Graduate Rail Systems Engineering & Systems Assurance (SESA) Engineer - Manchester (Summer 2027)

We are looking for collaborative, technically curious graduates who are interested in understanding how complex railway systems work as a whole.

Systems Engineering & Systems Assurance (SESA) brings together systems thinking, integration and assurance to help ensure that complex railway systems are clearly defined, effectively integrated, verified and validated, and supported by appropriate engineering and assurance evidence.

As a graduate within SESA, you will work across the engineering lifecycle alongside disciplines such as signalling, telecommunications, rolling stock, track, civils, stations, power, operations and maintenance.

You will initially work under the guidance of experienced engineers and progressively take ownership of defined technical activities and work packages as your capability develops.

Job Responsibilities

Selected candidates will be enrolled on our Graduate Development Programme and have the opportunity to develop their skills within a supporting environment which encourages challenge and collaborative behaviours.

Depending on the project and your developing experience, you may:

• Support Systems Engineering, Systems Integration and Systems Assurance activities on live rail and infrastructure projects.
• Contribute to system definitions, including boundaries, functions, interfaces, assumptions and operational context.
• Support requirements management, including capture, review, allocation, traceability, change and compliance.
• Support systems integration and interface management, helping identify and resolve multidisciplinary technical issues.
• Contribute to verification and validation (V&V) planning, evidence development and technical reviews.
• Support the preparation of Systems Engineering plans, integration strategies, assurance reports, compliance records and other technical documentation.
• Contribute to systems safety and risk activities, including hazard identification, hazard management and risk assessment.
• Work collaboratively with engineering disciplines, clients and operational stakeholders.
• Develop an understanding of railway standards, engineering processes and regulatory requirements.
• Apply whole-system and whole-life thinking, considering how requirements, interfaces, safety, reliability, operations, maintenance and verification interact.
• Use requirements-management, digital engineering, modelling and data-analysis tools where appropriate.
• Progressively take responsibility for defined technical tasks and work packages.

Through project experience, mentoring and training, you will develop capability across Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, Systems Safety and Assurance, with opportunities to specialize as your career develops.

Qualifications

• Beng, BSc, or MEng in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Railway Engineering, Project Management, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics or a related discipline with a 2:1 (or equivalent).
• Have a genuine interest in rail systems, complex infrastructure and multidisciplinary engineering.
• Be analytical, curious and interested in understanding how different parts of a system interact.
• Communicate clearly and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrate initiative, professionalism, willingness to learn and constructive challenge.

Be comfortable developing both technical knowledge and broader systems thinking. Applicants from Project Management or related backgrounds are welcomed where they can demonstrate a strong interest in engineering, systems integration and complex technical projects, together with the aptitude and willingness to develop technical Systems Engineering and assurance capability.

Additional Information

• Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start.
• Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades and details of the dates you are able to work to/from and well as locations you would be interested in.
• You must have the right to work in the UK.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address View email address on graduateships.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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