Train Functionality Specialist

**Who we are and what we offer**:
Would you like to work in an international environment where you can make an important contribution to the delivery and maintenance of high-quality and reliable rail vehicles? Then our vacancy for a **_Train Functionality Specialist (M/F/d)_** at our locations in **Berlin** or **Munich** could be of interest to you.

We as CAF Deutschland GmbH are a rapidly growing subsidiary of the Spanish CAF S.A. with over 100 years of experience in the field of rail solutions. In particular, the mobility transition in Germany holds immense growth potential in the rail vehicle industry, in which we are involved as a technology innovator and active co-designer. We bring this growth to the rails in Germany in particular because we live an informal, cooperative and appreciative corporate culture that is characterized by a high degree of trust and collaboration.

We not only offer you a competitive salary, but also give you the opportunity to actively shape your working environment through flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes. The continuous development of our employees is important to us, which is why we regularly offer you internal and external training measures. **Other benefits, such as a subsidy for the DeutschlandTicket, JobRad, company pension scheme or even the assumption of costs for your BahnCard 25 or 50 (1st class, under certain circumstances) are of course also available. We also encourage hybrid working and provide you with state-of-the-art equipment for this purpose.**

**Your mission**:

- You review and evaluate technical specifications in order to find solutions in the offer phase that best suit CAF and the customer's requirements.
- You take responsibility for the functional definition and validation of rail vehicles.
- You will be involved in the creation of functional specifications at train level and at the logical and electrical interfaces to subsystems.
- You will support the creation of documents in the design, verification and validation phase, in particular at the interface with customers and certifiers.
- You will be involved in the specification, development and validation of the software at assignment level.
- You will help to define test scenarios and carry out functional tests and functional validation on the vehicle, in particular at the interface with customers and certifiers.
- You accompany all phases of requirements management.
- You actively participate in the design and revision process with customers and suppliers.
- You analyze and respond to comments and questions from customers during the design and validation process.
- You play a supporting role in customer meetings and meetings with authorities.
- You will support manufacturing processes, e.g. as part of the validation of design solutions, initial inspections or change processes.

**That way you will be successful in the job**:

- You have experience in the development and validation of rail vehicles, ideally for German customers.
- You are familiar with common development tools (e.g. Matlab Simulink) and communication protocols (e.g. Ethernet, CAN Open, RS485, MVB).
- You have experience in understanding and revising circuit diagrams.
- You have experience in working with system suppliers and customers.
- You have knowledge of agile methods (e.g. Scrum) and formal methods (e.g. development of safety-critical architectures) in software development.
- You understand contractual, technical and regulatory aspects of the rail industry.
- You have a proven track record in the development and approval of technically challenging systems in complex projects.
- You are proficient in handling, interpreting and using technical specifications as well as legal and normative requirements.
- You are fluent in German and English or Spanish.
- You are characterized by structured work, adaptability and result orientation.
- You have good interpersonal skills, work independently at a high level and are willing to travel, mainly to Spaon and within Germany.