Alstom
Train Validation Engineer
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Req ID: 498537
Location: Derby (on site)
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Apply by: 24/07/2026
Salary: circa £55,000 DOE plus bonus and excellent benefits
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, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your future role
As a Train Validation Engineer, you'll play a key role in managing the validation schedule, ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of train validation processes, contributing to the successful delivery of high-quality transportation solutions. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (including design, manufacturing, and testing teams), define and lead the readiness of functional test means and early functional validation as part of the project validation strategy, and much more.
We’ll look to you for:
- Managing the Train level validation activities (on Trainlab and on Train), creating and maintaining the Validation Plan
- Responsibility for delivery of Train Validation commitments on bid or project
- Responsible for the budget management for the Train Validation scope on bid or project
- Leading governances at project level and technical core team to secure validation scope
- Organise technical interfaces with customers, and produce customer documents to obtain necessary approvals
- Reviewing part of the Sub-System Validation Plan relevant to test exported at Train level
- Approving and reviewing Train Test Procedures / reports, test execution and defect logging
- Preparing the test campaign with right first-time approach securing the maturity, the configuration and prerequisites
- Managing all inputs and logistics to ensure effective execution of all validation activities
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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:
- Experience in team and project management: multi-metiers or multi-sites team and project, including Customer and external stakeholders Technical Management
- Experience or understanding of validation processes, project scheduling, and train design.
- Train system knowledge is required
- Knowledge of configuration management and testing methodologies
- Knowledge of Standards & Regulation would be beneficial
- Knowledge of Work Package Management
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
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 boring daily routines.
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
- Contribute to innovative projects.
- Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused 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
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
- Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday.
- A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
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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!
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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