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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

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, the primary activities of the SEM according to Bid and engineering process are:
- 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)
- The Bid SEM produces the following 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, the primary activities of the SEM are:
- Direct and provide engineering leadership to the team assigned to the project to deliver the Engineering solution to time, cost and quality. This is done through the accurate measurement of progress on the project using the proper Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).<

📌 Solution Engineering Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Hitachi Rail
📍 Toronto