Signal Systems Engineer
RailWorks Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Analyze, design, and commission fixed block and automatic block signaling systems, with emphasis on track circuit integration, interlocking logic, and grade crossing automation.
- Assist in reviewing, modifying, and validating vital logic software to enhance system performance.
- Develop functional and detailed signal system designs for both new and existing rail infrastructure, ensuring alignment with safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory requirements.
- Implement and verify innovative signal control solutions tailored to complex transit environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and construction teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Conduct detailed technical analyses and documentation to support design, implementation, and testing activities.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience/education)
- 5+ years of experience in rail transit signaling and train control systems (or equivalent experience/education)
- In-depth knowledge of track circuit functionality and its role in train control and signaling
- Experience in designing and implementing automatic block signaling systems
- Strong understanding of signaling principles, including approach locking, time locking, and route locking
- Familiar with interlocking signal operations and their integration with track circuits
- Proven ability to design, test, and validate safety-critical signaling systems and logic control
- Experience working with Vital Logic Software (VLS) or Vital Harmon Logic Controllers (VHLC), Relay-Based Interlockings, and Computer-Based and/or Solid-State Interlockings
- Proficiency in AutoCAD design software
- Familiar with CAD software such Bentley/MicroStation, REVIT, SolidWorks, or similar platforms
- Experience modifying, testing, and commissioning railway signal control software
- Experience with CTDOT, Metro-North, Amtrak, and MBTA projects
- Knowledge of the Amtrak Northeast Corridor in New York City
- Familiar with project management and design workflow tools such as Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Procore
- Familiar with design-build projects
- Experience maintaining active train operations during construction
- Highly organized with strong time management capabilities
- Willingness to work outdoors and conduct field surveys
- Comfortable in all weather conditions and high-noise environments
Benefits
- Local Union #3 Pension (after 5 years)
- IBEW Pension (after 5 years)
- NEBF (National Electrical Benefit Fund)
- Medical, Dental, and Health Reimbursement coverage
- Educational and Cultural Fund
- Deferred salary and annuity fund plans
- Social Security Payback
- Paid sick leave, vacation, and bereavement (subject to contract negotiations)
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Hard skills
rail transit signalingtrain control systemstrack circuit functionalityautomatic block signaling systemssignaling principlesinterlocking signal operationsVital Logic SoftwareAutoCADCAD softwaresafety-critical signaling systems
Soft skills
strong time managementhighly organizedcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailadaptabilityfield survey skillsability to work outdoorsability to work in high-noise environments