Hitachi
Installation Design Engineer - Rail Systems
$126K–$189K
(RSBU) San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 5 years in railway infrastructure, installation engineering, or transportation projects in a brownfield environment.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Designs, coordinates, and supports implementation of cable routing and installation solutions for railway wayside equipment and signaling and communication systems.
What you'll do
- Develop cable routing and cableway/conduit designs, optimizing reuse of existing pathways while meeting capacity and compliance requirements.
- Coordinate design partners, subcontractors, civil engineering stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams; resolve interface and constructability issues.
- Support construction and installation, manage design quality and documentation, and identify and mitigate technical risks.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience designing cable pathways, raceways, ducts, and cable routing solutions for railway systems.
- Strong understanding of constructability and installation practices; experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing contractor or subcontractor design activities.
- Familiarity with Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM), Interface Registers, and systems integration processes; proficiency with AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office Suite.
Nice to have
- Previous construction or field installation experience.
Pay
$126,104 - $189,157 USD (base salary)
Tools
AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
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