Senior Signalling Control System Engineer

Specialism: Traffic Management Systems (TMS)

Location: London (Euston) or Birmingham – Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)
Salary:

• London: £75,000 – £83,500 + 12% pension
• Birmingham: £70,000 – £77,500 + 12% pension

The Opportunity

Are you a Signalling Control System Engineer with a strong Traffic Management Systems (TMS) background, interested in shaping next-generation signalling technology?

High Speed Two (HS2) is delivering a world-first signalling solution: ETCS integrated with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) and fully automated Traffic Management. This new CCS platform, combining new cutting-edge software and hardware will set the global benchmark for Command Control Sinalling systems across the world.

HS2 is seeking a Senior Signalling Control System Engineer (Traffic Management SME) to join its Central Engineering, Signalling Technical Authority team.

The Role

Reporting to the Lead CCS Engineer, you will work within a specialist Command, Control and Signalling (CCS) Technical Authority team.

Siemens has been awarded the CCS contract and is now progressing the system from concept design through scheme and detailed design, installation and commissioning, across a 10-year delivery programme.

This is a high-visibility, stakeholder-facing role, requiring strong technical leadership and the ability to communicate complex signalling and traffic management concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Candidates with purely desk-based design experience and limited stakeholder exposure are unlikely to be suitable.

You'll be developing - Traffic Management System

• Traffic Management System provides the Human Machine Interface for the Signaller.
• Controls and regulates the efficient movement of trains throughout the HS2 Network.
• It also provides a single source of truth of the Current Train Plan (timetable) to other HS2 and external systems (eg Network Rail, Customer information systems, Train Operators…).

Key Responsibilities

• Engage and manage a wide range of stakeholders including:
• Other Rail Systems packages – interlocking, train detection, ATO
• Operations and end users – signallers, control system operators
• Ergonomics and Safety Assurance teams
• Network Rail and external regulators
• Provide technical assurance of Traffic Management System (TMS) deliverables and activities
• Work closely with other CCS system leads to develop an integrated CCS solution (ETCS, ATO, interlocking, train detection, etc.)
• Develop, manage and monitor compliance with contract requirements, specifications and standards
• Help develop the Traffic management System with Siemens, assist in problem solving and developing solutions.
• Contribute to the identification and management of technical risk associated with TMS engineering works
• Provide authoritative technical advice on TMS to the wider HS2 organisation, suppliers and external stakeholders
• Communicate effectively with engineers, project managers, directors, regulators and operators

Required Profile

Overview

You will be a Signalling Control System Engineer with a strong Traffic Management focus, acting as a Traffic Management Subject Matter Expert.

Experience may come from a contractor/manufacturer, client or consultancy background.
While early-stage design experience is valuable, HS2 is particularly interested in candidates who have been involved in detailed design, testing and commissioning, and therefore understand operational end-requirements.

You must have a working appreciation of wider CCS subsystems (e.g. interlocking, train detection, ETCS), sufficient to manage interfaces and system integration.

Key Skills

• Specialist technical leadership in Traffic Management Systems (TMS)
• Ability to operate as a Discipline Owner / Subject Matter Expert for TMS
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, translating complex TMS concepts into clear, practical explanations across technical and non technical audiences.
• Application of standards, safety and environmental principles across the CCS lifecycle
• Understanding of information management, modelling, data security and cyber security principles
• Awareness of data creation, transformation and visualisation concepts
• Sound judgement in knowing when to seek input from other CCS Subject Matter Experts

Knowledge & Technical Understanding

• Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment
• Ergonomic design principles for safe system operation
• In-depth understanding of Traffic Management Systems and their relationship to railway operations
• Knowledge of ETCS, ATO and high-speed rail signalling challenges
• Experience of signalling control systems for:
• Network Rail
• London Underground
• European high-speed or metro systems
• Application of national and international technical standards for rail control systems
• Awareness of emerging and future TMS and CCS technologies
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards) or equivalent professional experience

Experience

• Delivery or development of Traffic Management / Train Control Systems in rail (LUL, Network Rail, High Speed Or European train Setting).
• Test and evaluation of TMS technical solutions
• Engineering delivery to cost, schedule and quality targets
• Roles requiring technical decision-making, prioritisation and independent judgement
• Making strategic recommendations to governance and assurance panels