Certification Engineer

Date: 8 Oct 2024

Company: Alstom

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility. With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develops & markets the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.

Position: CERTIFICATION & AUTHORIZATION ENGINEER

The Certification Engineer collaborates with the C&A manager in the application of the C&A process to obtain the necessary certificates and authorizations for a Railway Vehicle, according to a defined C&A strategy.

She/He is part of the C&V EDU (Engineering Design Unit) and operates in a Rolling Stock project frame, according to European Regulation (IV Railway Package), National Rules and laws and internal procedures.

Functionally, she/he reports to the Project C&A Manager; hierarchically to the C&A Site Leader.

She/He is responsible for:

• Carry out dedicated activities within the C&A processes in accordance with the project C&A management plan during all project phases.
• Support the C&A Manager in the identification and preparation of Certification and/or Authorisation requirements.
• Support the C&A Manager in the preparation of evidence documents plan (e.g. for TSIs or National Rules) with the project team.
• Collect and compile the C&A evidence documents to be submitted to independent assessors and/or the authorising entities.
• Organise periodic reviews of evidence documentation and assessment reports.
• Maintain the certification related data in the requirement management tools (e.g. Doors/Excel).
• Compile and keep track of C&A relevant reporting (e.g. KPI, Cost overview).
• Be a key partner of the project team for: Engineering, RAMS, Quality, Planning, Validation, Maintenance, Sourcing.
• Prepare the selection material and collaborate with independent assessors (e.g. NoBo, DeBo, AsBo) and authorising entities (e.g. ERA or NSA’s).
• Compile the Certification and Authorisation application file(s).
• Participate to the modifications follow-up of the certified/authorised vehicle configuration(s).
• Act on behalf of the C&A Manager upon requests for a specific scope of a project.

She/he is also responsible for the monitoring of the performances of the Certification Process according to specific QCD targets; she/he provides periodical progress KPI to C&A Manager.

Knowledge & Experience

• Mastering of Certification process (at least 2 years in Railways or Automotive or Aerospace domain)
• Train system and subsystem knowledge (at least 2 years)
• Customer and external stakeholders Technical Management
• Good capability to external relationship with Authorities
• Attitude to work in a dynamic context, in projects involving different sites
• Good attitude to work in team
• Availability to move for short periods

Network & Links

• Job Internal Interfaces: Project team, RAMS Manager, TSE, Participating units, Country Regulator Officer.
• Job External Interfaces: Customer, Authorities, Independent Assessors and Notified Bodies, Operators and Maintainers.

Why Work for Us? At Alstom we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry.