We're looking for a highly motivated Senior Communications Engineer, Rail Systems to join our Transit team in Seattle, WA. As a senior communications engineer, you will develop conceptual designs and contract documents for state-of-the-art communications networks and data centers for public transit clients.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
- At least 10 years of experience with communications infrastructure and technology, ideally in transit or transportation environments.
- Knowledge of NEC, NFPA, and BICSI standards.
- Experience designing detailed fiber-based communications systems including outside plant, switches, and data/control centers.
- Familiarity with network management and monitoring tools such as HP OpenView, WhatsUp Gold, Nagios, SolarWinds, or similar.
- Understanding of network throughput, latency, and reliability performance.
- Experience developing disaster recovery plans for network infrastructure.
- Experience designing CCTV systems using simulation tools.
- Experience designing Public Address systems for stations and facilities.
- Ability to define security requirements for protecting network and critical electronic infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of Ethernet core protocols and extensions.
Benefits
- Health and Welfare benefits: Top-tier medical coverage (one plan with no employee premium required), prescription drug, dental, vision; flexible spending accounts and a health savings account (with a generous employer contribution); life, accident, and disability insurance; employee assistance program (EAP), employee wellness program
- Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match of 50% per dollar up to 6%, fully vested after three years; additional 3% in profit-sharing contribution after one year of employment (immediately vested)
- Paid Time Away from Work: 3-4 weeks of vacation based on experience and company discretion, prorated in the 1st year based on hire date (up to 2.5 weeks can be carried over per year); 10 paid holidays; 10 sick days per calendar year, with the ability to carry-over sick time to a maximum of 40 days to be used for future FMLA-qualifying events; Partial Paid Parental leave up to 12 weeks for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents
