Senior Protection Engineer

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

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Protection Engineer for Vaasa or Helsinki, Finland, to strengthen the protection and control scope of substation automation projects globally. You will lead a small engineering team, collaborate with project managers, SCADA engineers, and customers to deliver high-quality solutions.

The role requires in-depth knowledge of substation protection systems, IEC61850, Relion PCM600, and hardware design tools, with Finnish and English language proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer, or systems engineering.
• Experience with substation control and protection systems.
• Experience with IEC61850
• Familiarity with Relion PCM600 and E3.series is a plus.
• Strong teamwork, safety, quality, and efficiency mindset.
• Fluency in Finnish and English.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection and control concepts for (sub-)transmission systems with the project core team.
• Lead hardware design of bay level cubicles for substations.
• Configure Protection and Control IEDs per customer specs.
• Coordinate factory testing and lead Factory Acceptance Test at customer site.

Skills

Team player

Customer focus

Safety mindset

Quality mindset

Independent worker

Stakeholder coordination

Finnish & English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Relion PCM600

E3.series

Job description

The opportunity

Are you interested in contributing to 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