Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

As Ground Transportation Systems (GTS), we are advancing rail signalling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide.

Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year – making sustainable mobility a reality.

Electrical Design Engineer (Ref.No. R1005829)

at our location in Singapore

GTS has over 40 years history in Singapore delivering critical systems for various railways in Singapore. The GTS Engineering team supports various domestic and regional projects related to Signalling Communication Based Train Control (URS-CBTC) systems and Integrated Communication Systems (ICS) and Revenue Fare Collection Systems (RCS). Our primary projects include work on the Singapore MRT, Taiwan LRT, Kuala Lumpur Metro and Manila Metro. The work has a direct impact on commuter experience with improvements such as shorter intervals between trains, less service disruptions, faster travel times and safe journeys.

As an Electrical Design Engineer within the Engineering team, you will work closely with other engineers, installers, testers, procurement managers and interface coordination managers.

You will enjoy having these responsibilities:

Electrical design of power distribution systems such as power distribution panels layout, circuit diagrams, single line diagrams, component selection (fuses/cables/breakers/etc), electrical load calculations, voltage drop calculations, heat dissipation calculations and component selection

Using CAD software to draft electrical designs including circuit book of wiring, equipment layout and routing designs (ELARD), track scheme plans, rack designs, and 2D/3D models (eg. BIM)

Develop Bill of Materials and Scope of Work documents to support procurement of equipment for bids and projects

Update design documents based on instructions from others such as project design authority, as-built comments from installation and testing teams, or customer comments

Prepare and review test procedures related to designs you have produced, and support investigation of issues raised during testing

Support factory and site activities such as surveys and investigations if the need for expert arises

Opportunity exists to support and learn about other hardware design domains within Ground Transportation Solutions including signalling design (wayside and trainborne) and mechanical design

You have:

Polytechnic diploma in Electrical Engineering, University degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Experience with the following is desirable:

Experience in designing network communications racks and interconnection diagrams

Experience with 2D and 3D drafting tools such as AutoCAD, Microstation, Solidworks, BIM 360, or Revit MEP

Knowledge of railway signalling industry standards or certificate in Institute of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)

Good interpersonal skills, writing and verbal skills, people supervision skills

Willingness to collaborate with teams overseas with occasional evening calls

Ability to travel and contribute to delivery of GTS projects in Asia

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you

We look forward to receiving your application in just a few clicks via our career portal.

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About us

Our motivation is the mobility turnaround. To achieve this, our teams find innovative products and solutions that ensure the operation and reliability of the entire rail network and increase capacities on the rails.

Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger, we are looking for your support. In return, we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:

Stronger together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams

Our drive: Together, we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail around the world, to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones!

Attractive conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company

Notes

Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within the Thales Group and its subsidiaries. We also aim to offer all our equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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