Senior Requirements Engineer Railway Systems

Project overview

We are looking for a Senior Requirements Engineer (m/f/d) Railway Systems

Job description

Profile

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: until 01.12.2027
• Volume: approx. 1,500 hours
• Utilization: project-dependent / by agreement
• Location: Ditzingen / 70% Remote
• Project language: German and English
• Gathering, analyzing, structuring, and maintaining product and software requirements in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS
• Deriving clear, verifiable, and traceable requirements from customer, system, security, and compliance specifications
• Creating and further developing system and software architectures, including interfaces, dependencies, and technical decision bases
• Analyzing existing legacy solutions and developing pragmatic and maintainable target architectures and migration steps
• Integrating cybersecurity requirements into requirements and architecture
• Ensuring verifiability within CENELEC-oriented development processes, especially regarding traceability, reviews, and verification
• Identifying and clarifying requirement gaps, inconsistencies, and open technical decisions
• Technical coordination with Product Management, Project Management, Software Development, Testing, Safety, Security, and international project stakeholders
• Many years of project experience in professional Requirements Engineering, ideally for complex software or system products
• Very good practical experience with IBM DOORS
• Sound experience in system and/or software architecture as well as technical documentation
• Project experience in the railway sector or comparable safety-critical industries
• Experience with CENELEC-oriented development processes and end-to-end requirements traceability
• Experience with cybersecurity requirements within the product or software lifecycle
• Knowledge of relevant standards such as EN 50126, EN 50128 or EN 50716, EN 50129 or IEC 62443 is an advantage
• Knowledge of UML/SysML and tools like Enterprise Architect, Polarion, or comparable ALM solutions is desirable
• Experience with legacy modernization, security requirements, SBOM, or vulnerability management is an advantage
• Project experience with control, control center, or HMI systems as well as international railway projects is desirable
• Very good German and English language skills

Project details

• Start: 2026-11
• Duration: 12 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German, English