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Job Description:
Help Shape the Future of Transit
At Parsons, we’re redefining how people move through cities and communities. As a global leader in rail and transit solutions, we partner with our clients to deliver complex, high-impact transportation programs that make transit safer, smarter, more reliable, and more efficient.
We bring together deep systems engineering expertise, digital innovation, and multidisciplinary delivery to solve some of the toughest challenges in modern mobility. From early planning through commissioning and operational readiness, our teams help bring transformational transit systems to life.
If you’re a senior systems engineering leader who thrives on solving complex problems, leading high-performing teams, and delivering next-generation rail and transit solutions, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.
The Opportunity
Parsons is looking for a Rail & Transit Systems Engineering Manager to support major projects in Western Canada and beyond. You will need to be based out of our Burnaby, Canada office.
In this leadership role, you will be at the forefront of delivering advanced transit command, control, and communications systems. You’ll guide critical system-level engineering activities across the full project lifecycle, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated, high-performing, and operationally ready solutions.
This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical depth with leadership capability — someone who can connect requirements, design, integration, testing, and assurance into a cohesive systems delivery strategy.
What You’ll Do
You will play a key role in the successful delivery of complex rail and transit systems by:
- Leading and managing Systems Engineering teams across one or more major projects
- Driving system-level engineering activities throughout the full systems engineering lifecycle
- Supporting the design, integration, delivery, testing, and commissioning of advanced transit systems
- Working closely with engineering teams across key technical domains, including:
- Communications
- Signaling and Train Control
- Traction Power
- Trackwork
- Fixed Facilities
- Partnering with systems engineering specialists in:
- System Architecture
- Requirements Management
- Interface Management
- Verification and Validation
- Systems Assurance
- Collaborating with internal disciplines and external stakeholders, including architects, code consultants, contractors, authorities having jurisdiction, and major suppliers
- Supporting construction, installation, and field coordination activities
- Engaging with Operations and Maintenance teams to help ensure long-term operational success
- Contributing to test and commissioning activities and supporting systems through readiness and start-up
- Assisting with customer training and development of Operations & Maintenance manuals
What You Bring
You are a collaborative and technically accomplished systems engineering leader who knows how to navigate complexity, align stakeholders, and keep delivery moving.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Proven experience leading technical teams and managing systems engineering delivery
- Strong experience in the design and/or integration of communications systems and train control systems for transit facilities and vehicles
- A solid track record of developing technical requirements and specifications
- Experience using digital delivery tools such as DOORS or similar requirements management platforms
- The ability to operate effectively in complex, multidisciplinary project environments spanning multiple system domains
- Strong communication skills and confidence working with technical teams, senior leadership, clients, partners, and suppliers
- The ability to lead technical conversations, influence decisions, and represent the systems engineering function with credibility
- A hands-on, adaptable approach and comfort working across office, project, and field environments
- The initiative to work independently while driving collaboration across a broader team
Required Qualifications
- EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (or related field) and typically 15+ years of related work experience, including supervisory/managerial experience. Professional Engineer registration with active membership in a professional engineering society may be required
- P.Eng designation in British Columbia
Why Parsons?
At Parsons, you won’t just work on projects — you’ll help deliver infrastructure that transforms how communities connect and grow.
When you join us, you can expect:
- The opportunity to work on large-scale, complex rail and transit programs
- A leadership role with meaningful technical influence and visibility
- A collaborative environment that values innovation, expertise, and problem-solving
- Exposure to advanced technologies and integrated digital delivery approaches
- The chance to help shape the future of mobility across Canada
This job posting is for a current addition or replacement opportunity within Parsons.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
- Typically 15+ years of related work experience including supervisory/managerial experience
- P.Eng designation in British Columbia
- Proven experience leading technical teams and managing systems engineering delivery
- Strong experience in the design and/or integration of communications systems and train control systems for transit
- Track record of developing technical requirements and specifications
- Experience using DOORS or similar requirements management platforms
- Ability to operate effectively in complex, multidisciplinary project environments spanning multiple system domains
- Strong communication skills and ability to represent systems engineering with clients, leadership, and suppliers
- Comfort working across office, project, and field environments including construction, installation, and field coordination
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
