About this role
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Location: On-Site
Compensation Range: $140,000 to $175,000
Role Summary
NHHRC, in partnership with REJ Solutions, is seeking a Communications Manager to prepare, review, and approve communications engineering deliverables through design, construction, and testing and commissioning; supports requirements management, system architecture development, and interface definition; and review supplier and contractor designs for compliance with Program specifications and operational requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, and approve communications engineering deliverables throughout design, construction, and testing and commissioning
- Ensure technical documentation is complete, coordinated, and developed in accordance with Program requirements and applicable standards
- Support requirements management, system architecture development, and interface definition activities for communications systems
- Review supplier and contractor designs for compliance with Program specifications and operational requirements
- Coordinate interfaces between communications, signaling, traction power, SCADA, stations, operations, maintenance facilities, and information technology teams
- Provide technical oversight for fiber optic backbone networks, operational telecommunications systems, and IP/MPLS networks
- Provide technical oversight for Operations Control Center communications, wayside radio, maintenance radio, and dispatch communications systems
- Provide technical oversight for public address systems, CCTV transport networks, cybersecurity interfaces, and integrated operational communications and control systems
- Support FCC licensing and frequency coordination activities, and prepare and review documentation required for telecommunications, operational, and regulatory approvals
- Work with regulatory authorities, telecommunications providers, operators, and Program stakeholders to obtain approvals and certifications
- Support radio spectrum management, interference assessments, radio coverage studies, and compliance documentation
- Address technical review comments and closeout actions raised by regulatory agencies and independent assessors
- Develop and review test plans, test procedures, and commissioning strategies for communications systems
- Support Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, System Integration Testing, network validation testing, and operational trial running, and witness testing to verify compliance with operational and performance requirements
- Coordinate defect management, corrective actions, and final system acceptance, and support revenue service demonstration and operational handover
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in railway communications, operational telecommunications, or transportation systems engineering
- Demonstrated experience taking communications systems from design through testing, commissioning, and final acceptance
- Experience developing and reviewing engineering deliverables on large transportation infrastructure projects
- Strong working knowledge of systems integration and operational railway communications applications
- Experience supporting requirements management, system architecture development, and interface definition
- Experience reviewing supplier and contractor designs, network designs, and telecommunications documentation
- Experience developing and reviewing test plans, test procedures, and commissioning documentation
- Experience supporting radio coverage studies, interference assessment, or spectrum management activities
- Experience preparing documentation supporting telecommunications, operational, and regulatory approvals
- Strong technical writing, coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Availability for travel of 25 to 50 percent along the alignment
Preferred Skills
- Professional Engineer (PE) licensure; additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of licensure
- Experience with railway operational telecommunications systems
- Experience with wayside radio and maintenance radio systems
- High-speed rail project experience
- Familiarity with FCC licensing requirements and U.S. telecommunications regulations
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- Experience with fiber optic transport systems, IP networking, LTE, mission-critical communications, or FRMCS
- Experience supporting system certification, operational approvals, and entry into revenue service
- Experience leading design reviews and resolving technical issues in the field
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