Data Communication Network Work Package Leader

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About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

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About the Role

Data Communication Network Work Package Leader contributes to Hitachi’s responsibility to design, manage interfaces, and prepare the documentation needed for installation, test and placing in service approvals. Its specific contribution is to lead subsystem design, requirement allocation, interface closure, support installation/testing, analyse defects and prepare handover evidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own Data Communication Network scope, schedule, budget inputs, risks, issues, dependencies, supplier delivery and acceptance milestones.

• Ensure Data Communication Network requirements, architecture, interface documents, design outputs, procurement deliverables, installation work packs, test procedures and handover records are complete and traceable.

• Manage technical decisions and interfaces related to routing/switching, segmentation, resilience, IP addressing, time/network services, cybersecurity zones and interfaces.

• Coordinate FAT, SAT, integration testing, defect resolution, cybersecurity/safety/RAM/quality evidence, O&M data and training inputs.

• Report progress, blockers, change exposure and readiness status to Engineering and Project Governance.

• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.

• Lead subsystem design, requirement allocation, interface closure, support installation/testing, analyse defects and prepare handover evidence.

• Package/discipline authority within assigned subsystem baseline.

• Can approve day-to-day subsystem design/configuration decisions inside delegated scope and escalate safety, schedule, interface or contractual issues.

Key Interfaces

• Engineering Manager, Solution Engineering Manager, Interface & Integration Manager, Requirements Manager and Configuration & Defect Manager.

• Safety, RAM, Cybersecurity, Quality, Installation, IVVQ/T&C, O&M and Training teams.

• Suppliers, subcontractors, customer technical counterparts and adjacent WPLs.

• Design reviews.

• Subsystem progress reviews.

• Readiness and defect reviews.

Authority & Accountability

• Accountable for delivery performance and acceptance readiness of Data Communication Network.

• Authorised to coordinate supplier/technical work, request recovery actions and recommend design/test/acceptance decisions within delegated competence.

• Escalates unresolved technical, commercial, supplier or interface risks to Engineering Manager and Project Manager.

Mandate

Deliver Data Communication Network as an integrated, accepted and maintainable part of the overall railway solution.

Skills & Experience

• Work package leadership or senior system engineering experience relevant to Data Communication Network and routing/switching, segmentation, resilience, IP addressing, time/network services, cybersecurity zones and interfaces.

• Ability to manage suppliers, technical interfaces, assurance evidence and acceptance stakeholders across the full lifecycle.

• Strong understanding of requirements, configuration, installation and T&C dependencies.

• Resilience and resistance to stress during supplier delays, integration defects, test failures and acceptance pressure.

• Ownership mindset, technical credibility and disciplined reporting.

• More than 7 years for WPL/lead and more than 5 years for supporting engineers.

Deep domain expertise in the named subsystem and multi-supplier interface experience.

Working in Hitachi:

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

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Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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