Subhakanta Swain AMIRSE
Bangalore
Summary
I bring 13plus years of experience in Railway and High-tech domains with cut edge technology cyber security, IOT, cloud computing. I have gathered significant experience in Design review, Verification & Validation, Quality assurance, RAMS, Safety management, Onboard integration, Interlocking (IXL), & T&C in many international railway projects. Experience with Railway Safety (ATP) Indusi I60R, KAVACH & subsystem i.e. ATC, EVC, ATS, RBC, IXL, TMS of advanced train control systems as CBTC, ETCS, PTC. Working experience in operational control center OCC. Experience/knowledge in Alstom’s ATLAS solution and Ex-Bombardier EBI-CAB solution. Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) including V-model & Agile methodology, requirement management & configuration management using different tools I.e. DOORS, ClearCase, ClearQuest, ELM, ETM, Github, in project execution. Good team player with significant international collaboration portfolio (worked with colleagues from India, Germany, France, Singapore, Israel.
Incorporated Engineer (IEng) capable of achieving within 2 years.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Specialist (KAVACH ATP SYSTEM )
Lotus Wireless Technology Pvt.ltd.
Bangalore, India
03.2025 - Current
- Led multidisciplinary team, leveraging analytical skills to enhance decision-making and motivation.
- Conduct requirement design reviews/ inspection on system requirements and sub system requirements.
- Oversee customer system requirement & related documents from that focused on system architecture, integrating/simulation, validation, RAM & safety.
- Lead and manage appropriate engineering standards in relation to design project lifecycle by following international standards i.e EN 50126, EN 50716, and EN 50129, subset 26, etc. also comply with legeislation.
- Supports onboard and trackside FMRCS design/ development review and validating with fault injection testing and takes it into the certification process to ensure compliance and operational readiness.
- Apply engineering expertise from previous experience with engineering vehicles and rail plants. Also by emphasiging on safety maangement & quality assurance.
- Work closely with engineering teams, i.e. design, installation, safety, and RAMS team, and lead the project as designated project engineer/stakeholder.
- Collaborate with customers and independent parties, including ISA, to align project goals.
- Prepare comprehensive project documentation, including planning reports, and test procedures for clear initiative delivery.
Project system engineer / ETCS Roling stock Expert
DB Engineering Consulting GmbH part of (DB E.C.O)
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
11.2022 - 10.2024
- Working as an ETCS expert in the project management team of Israel Railways as a client representative, providing technical expertise to the suppliers, project stakeholders, and other relevant parties.
- Writing and introducing new user requirements from customer sites, requirement configuration, and change management in the ETCS project.
- Participation in PDR and CDR review meetings at different phases of project execution, and the quality management process for improvement with respect to cost and quality.
- Reviewing the ETCS Onboard system installation of suppliers for various technical and quality issues.
- Hand over and hand back of rolling stock, including PAT (Partial Acceptance Test), SAT (System Acceptance Test), and System Integration Test. Static tests, dynamic tests, integrated system tests, and trial runs.
- Participating in testing and commissioning activities from suppliers by dynamically testing trackside ATP safety subsystems of INDUSI (I60 R), the onboard ETCS subsystem, and supervising ETCS onboard installation.
- Following European standards and safety documentation processes for ETCS L2 certification, interfacing with customers and independent assessment bodies AsBo, NoBo, and DeBos.
- Ensure the system assurance by following European standards and protocols CCS TSI, CSM-RA, CENELEC Standards EN 50126, 50128, EN 50129.
- Leading and implementing safety activities, such as safety plans, safety cases, and CSM-RA activities.
- Working in a multicultural environment, with travel to various supplier sites in Israel & Germany.
Senior signaling V&V engineer
Hitachi rail STS India
KOLKATA
06.2022 - 11.2022
- Work package management and leading signalling V&V team.
- Prepared and executed testing activities of railway signalling interlocking of Hitachi Micro lock product.
- Developed Test & Commissioning (T&C) procedures for the signalling subsystem.
- Analysis of Micro lock design data of project and validation of interlocking design data with respect to requirement in simulation environment tool at lab.
- Coordinate with various technical/functional teams to implement models and monitor results.
