to test environments including relay-based and/or application-based logic, hardware and software interfaces, material selection, and equipment rack layouts.
• Maintains project-related files and documents, including revision control of documents under their direct responsibility.
• Develops project-related requirements for test environments.
• Prepares accurate material lists to meet both internal and external project requirements.
• Troubleshoots issues identified during factory and field testing, offering technical solutions to minimize project impact.
• Contributes to the definition of the Project Verification and Validation (V&V) strategy as outlined in the V&V Plan and proactively supports its implementation.
• Defines verification methodologies for specific deliverables, when required by the V&V strategy.
• Develops test plans and test procedures for in-house activities; coordinates with the Test and Commissioning (T&C) team for exported testing.
• Performs and reports on assigned verification, integration, and testing activities.
• Able to work with Safety and Quality Assurance on analysis of test data.
• Interfaces with experts in other departments to align methodologies for T&V activities.
• Specifies, procures, develops, sets up, and configures test environments for KB Signaling solutions.
• Defines the project Requirement Validation Table (RVT) to demonstrate compliance with technical requirements.
• Ensures full traceability of all test procedures and V&V activities to customer requirements.
• Organizes and leads document verification and review activities.
• Manages the full verification and validation of all configured functions, including parameters and data produced for the project.
• Monitors and follows up on the execution and reporting of V&V activities delegated to other departments.
• Defines needs and architecture and oversees the implementation of test benches and analysis tools.
• Ensures independence of verification from the design process.
• Provides training on test setup configuration and usage.
• Collaborates with the Test and Commissioning team on the definition and execution of Site Acceptance Tests.
• Coordinates with the T&C team for testing activities exported to on-site execution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum Ten (10) years of experience in an engineering role within railway, signaling.
• EIT (Engineer in Training) Certification with ability to obtain a PE license in less than 5 years.