Solutions Architecture for Offers

Location:
Brétigny-Sur-Orge, Île-de-France, France Job ID: R0151615 Date Posted: 2026-11-12 Company Name: Hitachi Rail RCS France SAS Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Work Arrangement: Onsite

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Job Description
As a Project Design Authority (PDA) within the Solutions Architecture for Offers team, you will play a key role in designing technical solutions for Urban Mass Transit ticketing systems. Working with Sales, Offers and Engineering stakeholders, you will analyse Requests for Proposal (RFPs), identify gaps and risks, define tailored and cost-effective solutions, estimate engineering effort, and prepare the technical content of bids. The position is based in Brétigny-sur-Orge and involves regular collaboration with teams and stakeholders in France and internationally.

Key Responsibilities
RFP Analysis and Solution Design
• Thoroughly review and analyse RFPs from a technical perspective to understand customer requirements, identify gaps, and clarify assumptions.
• Design comprehensive, innovative and cost-effective solutions tailored to customer needs in the Urban Mass Transit sector.
• Assess solution feasibility, product fit, dependencies, constraints and technical risks, while maximising reuse of standard products and platforms. Collaboration and Coordination
• Work closely with the Capture Lead, Bid Manager, Engineering teams and other contributors to build an integrated and coherent bid response.
• Coordinate with Strategy and Marketing, Product Lines, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Safety, RAMS, Project Management and other functions as required.
• Ensure clear, proactive communication with stakeholders and maintain alignment on scope, assumptions, interfaces, deliverables and deadlines.
• Contribute to bid reviews and governance milestones, including Bid / No Bid and Design Validation activities. Technical Deliverables
• Requirements Compliance: ensure that the proposed solution addresses customer, contractual and regulatory requirements; document compliance, deviations and assumptions.
• Design Validation (DVa): prepare a concise and evidence-based synopsis of the solution, demonstrating technical feasibility, architectural coherence and alignment with the RFP.
• Technical Offer: develop the technical proposal, including solution architecture, functions, interfaces, deployment approach and key technical commitments.
• Engineering Effort Estimate (EEE): estimate the engineering workload, resources, skills, schedule assumptions and associated risks required to deliver the proposed solution.
• Technical Risk and Opportunity Assessment: identify, quantify and document key technical risks and opportunities, together with mitigation actions and ownership. Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more

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