Engineer, Vehicle Systems

Requisition
Department:
Transit Services Dept.
Service:
Transit Engineering Services
Branch:
Technical Support Branch

Employment Type:

1 Full-time Temporary - Up to 1 year 

Work Hours:

35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: MPE 
Salary Information: $95,127.76 - $ annually (2025 rates of pay) - Under Review

Location:

Transit Service, 1500 St.Laurent
City:
Ottawa, ON
Job Category:
Engineering 
Application Close: 20/02/2026

JOB SUMMARY

The Technical Support Branch provides technical support to ensure Transit buses, PARA Transpo, equipment, and all other operational vehicles that provide public service are reliable, maintainable, and safe. Technical Support team launches investigations and conducts audits and quality analysis as well as monitoring service and Mean Distance Between Failures (MDBF) to ensure the City is protected from liabilities associated with vehicle incidents and collisions.

You are responsible to: monitor, measure, audit and review the performance of the vehicle maintenance systems; manage the production of quality metrics to measure the soundness of the vehicle system engineering processes; provide a single point of contact for all technical issues and concerns regarding the vehicle fleets; track, trend, and analyze fleet reliability issues for new and existing fleets; oversee and provide direction and comments to fleet expansions;

complete technical analysis of bus system failure modes; review and monitor operational requirements; and lead bus capital improvement projects.

In addition, you provide technical support and design input during the procurement specification and tender phase of new orders; are responsible for the technical review of design submissions and responses to the RFIs (Request For Information); assist with the tracking and monitoring of vehicle quality issues during the vehicle procurement and maintenance phases; assist with investigations, root cause analysis, and technical reporting writing;

assist with investigations in relation to systems operations and interrelated bus, track and signal infrastructure issues; complete root cause analyses for system or sub-system failures/issues; manage the development and delivery of vehicle lifecycle & safety programs; and provide support to Transit Engineering Services during major operational events.

You also participate on technical committees and lead project teams to provide engineering expertise to discuss and resolve issues on projects internal and external to the department that may impact the operational requirements of the Transit Services Department.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year university degree in Applied Science or Engineering in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering

Seven (7) years experience in bus/rail vehicle fleet engineering, maintenance and operation, testing and commissioning, overhaul planning, life cycle planning, and reliability improvement programs for new and existing fleets and experience transit and rail control/power control systems, railway integrated control systems and systems integration

Knowledge of rail systems including track, power systems, and signaling systems would be an asset

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE