Sr. Technical Advisor – Systems Engineering & CBTC

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity involves serving as a senior technical lead with expertise in Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) and other advanced train control systems within the HNTB Advanced Train Control Systems group. This includes responsibility for overseeing technical staff on multidisciplinary rail systems projects throughout their full lifecycle – from planning, requirements development, and procurement through design, systems integration, testing, commissioning, and entry into revenue service. Working closely with clients, project leadership, and engineering teams, this individual will guide technical decisions, resolve complex engineering and interface issues, and develop practical approaches to implementing new train control systems on operating railroads. This position is responsible for providing guidance and direction to the technical team and supporting all technical aspects of project development and delivery to achieve HNTB’s 4-for-4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction. Responsible for applying advanced engineering methods, techniques, and analyses to provide solutions, make recommendations and resolve issues for clients and the department. Ensures industry and HNTB standards of design are applied consistently and effectively across projects ranging in discipline, size and complexity. Independently applies knowledge and experience in partnership with internal project team members and external client counterparts. Serves as an advisor on complex projects to provide technical designs, plans and specifications.

Performs independent technical reviews, makes recommendations, and provides technical guidance as requested on complex or unusual engineering projects. Provides direction to resolve technical issues as requested. Provides technical expertise and advice to project leadership, and mentoring/support to production staff. Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline. Coordinates technical aspects with client counterpart and teaming partners at local leadership level for work within and across disciplines on complex or unusual engineering projects. Develops and advises on technical consistency within and across disciplines on processes and projects. Ensures same standard and practices are being applied. Performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 12 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 11 year of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 10 years of relevant experience What You'll Bring: Demonstrated technical leadership in the design, implementation, or oversight of complex CBTC and rail signaling projects. Ability to translate client needs and operational objectives into clear, verifiable functional and performance requirements, technical specifications, and acceptance criteria. Experience applying systems engineering processes, including requirements management, interface management, configuration management, verification, and validation. Understanding of interfaces among train control, rolling stock, communications, control center systems, and other supporting rail systems. Experience developing and assessing migration and cutover strategies that address interim configurations, operational constraints, service continuity, and the transition from existing signaling systems to CBTC. Ability to develop and review test strategies, procedures, and results and assess readiness for systems integration testing,