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KB Signaling ยท 9 hours ago

Test and Validation Engineer

positionJacksonville, FL
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date10+ years exp

KB Signaling is a company focused on leading verification and testing activities for signaling projects. The Test and Validation Engineer will play a key role in major deployment projects, ensuring quality, cost, and delivery while providing technical leadership and direction on various engineering tasks.

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Responsibilities

Investigates, troubleshoots, and provides recommendations for resolving complex, unique, or major technical problems
Provides technical leadership to individuals or teams in addressing these issues
Advises and provides technical direction on assigned projects to other technical staff involved in the same projects
Performs design work related to test environments including relay-based and/or application-based logic, hardware and software interfaces, material selection, and equipment rack layouts
Maintains project-related files and documents, including revision control of documents under their direct responsibility
Develops project-related requirements for test environments
Prepares accurate material lists to meet both internal and external project requirements
Troubleshoots issues identified during factory and field testing, offering technical solutions to minimize project impact
Contributes to the definition of the Project Verification and Validation (V&V) strategy as outlined in the V&V Plan and proactively supports its implementation
Defines verification methodologies for specific deliverables, when required by the V&V strategy
Develops test plans and test procedures for in-house activities; coordinates with the Test and Commissioning (T&C) team for exported testing
Performs and reports on assigned verification, integration, and testing activities
Able to work with Safety and Quality Assurance on analyzation of test data
Interfaces with experts in other departments to align methodologies for T&V activities
Specifies, procures, develops, sets up, and configures test environments for KB Signaling solutions
Defines the project Requirement Validation Table (RVT) to demonstrate compliance with technical requirements
Ensures full traceability of all test procedures and V&V activities to customer requirements
Organizes and leads document verification and review activities
Manages the full verification and validation of all configured functions, including parameters and data produced for the project
Monitors and follows up on the execution and reporting of V&V activities delegated to other departments
Defines needs and architecture and oversees the implementation of test benches and analysis tools
Ensures independence of verification from the design process
Provides training on test setup configuration and usage
Collaborates with the Test and Commissioning team on the definition and execution of Site Acceptance Tests
Coordinates with the T&C team for testing activities exported to on-site execution

Qualification

Signaling experienceVerificationValidation (V&V)Test environment designInterlocking systemsAudio Frequency Track Circuit (AFTC)National Instruments platformsPTC testingEIT CertificationPE licenseTraining skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
Minimum Ten (10) years of experience in an engineering role within railway, signaling
EIT (Engineer in Training) Certification with ability to obtain a PE license in less than 5 years

Preferred

PE (Professional Engineering) license
Experience with computer-based and network-connected interlocking systems, including operation, configuration, diagnostics, and troubleshooting in multi-location environments
Experience with Audio Frequency Track Circuit (AFTC) technology, including hands-on work with the AFTC5 product line
Experience with iVPi, Electrologixs, Microlok, VHLC, EC4, EC5, XP4
Familiarity with test simulators such as SATs or VitalSim, used to replicate adjacent interlockings and external interfaces
Experience with National Instruments test platforms
Experience providing training on interlocking products such as IVPI and AFTC5, covering software installation, configuration, and diagnostics
Experience in signaling application design, V&V, product design, and safety assurance
Experience with PTC(Positive Train Control) testing and validation

Company

KB Signaling

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KB Signaling delivers unparalleled end-to-end wayside and onboard conventional signaling Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) platforms and solutions.
dateFounded in 1904
location
Grain Valley, Missouri, US
people-size501-1000 employees

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
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