POS Design Engineer

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time onsite Power Supply (POS) design Engineer in Cairo, EG we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative, innovative, and dedicated teammates.

You'll play a key role in shaping the future of sustainable mobility by designing and delivering power supply systems that meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and efficiency. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as system engineering, installation, and testing and commissioning teams), manage technical interfaces with stakeholders, and ensure on-time submission of design documents, among other responsibilities.

You’ll specifically take care of developing requirements from reference documents and ensuring compliance with standards, but also support global system architecture definition and coordinate with off-shore design teams.

We’ll look to you for:

• Technical interface management with internal and external stakeholders

• Technical management of suppliers and subcontractors

• Ensuring on-time submission of POS design documents

• Providing support on POS topics to the System Engineering and Installation teams

• Developing and allocating requirements in collaboration with relevant specialists

• Ensuring compliance with normative references and local standards

• Integrating Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) requirements

• Supporting the definition of global POS system architecture and electrical designs

• Ensuring consistency and compatibility between all subsystem specifications

• Participating in design reviews as part of the DFQ process

• Preparing and managing correspondences related to POS design activities

• Defining technical criteria for components and evaluating suppliers

• Supporting Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and preparing related procedures

• Elaborating, reviewing, and updating Bills of Quantities (BOQ)

• Participating in collecting and applying lessons learned (REX) on POS design

• Reviewing and securing approval for design deliverables

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

• 2-5 years of experience in power supply design and engineering

• Familiarity with power system studies using software tools such as ETAP or SKM

• Experience with substation secondary design, including protection schemes

• Knowledge of infrastructure design at the MV level

• Understanding of MV/LV switchgears, transformers, generators, UPS, batteries, and cable design and specifications

• Familiarity with substation automation systems (SAS) and communication protocols, especially IEC 61850

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from monotonous daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects that drive sustainable mobility

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development through award-winning learning programs

• Progress towards senior engineering or project management roles

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.