DPE- Control Engineering

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Chennai invites an experienced Product Engineer to join our Product Portfolio Management team. You will manage lifecycle, requirements, configuration and roadmap for Control Engineering solutions, collaborating closely with global product leads.

You will translate market needs into specifications, drive roadmaps, and oversee modular Control Engineering developments while ensuring compliance and knowledge transfer across global teams.

Qualifications

• MTech Engineering with specialization in Power Systems, Control System, automatic control theory, software engineering or similar.
• 8+ years of experience in Power Systems in the fields of Control Applications, HMI, SCADA, Network and Cyber Security.
• Strong communication, collaboration and leadership abilities.
• Experience working with diverse and cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience in product management is highly desirable.
• Strategic and operational mindset with a focus on business productivity and efficiency.
• Fluency in English both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Translate market and engineering needs into Product Requirement Specifications and drive the roadmap in coordination with the Global Product Manager and Global Product Specialist.
• Facilitate smooth implementation of new technologies within the Control Engineering discipline.
• Prioritize and drive strategic improvement in the current Control platforms.
• Lead the development and implementation of modular Control Engineering solutions.
• Monitor solutions and provide guidance, in tenders and projects to ensure knowledge transfer and feedback-driven improvements across global Control teams.
• Oversee the lifecycle of Control Engineering solutions and deliverables.
• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Strategic thinking

Education

MTech Engineering (Power Systems / Control Systems / automatic control theory / software engineering)

Tools

SCADA

HMI

Cybersecurity

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Product Engineer to join our Product Portfolio Management team. You will play a crucial role in managing the lifecycle, requirements, configuration, and roadmap for the solutions in the Control Engineering discipline. This role is embedded within the Engineering function, ensuring close collaboration to deliver business relevance. Location is Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

How you'll make an impact

• Translate market and engineering needs into Product Requirement Specifications and drive the roadmap in coordination with the Global Product Manager and Global Product Specialist.
• Facilitate smooth implementation of new technologies within the Control Engineering discipline.
• Prioritize and drive strategic improvement in the current Control platforms.
• Lead the development and implementation of modular Control Engineering solutions.
• Monitor solutions and provide guidance, in tenders and projects to ensure knowledge transfer and feedback-driven improvements across global Control teams.
• Oversee the lifecycle of Control Engineering solutions and deliverables.
• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background

• Hold MTech Engineering, with a specialization in Power Systems, Control System, automatic control theory, software engineering or similar.
• 8+ years of experience in Power Systems in the fields of Control Applications, HMI, SCADA, Network and Cyber Security.
• Strong communication, collaboration and leadership abilities.
• Experience working with diverse and cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience in product management is highly desirable.
• Strategic and operational mindset with a focus on business productivity and efficiency.
• Fluency in English both written and spoken.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.