Safety Engineer – Rolling Stock Modernization (m/w/d)

Safety Engineer – Rolling Stock Modernization (m/f/d)

Location: Villeneuve, Switzerland
Industry: Rail / Rolling Stock Modernization & Retrofit

Summary

As a Safety Engineer, you will play a central role in ensuring that train modernization and retrofit programs meet the highest safety, regulatory, and certification requirements. You will support life-extension, refurbishment, and system-upgrade projects for in-service rolling stock, ensuring safe integration of new technologies into existing vehicle platforms. This position is based at our Villeneuve site, a key center for railway vehicle modernization, engineering, and industrial execution in Switzerland.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead safety engineering activities for rolling stock refurbishment and upgrade projects.

• Apply EN 50126 / EN 50128 / EN 50129 throughout modernization lifecycles.

• Develop and maintain Hazard Logs, Safety Plans, and Safety Case documentation.

• Perform risk and hazard analyses for system modifications and retrofit integrations.

• Define and manage safety requirements and traceability for upgraded subsystems.

• Assess safety impacts of design changes, obsolescence replacements, and software updates.

• Support validation, verification, and re-certification of modernized vehicles.

• Interface with Notified Bodies (NoBo), Independent Safety Assessors (ISA), and railway authorities.

• Collaborate with engineering, testing, production, and project management teams.

Your Profile

• Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or equivalent).

• Experience in railway safety engineering, RAMS, or certification.

• Solid knowledge of CENELEC standards EN 50126/28/29.

• Practical experience with hazard management and safety case preparation.

• Familiarity with TSI compliance and European re-authorization processes.

• Understanding of retrofit / modernization project environments is a strong advantage.

• Structured, analytical mindset and strong documentation skills.

• Fluent in French is required; English proficiency for project communication is expected.

Interested?

We look forward to receiving your CV documents and discussing how your experience can contribute to delivering safe, reliable, and future-proof railway vehicles.