At Alstom, we build what millions depend on daily - rail transportation systems that can’t afford to fail. We’re more than 85 000 people worldwide creating the industry most diverse portfolio: high-speed trains, metros, trams, maintenance services and integrated systems.
More than a job: a mission
Your role, your impact
- Provide technical expertise across the full lifecycle of signalling design delivery.
- Prepapre signalling preliminary and detailed design deliverables, signalling functional specifications, signalling plans, bonding plans, object controller bit lists, power calculations, conventional and ETCS Level 2 control tables, ETCS Level 2 and interfacing circuit designs, interface documentation, and staging and deployment strategies.
- Ensure compliance with Queensland Rail standards, principles and procedures.
- Identify technical risks and develop effective, innovative signalling solutions.
- Participate in technical investigations as required, prepare draft technical investigation reports and technical specifications.
- Liaise with suppliers, project, construction, test and commissioning teams where required.
You’ll work with sharp, committed teams across Alstom, working alongside QLD site‑based teams, the CBI Centre of Excellence in Melbourne, ETCS and interlocking teams across ANZ and India, and the Main Line Platform team in Europe — solving complex challenges that shape the future of mobility.
What you bring
- A resilient, solutions‑focused engineer committed to quality, safety and delivering lasting impact through clear, responsible technical leadership.
- A tertiary qualification in Engineering.
- Registration as a Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).
- Queensland Rail Senior Signal Design Engineer competency – Level 2.
- Several years’ experience in Queensland signalling roles, including working to QR principles and practices.
- Proven experience producing and reviewing Queensland Rail‑compliant signalling designs.
- Strong knowledge of QR standards, procedures, processes and requirements.
- Hands‑on experience with relay‑based, PBI and computer‑based interlockings.
How success is measured
- Project QCD (Quality, Cost and Delivery) commitment.
- On-time-delivery for IXL deliverables according to project planning and Document Master List (DML) (EDP - Engineering Delivery Performance).
- Defect detected on IXL (DQI - Delivery Quality Indicator).
- Cooperation and reactivity to support Root Cause Analysis Identification of contract variations (through traceability & coverage of requirements).
- Contribution to peer reviews and teamwork.
Alstom, a great place to grow
Perks & Benefits
- A diverse role, collaborating with cross functional teams globally.
- 18 weeks paid parental leave.
- Purchased annual leave and a novated leasing scheme.
- Independent and confidential wellbeing support for you and your family.
- Our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
- Stability, challenges and a long-term career enabling you to steer your progression in whatever direction you choose.
- A competitive package that recognises your performance and potential.
Here, progress isn’t always easy — the scale is massive, the tasks are complex — but the impact is real. Because when the system runs, the train moves, and the city connects — that feeling stays with you. And the legacy lasts.