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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking an experienced System & Integration Manager to lead rail systems integration for a major freight rail infrastructure program.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and manage the overall systems integration strategy for the rail program.

• Lead coordination across signaling, telecoms, traction power, SCADA, control systems, rolling stock, and civil/trackwork disciplines to ensure a unified, fully compatible system architecture.

• Oversee interface management activities, ensuring timely resolution of technical conflicts between contractors, designers, and system suppliers.

• Review and approve system integration plans, interface control documents (ICDs), systems assurance documentation, and integration test procedures.

• Ensure compliance with rail systems standards, safety requirements, operational criteria, and performance specifications, with consideration for freight rail operations and interfaces.

• Coordinate system-wide testing and commissioning, dynamic testing, and end-to-end validation.

• Monitor progress of systems engineering deliverables, ensuring alignment with program schedules and milestones.

• Lead system integration workshops, technical meetings, hazard analyses, and configuration management reviews.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate integration risks across all engineering, construction, and operational interfaces.

• Prepare integration reports, dashboards, and updates for senior leadership and stakeholders.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Systems, Rail Engineering, or related discipline).

• Minimum 10 years of experience in rail systems engineering and integration, including freight rail systems.

• Experience as a System & Integration Manager (or equivalent role) on at least one major rail project of similar size and complexity.

• Proven experience with multiple rail systems (signaling, telecoms, traction power, control systems, rolling stock) and system interfaces, assurance, testing, and commissioning.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Strong expertise in rail systems engineering, multidisciplinary systems integration, and interface management.

• Deep understanding of interface control documentation (ICDs), system assurance principles, and testing & commissioning practices.

• Excellent leadership, coordination, and communication skills for managing diverse teams and stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, technical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

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