Functional Safety Assessor / Technical Inspector (m/f/d) – Railway Signalling & CCS

Job Description

Are you an expert in railway functional safety? We are looking for a specialized engineer to join our independent, accredited Ramboll Inspection and Certification Body (Ramboll ICB). Working at the forefront of the transport industry, you will evaluate safety-critical control, command, and signalling (CCS) systems (such as ETCS, CBTC, and interlocking systems) for clients worldwide.

What we offer you

• A heavily subsidised 'Deutschlandticket’
• 30 days holiday per year and company holidays on 24.12. and 31.12.
• Corporate Benefits
• Permanent employment; of course, we are open to part-time models
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working: 2-3 days of mobile working per week
• Flat hierarchies and fast decision-making processes

Your new role

• Safety Assessment: Independently inspect and assess hardware and/or software development processes for railway control, command, and signalling systems
• Standards Compliance: Evaluate developments against valid railway standards (CENELEC) to ensure the highest level of functional and technical safety
• Inspection Planning & Reporting: Create and document inspection plans throughout the development lifecycle, coordinate with various technical interfaces, and prepare official result documentation (e.g., Inspection Reports, Lists of Open Points)
• Project Leadership: Take on technical and commercial project management, assist in acquiring follow-up orders, and mentor new team members

About you (Must-Haves)

To be successful in this highly specialized role, you must bring the following qualifications:

• Education: Completed technical studies (e.g., electrical engineering, traffic engineering, information technology, communication technology, or automotive engineering)
• Domain Experience: Proven professional experience in functional/technical safety specifically for rail transport products and applications (Control-Command and Signalling)
• Technical Knowledge: Sound, practical knowledge of current CENELEC standards (specifically EN 50126, EN 50128, and EN 50129)
• Systems Understanding: Deep understanding of the interaction with other disciplines such as RAMS and validation
• Language Skills: Business-fluent knowledge of German and English

Additional Skills (Nice-to-Haves)

• Familiarity with ETCS or CBTC systems
• Careful, accurate working style with strong communication skills to handle stakeholder coordination
• Willingness to travel at short notice for client inspections

Welcome to our independent Inspection Body within the Transport division

Ramboll is active in the global transportation market, and we work on some of the biggest and most innovative infrastructure projects in the world. We are close to 3,200 bright minds working within Transport worldwide, creating practical, sustainable, and economic solutions for national transport authorities, private contractors and municipalities alike.

Our accredited independent Inspection Body, Ramboll ICB, performs inspections in the following areas:

• Assessment of on-board and track-side control-command and signalling and their maintenance as part of the evaluation for EC verification according to Directive (EU) 2016/797
• Assessment of safety cases and safety management processes for on-board and track-side control-command and signalling as part of the independent assessment of the application of safety management systems
• and determination of conformity with specific requirements or, based on professional judgement, with general requirements

The Inspection Body is recognised as a CSM Assessment Body (AsBo) (DE/36/0023/0041) by the German Federal Railway Authority (Eisenbahn-Bundesamt) in accordance with European law and approved as a Designated Body (BBS) in Switzerland (BAV-432.32-00001/00063) for the control-command and signalling on-board subsystem.