Network Planning
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Hitachi Energy in Genova
Job Description
Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self‑motivated Network Planning & Design Engineer who thrives in a fast‑paced environment. The position is based in Genoa, Italy.
Mission
To work on design and project implementation tasks of Telecommunication Systems such as radio (GSM‑R), Multi Service Network (IP, MPLS, SDH), Telephone System, Voice Recording System, Master Clock, Fiber Optic backbone and Public Information System.
Accountabilities
- Design the network architecture to fulfil the contractual requirements.
- Develop technical design documentation for communication projects.
- Supplier management: purchase technical specification preparation, supplier assessment, periodical meetings, verification of the design documentation prepared by the supplier, supervision of the site activities carried out by the supplier (site survey, test and commissioning, site acceptance test and site integration test).
- Interfaces management: manage formally the related interfaces with all project team members.
- Contract requirements management.
- Liaise with engineering team, bidding, sales, procurement, supply chain, project management for completion of every phase of the bids and projects.
- Develop a high‑level bill of material defining the typology, the model and the HW/SW configuration, including the requested network management systems.
- Perform test and commissioning of the IP networks.
- Perform IP network troubleshooting on site and remotely.
- Maintain an open action items list and produce effective reporting.
Required skills/knowledge/experience
- Knowledge of IP networking: LAN & WAN, layer 2 and layer 3.
- Basic capacity to configure network equipment layer 2 and layer 3 (Cisco).
- Basic capacity to perform IP network troubleshooting on site and remotely.
- Knowledge of backbone transmission systems: IP/MPLS, MPLS/TP and SDH.
- Knowledge of the principles of Radio Transmission Systems.
- Knowledge of the principles of optical fibre communication