Associate R&D Substation Automation Verification & Validation Engineer

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) in Bengaluru is expanding its R&D team focused on verifying and validating bay-level solutions for substation automation products.

You will participate in end-to-end RD testing, develop test cases, and ensure software integrity across modular subsystems while collaborating with stakeholders. A degree in electrical engineering and hands-on experience with protection and communication protocols are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical/electronic engineering with 3–8 years of Substation Automation experience.
• Knowledge of IEC 61850, DNP3, Sampled Values, and Time Synchronization protocols.
• Proficient in Python, Java, or C# and strong English communication.
• Familiarity with computer networks; OSI layers knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Verify and validate substation automation product – Numerical Relays.
• Participate in test core team workshops to understand product test requirements and perform software/domain tests on projects.
• Develop new and adaptive test cases for system and product requirements; report verified defects.
• Collaborate with management, business analysts and developers.
• Ensure mutual consistency and efficient integration of subsystems in modular, maintainable software.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Uphold Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity.

Skills

Protection and communication protocols

Programming languages (Python/Java/C#)

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

OSI model knowledge

Job description

Job Summary

The Opportunity: Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility with around 500 RD engineers, specialists, and experts, who focus on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification. The India Development Centre is situated in Chennai and Bangalore. IDC collaborates with the RD and Research centers of Hitachi Energy, which are spread across more than 15 locations throughout 12 countries. In the past 20 years, IDC has secured more than 200 international papers and 150+ patents.

This team plays a key role in verifying and validating the products innovatively within bay-level solutions ensuring top-notch product quality which makes the organization one of the market leaders. Come join us in one of the best places to start your technical career and understand the engineering behind the practical realization of theoretical core concepts ranging from power system protection to digital substation solutions. You will be involved in thorough end-to-end RD testing of bay-level solutions and support software tools. In addition, you will also work on enhancing the Verification and validation processes using innovative automation paradigms and tools.

How will you make an impact

• To Verify validate of substation automation product - Numerical Relays.
• To Participate in test core team workshop to understand the product test requirements and performs software/domain test activities on system/product projects, including design, coding, and black box testing of software modules in line with the quality management system
• Developing new and adaptive design of test cases for system and product requirements. Report verify the test defect logs captured during the testing phase of the assigned product.
• Partnering well with a variety of different product stakeholder groups, including management at different levels, business analysts and developer's community.
• Technically responsible to ensure the mutual consistency and efficient integration of the several subsystems in modular, easy-to-maintain and extendible software that meets the product specification.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background

• Required bachelor's or master's degree in electrical / Electronic Engineering with 3-8 years of practical experience in Substation Automation.
• Should be technically sound in the field of protection and communication protocols used in substation (Ex. IEC 61850, DNP3, Sampled Values, Time Synchronization protocols)
• Should have knowledge on computer networks. OSI Layers, and different protocols in each layer is a plus.
• Should be proficient in any programming language such as Python/Java/C#.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle especially the Agile development method is a plus.
• Should have effective communication skills needed to collaborate with team members.
• Proficiency in both spoken written English language is required.