Overview
Train System Engineer - Mechanical Brakes. Join to apply for the Train System Engineer - Mechanical Brakes role at Alstom.
Salary: circa £62,000 DOE plus bonus. Location: Derby. Appointment Basis: Permanent. Apply by: 19/09/2025.
Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. We offer a broad portfolio across high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility.
Your future role
Take on a new challenge in Derby and apply your Train System Engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Head of External Subsystems, and work with a dedicated Engineering team in Alstom UK&I. You will own the development of Train level brakes specifications using existing solutions from the Alstom portfolio and identify developments required from your brake system experience. You will lead activities throughout the project V-Cycle with a QDC mindset to define and deliver the required performance through verification and validation.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the brakes system on current and future projects, identifying brake system requirements, best-fit standard solutions, specifying brake control and fluid power requirements to sub-suppliers, supporting integration design, ensuring static and running performance, and fulfilling customer needs for approvals.
Responsibilities
* Brake system engineering expertise for rail vehicle projects from initial concept to service operation.
* Definition of brake and air system design requirements considering standards, interfaces to other systems and customer requirements.
* Identification of brake and air system solutions, considering innovation and reuse of Alstom portfolio to leverage volume benefits and supplier relations.
* Support detail design of the brake and air system mechanical, electrical and electronic interfaces.
* Identify how requirements can be verified through the V cycle including calculations, modelling, static and on-track testing, and data analysis to close requirements.
* Support verification of equipment and assembly for first-in-class.
* Provide design support during production of vehicles including configuration control of changes.
* Engineering support during type testing of vehicles.
* Reporting of verification data to demonstrate compliance to standards to approvals bodies and customer requirements.
* Identify problems during entry of fleets into service and work with suppliers to resolve them using reliability growth techniques.
All About You
* Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent experience.
* Proven track record in rolling stock brake systems and current rail vehicle knowledge.
* Experience collaborating in multi-location teams and with suppliers.
* Understanding of how software and hardware demonstrate system integrity for safety-critical functions.
* Characterising and integrating braking, control and fluid power systems.
* Ability to interpret large volumes of train-level data and identify patterns and anomalies.
* Presenting analysis of test data clearly and rigorously.
* Rail industry experience is highly desirable.
Things you’ll enjoy
* Stability, challenges and a long-term career with opportunities to grow.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to innovative projects.
* Dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment.
* Opportunities to develop across functions and countries with strong development support.
* Competitive reward package including life, medical, pension cover and flexible benefits.
* Up to 52 weeks maternity and adoption pay.
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with buy/sell holiday options.
Equal opportunity
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees can reach their full potential. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law. As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match essential criteria and will consider flexible working requests where possible.
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