R&D Senior Engineer 1 - India Development Centre

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Application Specialist to contribute to protection and control product development for power generation, transmission, and sub-transmission networks.

You will own key application technology, drive customer solution standardization, and participate in quality assessments while aligning with corporate roadmaps and standards.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in electrical engineering (R&D or product development).
• Strong teamwork with the ability to bridge interests and ideas.
• Knowledge of project management tools; experience in agile/lean environments.
• Excellent analytical thinking with data-driven conclusions.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Own the main application technology for protection and control of the power system.
• Research, build, and standardize end-to-end customer solutions for various configurations.
• Review technical descriptions and user documentation for quality.
• Participate in Change Control Board (CCB) for application issues and quality assessment.
• Contribute to requirement development (RDT) and process development; analyze requirements.
• Ensure compliance with external and internal regulations and Hitachi Energy standards.
• Lead small teams to prototype and test new solutions; drive technology roadmaps.

Skills

Team player

English proficiency

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Agile/Lean project tools

Job description

Job Summary

You as a Senior application specialist will be part of Hitachi Energy, Automation and Communication business in Bangalore. We are responsible for the development of protection and control products for power generation, transmission and sub-transmission network applications.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the main application technology to cover protection and control of the entire power system filed.
• You will be responsible for researching, building and standardizing the end customer solutions for different system configurations involved and driving toward a solution for application issues or customer related issues.
• You will be responsible for reviewing technical descriptions, user documentation and making sure that the quality is granted.
• You will participate in the Change Control Board (CCB) for Application related issues and in quality assessment for project & process and make sure that implemented technology fulfills acceptable requirement criterion for application protection & control area.
• Take active part in requirement development team (RDT) and Team process development. Ensure that requirements are analyzed.
• Ensure breakdown of requirements and participate in, or delegate, work for System Implementation Proposals and that new requirements are created based on input from Technology Roadmap, also responsible for keeping up with standards relevant for application development and verification.
• You will follow technological trends within power system protection and control application area by monitoring/attending workshops/seminars.
• Drive/participate in research activities with Corporate Research Centre, create document/presentation on Application technology roadmap, find and investigate technology solutions for new application technologies.
• Be active to drive and lead a small team to resolve customer issues or ensure that technological solutions are prototyped and tested.
• Responsible to ensure 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.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering with minimum 5 - 10 years of experience in R&D, or product development.
• Strong Team player, with the ability to bridge different interests and ideas.
• Knowledge and experience in project management tools, preferably in an agile and lean organization.
• Ability to analyze complex challenges, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• You are flexible, well organized, a driven problem solver, solutions-oriented, who willingly takes the initiative and delivers according to expectations.
• Used to teamwork in international teams with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.