Job Description

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Trouble Shooter Senior Engineer in Cairo we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical troubleshooting and leadership expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside a dedicated and highly skilled team of professionals.

You'll play a key role in ensuring the availability, reliability, and safety of our rolling stock systems. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Operations, Engineering, Warranty, and OEM teams), lead troubleshooting efforts**, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of failure investigations and preventive maintenance activities, but also drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational performance and customer satisfaction.

We’ll look to you for:

• Leading troubleshooting and failure investigation activities for rolling stock systems to ensure fleet availability, reliability, and operational safety.

• Managing engineers and technicians within the troubleshooting team to optimize resources and maintain high team performance.

• Performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and supporting complex technical investigations to identify recurring failures and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.

• Reviewing and analyzing failure data, technical reports, and fleet performance indicators to improve system reliability and reduce service disruptions.

• Coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely resolution of technical issues and implementation of improvement actions.

• Supervising preventive and corrective maintenance activities to ensure compliance with approved procedures, quality standards, and EHS requirements.

• Responding to critical failures and providing immediate technical solutions to minimize service disruptions.

• Developing and mentoring junior engineers and technicians to enhance technical competencies and build a high-performing team.

• Ensuring proper documentation of failures, interventions, and configuration changes to support continuous improvement initiatives.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechatronics engineering (mandatory).

• Minimum 8 years of experience in the railway industry, with strong exposure to rolling stock maintenance and troubleshooting activities (mandatory).

• Proven experience in troubleshooting, failure investigation, and corrective maintenance of rolling stock systems (mandatory).

• Experience in testing, coupling, and commissioning activities of rolling stock systems, with participation in at least one railway project from commissioning to operational handover (mandatory).

• Strong knowledge of rolling stock subsystems, including propulsion, braking, HVAC, TCMS, doors, auxiliary power systems, and communication systems.

• Excellent troubleshooting and failure analysis capabilities, including the ability to perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience managing multidisciplinary teams.

• High level of professionalism, accountability, and teamwork.

• High level of English language proficiency (desirable).

• Familiarity with railway safety and product liability (desirable).

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and make sound technical decisions.

• Adaptability to new work conditions and tools, with a proactive and results-oriented mindset.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from monotonous routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and supportive colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects that drive sustainable mobility

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development through award-winning learning opportunities

• Progress towards senior leadership or technical expert roles

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.