Site Deployment - Intern(12 Months)

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Hybrid)

We are looking for a Site Deployment Intern t o join us for a 12 month internship at our Burnaby office.

You will support Site Deployment Test & Commissioning activities on a given project under the guidance and supervision of more senior staff. You will assist in performance of tests in accordance with established test plans and procedures.

Lastly, s/he will prepare problem reports describing test failures and defects.

Work Term: 12 Months to start in May 2025

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in the Development of field test plans at System level
  
• Assist in performance of field tests
  
• Assist in scheduling/planning testing activities to meet project milestones
  
• Assist in developing possession requests
  
• Prepare test reports which record the pass, fail status of planned tests and identify problems reports generated during the tests
  
• Acquire product knowledge through active participation in formal, and on the job training, as well as self-study
  
• Prepare test reports upon completion of field test sessions
  
• Prepare problem reports in the defect tracking system describing test failures and defects
  
• Recognize anomalous system behavior and document the behavior into the problem tracking system
  
• Maintains test tracking database at end of test sessions
  
• Conducts initial review of test results through incorporating analysis of collected data with observed system responses
  
• Communicate test observation and results in both oral and written media to other engineering staff, superiors and customers
  
• Adheres to the company's Processes and Work Instructions
  
• Note that this position requires significant night shift and weekend work on top of regular day shift duties
  

Key Requirements:

• The successful candidate should have completed 2 years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Systems Engineering or Equivalent
  
• Fluent in English both in written and oral communication skills
  
• Able to work hybrid full time hours (40 hours) on the start date and for the agreed work term
  
• Computer literacy including word processing, spreadsheet, and databases
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Computer literacy using special application software such as problem tracking, requirement management and parsing software
  
• Understanding of System Engineering principles, life cycle models, and requirements analysis
  
• Hardware and/or Network troubleshooting experience
  

This position may require some travelling to the project site. Depending on project assigned, some tailoring and flexibility of individual's schedule will be required to ensure collaboration with peers in Burnaby and peers/customers across the world can occur successfully. As a result, working hours are 40hrs/week but completely flexible as long as the tasks planned during the week are completed within estimated time and project schedules and milestones are not missed.

Salary Range: $41,600-$ 54,080.00 Year

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