- Integrate of simulation test bench of the electronic interlocking system, signaling equipment i.e. Point machine, Axle counter, Signals and validation of Balise in mainline simulation track and at site during Testing and commissioning activities.
- Review the test log and where applicable retest the scenario and prepare the report for the same.
Validation engineer
Alstom Transportation India
BANGALORE
06.2018 - 07.2022
- Preparation of a test bench setup for the LAB simulation environment to execute test scenarios of CBTC projects.
- Integration of onboard ATC, TCMS, and other subsystems of rolling stock, establishing communication between them using a protocol, i.e. MVB, TRDP, and Modbus.
- Creating test scenarios for different CBTC (U400) projects, executing them, and analysing the logs durring valiation process.
- Coordinate with various departments' stakeholders to discuss the technical and functional teams to implement different models and monitor results.
- Supporting dynamic testing at different sites and the T&C team of different projects.
Verification & Validation design engineer
Capgemini NL, India
09.2014 - 03.2018
- Automatic train operation (ATO) is a non-vital system control of train movement, stopping in station & passenger exchange, this also includes train traffic regulation which allow meeting the required performance and it is a part of Automatic train control (ATC) unit, it is usually considered to be the safety-critical part of the system.
- Data preparation of Functional design Nonvital software product (i.e. ATO) in ATC.
- Worked on RBT (Functionality of the ATO testing) for ATO software.
- Writing CSV file and simulate it for testing.
- Writing test cases for software requirements and test its coverage.
- Verifying the requirement and change request.
- Managing the change of requirement using clear cases tool.
Quality assurance / control Engineer
Avio Helitronics info system Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
04.2013 - 07.2014
- Writing Quality manamagement plan (QMP) for Flight management system avionics project.
- Review technical documnts using standards DO-178B, DO-254.
- Conducting audits on projects and different departments, and reporting NCs.
- Implementing Quality standard ISO 9001 -2008.
- Participating CMMI- level3 ceritification.
Embedded Software development
HCL technology
11.2011 - 01.2013
- Embedded system unit testing using C, RTRT, and following the DO-178B standard.
- Embedded microcontroller integration and testing using SIL, MIL, and HIL.
Education
Bachelors in technology (B. Tech) - Electronics & Instrumentation
Skills
- Railway signalling, Interlocking
- Train control system
- Rolling stock, onboard
- ETCS, CBTC, KAVACH
- Independent Verification and Validation
- System integration and simulation
- Testing and Commissioning
- Risk assessment, RAMS, and safety
- Quality assurance
- Requirements engineering, system engineering
- Technical documentation
- EN standards, CSM-RA compliance
- Cyber Security
- Project management
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
German
Intermediate
B1
Contact number
- +919738568175
- +972545750301
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhakant-swain-06302030/
Training
- Railway Academy/Alstom Transport, ERTMS/ ETCS, ATC Onboard, Trackside Equipment.
- Alstom Transport, CBTC Train control system, ATC (On board), ATS, IXL
- Alstom Transport, SPECTRAIL for TCMS, SPECTRAIL FOR TCMS
- Railway academy, Rollingstock, Bogie, Axel, Doors, Break, etc.
- Alstom Transport/ DB, CENELIC STANDARDS, EN STANDARDS, EN50126, EN20128, EN50129
Personal Qualifications
Bachelors in technology (B. Tech), Electronics & Instrumentation
Certification
- ETCS Level2
- Rolling stock
- Cyber Security
- [IRSE ] AMIRSE
Timeline
Technical Specialist (KAVACH ATP SYSTEM )
Lotus Wireless Technology Pvt.ltd.
03.2025 - Current
Project system engineer / ETCS Roling stock Expert
DB Engineering Consulting GmbH part of (DB E.C.O)
11.2022 - 10.2024
Senior signaling V&V engineer
Hitachi rail STS India
06.2022 - 11.2022
Validation engineer
Alstom Transportation India
06.2018 - 07.2022
Verification & Validation design engineer
Capgemini NL, India
09.2014 - 03.2018
Quality assurance / control Engineer
Avio Helitronics info system Pvt Ltd
04.2013 - 07.2014
Embedded Software development
HCL technology
11.2011 - 01.2013