Junior systems designer

Change the future with us.

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Competitive total rewards package.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events, and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

Position Overview:

The Engineering Student Intern will support our Rail Infrastructure engineering team on signalling, grade crossing, and railway communications projects. You'll get hands-on exposure to design, documentation, lab testing and field activities on major Ontario rail projects. You'll work alongside engineers who deal with customers, internal stakeholders and subcontractors.

This role suits a student interested in rail, transportation, electrical, communications or networking systems, or digital innovation who wants real-world technical experience.

What will you need to succeed?

• Currently enrolled in an Electrical, Computer, Civil, or related Engineering program
• Interest in railway, transportation, or infrastructure systems
• Basic understanding of electrical circuits, relay logic, and control systems
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and track plans
• Awareness of safety-critical and fail-safe design principles
• Hands-on familiarity with AI tools and curiosity about applying them to engineering work
• Good judgment in checking AI-generated output for accuracy, especially in a safety-critical setting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Strong organizational and written/oral communication skills
• Ability to work both on your own and in a team
• Willingness to take part in field activities and site visits, including working outdoors near active rail corridors

Preferred but not required

• Exposure to railway signalling concepts: CTC, wayside signals, track circuits, interlockings, or grade crossing warning systems
• Awareness of modern train control such as CBTC, ETCS, or PTC
• Familiarity with railway communications: radio, LTE/cellular backhaul, serial protocols, or industrial Ethernet (e.g., Ruggedcom)
• Awareness of rail industry standards and regulations, such as AREMA, the Transport Canada Grade Crossings Regulations and Standards, or CROR
• Familiarity with OESC or CSA standards
• Exposure to AutoCAD, BlueBeam, or Visio
• Basic networking or IT knowledge (A+, Network+, Cisco coursework or similar)
• Exposure to SCADA or PLCs
• Experience with Python, Power BI or other data and automation tools
• Rail-related coursework, a capstone project, or past co-op experience in transportation or infrastructure

Hourly rate is commensurate with experience, and ranges between $20 - $25 CAD, excluding bonus and benefits.

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/mobility.

In Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.

Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.

To learn more about Siemens Mobility, visit our website at Siemens Mobility | Canada | Siemens Mobility Canada

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