Senior Protection Engineer - Substation Automation Lead

Hitachi, Ltd.; Vaasa; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Finland seeks a Senior Protection Engineer to strengthen our substation automation team in Vaasa or Helsinki. You will lead protection and control concepts, hardware design, and IED configuration within global projects, collaborating with project managers and customers.

You will often lead a small engineer team, drive factory and site tests, ensure quality and adherence to budgets, and contribute to Hitachi Energy’s vision for a smarter, greener energy system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer or systems engineering.
• Experience in substation control and protection systems; IEC61850.
• Experience with Relion PCM600 and E3.series is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection and control concepts for transmission systems with project core team, in collaboration with the customer.
• Lead hardware design of bay level cubicles within the substation.
• Configure Protection and Control IEDs per customer specifications for substations.
• Perform factory testing of the project in Vaasa and lead Factory Acceptance Tests.
• Oversee protection and control part site tests at customer sites.
• Lead a small team of engineers across global centers.

Skills

Team leadership

Project coordination

Customer focus

Quality mindset

Safety awareness

Technical collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer/systems engineering

Tools

E3.series

Relion PCM600

Job description

Hitachi Energy in Finland seeks a Senior Protection Engineer to strengthen our substation automation team in Vaasa or Helsinki. You will lead protection and control concepts, hardware design, and IED configuration within global projects, collaborating with project managers and customers.

You will often lead a small engineer team, drive factory and site tests, ensure quality and adherence to budgets, and contribute to Hitachi Energy’s vision for a smarter, greener energy system.