Senior Systems Engineer

R.J. Corman Signaling Company is searching for a Senior Systems Engineer in Nicholasville, KY. This role leads the design, development, testing, and support of complex electrical and signaling systems and serves as the technical lead for production support, root cause analysis, product improvements, and system redesign efforts.

Accountability:

• Full understanding of area of specialization
• Resolve a wide range of issues in creative ways
• Design, defines and implements complex system requirements for customers and/or prepares studies and analyzes existing systems
• Determine system specifications, input/output processes and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility
• Coordinate design of subsystems and integration of total system
• Identify, analyze and resolve program support deficiencies
• Develop and recommend corrective actions.

Responsibilities:

• Technical and team lead for current production and analysis of root cause/corrective action for failures.
• Serve as the technical and team lead in various aspects of product redesign and process improvement.
• Review and make recommendations on complex existing and new designs to ensure product meets functionality, performance, and quality per system requirements and procedures.
• Design complex, high-speed logic/circuitry using programmable devices.
• Oversee the development, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of product/system prototypes.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, technical developments, and other new concepts and recommend and apply to current system design and platform development efforts.
• Ensure documentation is completed in accordance with company/customer quality standards.
• Work with and implement low cost/high efficiency engineering technologies, resources and/or processes to continually improve financial metrics.

Specialized or Technical Knowledge, or Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related degree and 5-8 years related experience, or significant industry experience
• Experience with safety critical design, verification, and validation criteria

Physical Requirements:

• Limited lifting, no greater than 20 pounds in the movement of office materials and equipment.
• Hand and finger dexterity for use of keyboard skills

Environmental Conditions:

• Performs duties in an inside administrative office environment

Major or Unusual Problems:

• Acquisition and inventory management of parts under short timeframes within a rapidly growing company
• Necessity to be available, solve and expedite problems to ensure adequate coverage for responding to problems

Job Dimensions:

• Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments
• Determines and develops approach to solutions
• May function as project lead and/or supervise/mentor other Signaling personnel

R.J. Corman Railroad is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer that is committed to a safe and drug free workplace. R.J. Corman performs pre-employment criminal background checks and substance abuse testing which includes a urine drug test to detect the presence of illegal drugs. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping R.J. Corman a safe and drug free company.