GI MACH - R&D Verification Engineer - IDC Chennai

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Chennai invites experienced Verification Engineers to define verification scope, write test plans and specifications, and verify MACH control system components in a dedicated lab.

You will execute test cases across software and hardware releases, report KPIs to the development team, maintain the test environment, and drive automation initiatives while aligning with Agile practices.

Qualifications

• Graduate or master’s in engineering with 5+ years in product verification and testing.
• Experience verifying power systems or similar products across the full test life cycle.
• Hands-on in writing test plans, test specifications, and test reports; ISTQB preferred; Agile/Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Define verification scope, areas, boundaries, performance and parameters.
• Create Test Environment with MACH Control System components for testing.
• Execute Test Cases across software/hardware releases using developed test cases.
• Report test execution details to the dev team; capture KPIs for improvements.
• Maintain test environment with updated software/hardware; pursue automation.

Skills

Test planning

Test case development

Automation/scripting

Power systems verification

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

TFS / Azure DevOps

Python

CI/CD tools

Job description

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon‑neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible, and secure whilst balancing social, environmental, and economic values.

Modular Advanced Control for HVDC (MACH™), is the brain in HVDC transmission systems. This system is designed to run 24/7 for thirty years or more, allowing the HVDC system to be controlled and protected in the most reliable way throughout its lifetime.
The system consists of Control & Protection Main Computers, Station Control and Monitoring servers, Operator Workstations, Digital Signal Processing units, Input / Output systems and Valve Control Units.

How you’ll make an impact:

To define verification scope, areas, considering the boundaries and limits, performance & parameters, functional & non-functional requirements. Write Test Plan / Test Specifications, Test Cases / Scenarios for verifying the functionalities of the Control System, for product and sub-system level verification, for the product and sub-system requirements / parameters.

To create Test Environment with the components of MACH Control System in the Test Lab Facility, with Computers, Servers, Input - Output Boards and Simulation Environments, for test developments and execution. Execution of Test Cases, for various software and hardware releases using the developed test cases in the test lab.

Report on the test execution details to the development team for further actions. Capturing the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), report & use for further improvements. Maintain the test environment with updated software and hardware for current and future use.

Follow the processes for product and sub-system verification, within the overall MACH control system product development & release, for planning, execution, reviews & reporting. Adhere to the defined & approved process, in full, all the time.

To Focus on automation, continuously, for efficiency and quality improvements. Define & implement. Continuously improve the test scenarios, execution and reporting, for efficiency and effectiveness.

To Support the management for strategy and planning, for the future verification needs. Deliver value with Quality, On-Time.

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 Graduate or master’s degree in engineering (Electrical & Electronics, Electronics and communication, Instrumentation & Control) with more than 5 years of proven experience in product verification, with exposure to the complete testing life cycle.

Exposure / experience working with verification of power systems or similar products, is a huge plus. Experience / exposure, working with control & protection, events & alarms, time synchronization, HMI, communication protocols such as IEC61850, Modbus etc.

Hands‑on experience in writing test plans / test specifications, test cases, test reports. Experience in working with test management tools such as TFS or similar. Experience with Test Automation implementation (Python/ other tools).

ISTQB or similar certification, is preferred. Experience with processes such as Agile / Scrum.

Required Strong communication - both verbal & written, and collaboration skills, Self-driven, Good intercultural sensitivity. Coaching & mentoring skills.

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.