Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Job ID: R0147147 Date Posted: 2026-10-27 Company Name: Hitachi Rail Canada Inc. Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Work Arrangement: Hybrid

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A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting‑edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi‑cultural strength of our global organization to the sustainable and cutting-edge ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

The Solution Engineering Manager (SEM) is the Technical Bid / Project manager for the Engineering organization. They provide the principle engineering delivery leadership, direction, management decision authority and support to the Bid/ Project. The SEM directs and manages the Engineering team on Bid/Project to achieve company objectives in terms of program schedule, financial and quality targets. This role requires a solid combined technical and managerial foundation to lead the engineering effort on the Bid/Project to ensure the solutions endorsed by the PDA (Project Design Authority) are: Defined/planned and estimated accurately for Bids within the Bid schedule timeline and cost agreed with Bid Manager. Delivered according to approved schedule and Budget with PMO for Project. In Bid phase, the SEM is the technical focal point to manage Engineering deliverables on bids as well as to consolidate the estimates for engineering disciplines for the entire signaling system. They manage preparation of the technical milestones that are part of the bid process, such as the Solutions Orientation Review (SOR),



and ensures the consistency of the design artifacts with the technical solution endorsed by the PDA. They also ensure consistency of cost estimates including HOD validation. In Project phase, the SEM is the focal point for the Engineering process on multidisciplinary signaling projects and must be able to oversee the resolution, implementation and deployment of all issues, problems, questions and conflicts across the entire system. They manage all delivery activities including preparation of the engineering Gate reviews. The SEM role can sometimes be endorsed simultaneously with the PM and/or PDA role according to the size of the project.

Key Responsibilities

In Bid’s phase

- drive technical activities and manage the technical milestones for the bid (such as SOR)
- Ensure the consistency of the design with the technical solution and NRCs as defined by the PDA
- Provide support to the capture lead and Bid Manager to define the detailed scope split
- Consolidate and Review the functional Engineering estimates: hours, technical risks and opportunities, assumptions, conditions of offer, hardware items, 3rd party estimates
- Manage inputs to the Bill of Quantity (BOQ) with input from engineering functional teams
- Support bid manager for milestones through contributing slides, participation in milestone meetings (BKO, BBR, CCR, Gates 1/2/3, Handover to project)




- Support capture lead and sales team together with PDA through interfacing with customers to present / clarify technical solution and attend workshops
- Identify and manage technical Risk and Opportunities during Bid
- Based on the required skills and need, may assume additional engineering responsibilities (PDA, System, HW design, solution engineering estimator)

Bid deliverables

Engineering schedule and roadmap Engineering summary consolidated estimate and sign off sheet. Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) The Bid SEM also manages/ coordinates the following deliverables produced by others: Design Validation Authorization (DVA), Technical Description (TD) System architecture drawings Installation SoWs Subcontract and Major Items procurement specifications/SoWs Interface documents/drawings (VOBC/ZC/ATS ICDs, VOBC BBI) Compliance matrices (technical requirements) Import into Requirement management tool and populate attributes for technical requirements (compliance matrix) and programmatic requirements.

In Project’s phase

- Direct and provide engineering leadership to the team assigned to the project to deliver the Engineering solution to time, cost and quality
- Define and deliver the strategy, plan and implementation of the overall Engineering Solution for the Project within defined scope, schedule and cost baseline
- Oversee the development of cost and time estimates for project activities to meet business and customer objectives
- Write the Solution Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), organize co‑engineering and approve the lower level solution elements engineering plans including those flow down to subcontractors and partners in the frame of the engineering workpackages
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