Field Engineer

Job Overview

Position: Maintenance Field Engineer – Naples, Italy.

Hitachi Rail seeks a self‑motivated engineer who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, responsible for statistical analysis of maintenance data, deep train knowledge and tactical support for maintenance operations.

About Us

Hitachi Rail operates worldwide at the cutting‑edge of digital transformation and technology, with a culture that values sustainability and innovation.

Accountabilities

• Assure RAM data collection in service operation of vehicles, defining data records structure according to contractual requirements.
• Support System Support Engineering to manage vehicle and product configuration, ensuring traceability of each vehicle and maintaining configuration.
• Manage infrastructure‑based systems (MRX, PanMon, Gotcha, etc.) to receive notifications and maintenance alerts and develop condition‑based maintenance solutions.
• Provide performance analysis and improvement recommendations for engineering support IT systems to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Support Bid & Proposal activities, defining the budget for new bidding initiatives.
• Update spare part lists issued by Bid & Proposal in collaboration with Mobilization Engineering per maintenance plan and RAM analyses.
• Conduct Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) to define efficient corrective maintenance and give feedback to Rolling Stock Design Engineering and Standards & Training.
• Support maintenance operations, troubleshoot, and manage maintenance activities, analysing technical issues and proposing corrective actions per System Support Engineering indications.
• Prepare technical specifications for depot tools, interface with suppliers, arrange design review, and coordinate installation, testing and commissioning with Operational support.
• Offer training to team members and customers with the support of Standard & Training.
• Conduct failure analysis for extrawarranty both for customers and suppliers.
• Manage warranties with suppliers.
• Validate the Maintenance Manual and propose upgrade modifications.
• Develop continuous improvement of maintenance activities by proposing newly designed tools.
• Possess vehicle remote diagnostics knowledge and data validation.
• Report maintenance and safety defects, operational events, and failures.
• Present operating data (RAM data) to the customer.
• Develop technical documentation for workshops, ensuring compliance with safety requirements.
• Ensure implementation of maintenance plans at depot and external sites from the commissioning phase.
• Support Project Team activities through on‑field analyses, including:
  • Supporting Standards & Training in engineering procedures and practices development.
  • Optimising execution of maintenance regimes and assisting in developing optimised practices for current and future contracts.
  • Performing small modifications on components and hardware related to materials or processes.
• Execute continuous improvement programmes for Operations (data collection, management, return‑of‑experience).
• Support Procurement and Operations during assessment and approval of new/second‑source suppliers.
• Support Quality Control function in reporting component or train failures, assessing component reparability and safety risk.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Experience in the above accountabilities.
• Minimum 3 years in railway vehicle maintenance engineering.
• Experience in maintenance plan optimisation, complex troubleshooting and RAMS analysis.
• Willingness to undertake large‑scale regional projects.
• Ability to perform vehicle system diagnosis and analysis.
• Understanding of contract specifications.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, schematics and pneumatic plans.
• Availability for short trips (days) at least 60 % of the time.

Desired Skills & Knowledge

• Previous experience as Maintenance Field Engineer on railway fleets.
• Knowledge of rail train subsystems (ATS, vehicle, telecommunication, STB, pneumatic brake, traction converter, high‑voltage gear, HVAC).
• Ability to review maintenance documentation from sub‑suppliers.
• Basic knowledge of software configuration management (CM).
• Experience with wheel‑set parameters.
• Basic statistical analysis program skills.
• Understanding of operation and maintenance processes.
• Experience in ECM projects and homologation planning.
• Knowledge of railway operations and signalling principles.
• SAP environment knowledge.
• Planning and organisational skills.
• Spare‑part analysis, definition and forecasting based on return‑of‑experience.
• Willingness to design for maintainability and continuous improvement.
• Experience working in industrial environments (warehouses, rolling‑stock depots).

Education & Qualifications

Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Mechatronic Degree or equivalent technical background.

Languages

English proficiency.

EEO Statement

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and worldview. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and are an equal‑opportunity employer.