Posted 2 days ago
Director of Engineering
@ Matchtech North America
Toronto, Ontario
SIGNALS
Overview
Matchtech North America is hiring a Director of Engineering Services (Signaling & Train Control) in Toronto, full-time. The role leads signalling and train control engineering across a client's capital expansion portfolio, including ETCS, CBTC and wayside systems. It requires 10+ years of railway signalling experience, with at least 5 years in senior or director-level roles.
Responsibilities:
- Lead signalling and train control engineering across capital expansion portfolio
- Guide ETCS rollout, legacy migration and mixed-traffic interoperability
- Oversee design integrity, safety-critical circuits and commissioning
- Manage interfaces with track, power, rolling stock and external operators
- Ensure compliance with client standards, AREMA, CROR and Transport Canada
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years railway signalling and train control engineering experience
- 5+ years in senior leadership or director-level roles
- ETCS design, testing and deployment expertise
- Knowledge of North American legacy track-circuit and block signalling
- Expertise in CENELEC, IEEE 1474, AREMA, CROR and Transport Canada requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in an engineering discipline
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-11
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Director |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Management experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering |
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Matchtech North America
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 11 |
Job description
Director – Engineering Services (Signaling & Train Control)
Engineering | Full-time
Toronto
About the role:
- Lead signalling and train control engineering across the client’s capital expansion portfolio, covering conventional signalling, European Train Control System (ETCS), Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and wayside systems.
- Act as senior technical authority, translating operational requirements into delivery requirements and guiding ETCS rollout, legacy-system migration and interoperability with dual-equipped fleets and mixed-traffic operations.
- Oversee design integrity, safety-critical circuits, logic and onboard interfaces through design, installation, testing, commissioning and operational acceptance.
- Manage interfaces across track, traction power/OCS, civil infrastructure, rolling stock, maintenance facilities and external railway operators.
- Ensure compliance with client standards, AREMA, CROR, CENELEC and Transport Canada requirements; oversee hazards, technical risks, variances and regulatory clearances.
- Lead and develop the engineering team and oversee consultants, delivery partners and specialist suppliers.
Experience:
- 10+ years’ railway signalling and train control engineering experience, including at least 5 years in senior leadership or director-level roles delivering complex brownfield/greenfield signalling, CBTC or safety-critical train control programmes.
- Proven ETCS design, testing and deployment expertise, plus knowledge of North American legacy track-circuit and block-signalling systems.
- Strong understanding of shared-corridor and mixed-traffic operations, including freight and intercity passenger interoperability.
- Expertise in CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129, IEEE 1474, AREMA, Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR), systems engineering lifecycles and Transport Canada requirements.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong multidisciplinary team leadership, delegation, mentoring, stakeholder management and conflict resolution; able to explain complex technical issues to senior and non-technical audiences.
- Analytical problem-solving, attention to detail and proactive risk management; able to prioritise competing demands, escalate risks and meet deadlines independently and collaboratively.
- Expert engineering methods, relevant engineering software and advanced Microsoft Office skills, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Ability to align technical solutions with client goals, operational and business needs, and industry best practice.
Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or an equivalent technical engineering discipline.
Licenses OR Certifications:
- Active Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) status in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is preferred, together with a comprehensive understanding of the Ontario Professional Engineers Act.
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