Deputy Train Performance Manager

Full-time - Mid Level

Bangalore, IN

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Train Performance Manager ensures that train performance fulfills customer and regulatory requirements, in compliance with project QCD objectives. This role functionally reports to the Chief of Development (CoD) and serves as the main focal point to the customer for train performance topics. The manager is accountable for the source requirements synthesis (RBS), the development of train level performance requirements through system architecture, and their allocation to sub-systems. Additionally, the manager supports System Engineers and Sub-Systems Engineers to ensure that Sub-Systems' design converges toward specific targets. Responsibilities also include accountability for Train Reliability, Train Logistic Support Analysis (LSA), Cybersecurity, and Validation and Engineering contributions to Certification & Authorization.

Responsibilities

• Performance Measurement/KPI's
• Compliance to requirements during validation
• Specifications quality
• On time delivery
• Acts as main technical focal point for the customer for train performance topics
• Ensures conversion of customer and regulatory requirements into train level requirements & specifications (including Service requirements)
• Collects and analyses customer needs and requirements
• Performs operation analysis
• Develops a consistent set of train level requirements & specifications, complying with Alstom standards
• Leads functional analysis, specification, and architecture in collaboration with Sub-systems Groups, esp. C&IS
• Derives requirements & specifications at Sub-system level (including Services requirements)
• Allocates requirements and specifications (including transverse requirements) to Sub-system
• Ensures consistency and compatibility between all Sub-system specifications
• Reviews and confirms Sub-system architecture and supports Chief of Development for technical arbitration and technical risk mitigation plan
• Supports Sub-system Engineers and Managers and verifies along project life cycle convergence toward requirements and specifications compliance
• Ensures Reliability activities and reports on the reliability risk management
• Ensures Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) activities
• In case of maintenance option, ensures that TCO is being optimized
• Ensures Train verification and validation
• Defines and performs all verification activities relevant for the project
• Defines, organizes, and executes Train level validation, using Train lab when relevant
• Contributes to certification and Authorization in delivering requested deliverables (test report, train level documentation, etc.) and supports Certification & Authorization manager on technical topics
• During train revenue service leads technical open issues resolution in line with project strategy, from investigation to modification implementation and problem closure

Requirements

• Master of engineering or equivalent from reputed Institute - educational degree completed with experience
• Extensive knowledge of products, projects, systems, Metier process and company background (More than 5 years in Railway engineering)
• Business English fluent
• Customer oriented
• Strong skills on technical management
• Ability to switch between problem perspective to solution perspective
• Ability to lead a project team
• Ability to challenge and to be challenged
• Ability to foster communications between multiple stakeholders/metiers
• Ability for analysis, problem-solving and efficient decision-making in complex environment
• Readiness to travel