Senior Protection Engineer

Hitachi Energy; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy, Grid Automation in Finland, is seeking a Senior Protection Engineer to strengthen our engineering and testing team in Vaasa or Helsinki. You will work on protection and control concepts for substation automation, lead hardware design, and configure IEDs, while coordinating with project managers and customers.

You will also guide factory testing and FAT, conduct site tests, and lead a small team of engineers across global centers, contributing to high-quality project execution and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer or systems engineering; required.
• Experience in substation control and protection systems; IEC61850 knowledge preferred.
• Experience with Hitachi Energy protection and control IED portfolio (Relion PCM600) and E3.series is a plus.
• Open-minded team player with customer focus, safety, quality and efficiency; able to coordinate with stakeholders.
• Proficient in Finnish and English; capable of working in a global project team.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection and control concepts for (sub-)transmission systems with the project core team.
• Lead hardware design of bay level cubicles within the substation.
• Configure Protection and Control IEDs per customer specifications.
• Lead Factory Acceptance Test and oversee factory testing in Vaasa.
• Perform control and protection site tests at customer sites.
• Lead a small team of engineers across global centers.

Skills

Substation protection

Team leadership

IEC61850 knowledge

Hardware design

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Systems Engineering

Tools

E3.series

PCM600

Relion IEDs

Job description

The opportunity

Are you interested in the energy transition by making the electrical grid smarter, greener and stronger? Then, we have the following great opportunity for you at Hitachi Energy, Grid Automation business in Vaasa or Helsinki, Finland.

The opportunity

Are you interested in the energy transition by making the electrical grid smarter, greener and stronger? Then, we have the following great opportunity for you at Hitachi Energy, Grid Automation business in Vaasa or Helsinki, Finland. We are currently seeking an enthusiastic, flexible and curious Senior Protection Engineer to strengthen our innovative engineering and testing team that specializes in the control and protection area of substation automation projects. As a Protection Engineer, you will be responsible for the successful execution of the control and protection scope of our substation automation projects globally. Within those projects, you will be working closely together with the project manager, the SCADA engineer and the customer in successfully delivering those projects. Depending on the size of the project, you will technically lead a small team of engineers, based in our global engineering centers, that support you in delivering the project on time and with the highest quality. In addition, you will be part of a large world-class engineering community within our Hub Europe organization, surrounded by colleagues with many years of expertise and know-how in executing large and complex substation automation projects globally. Truly a great working environment to learn, to develop and to contribute to our company’s vision of advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure!

How You'll Make An Impact

• Develop together with the project core team the protection and control concepts for (sub-)transmission systems in close collaboration with the customer.
• Be responsible for leading the hardware design of the bay level cubicles within the substation.
• Be responsible for the configuration of Protection and Control IEDs for (sub-)transmission substations in line with customer specification.
• Be responsible for the factory testing of the project within our test area in Vaasa and lead the Factory Acceptance Test in front of our customer.
• Be responsible for the control and protection part site test at customer sites.
• Lead a small team of engineers, based in our global engineering centers.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer or systems engineering, or related field.
• Previous experience in substation control and protection systems and communication protocols like IEC61850.
• Previous experience with our Hitachi Energy protection and control IED portfolio (Relion family and PCM600) and/or previous experience with E3.series (for hardware design) is a big plus.
• Open-minded team player with high standards towards customer focus, safety, quality and efficiency. Ability to work independently but also to coordinate with different stakeholders within the project team.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Structured and proactive engineering approach, with a high commitment towards maintaining project budget and project plan.
• Spoken and written proficiency in Finnish and English language.

More About Us

If you have questions, please contact, Jari Laaksoharju, Project Engineering Manager, [e-mail]

Publication date : 2026-09-07