R&D Senior Engineer 1 - India Development Centre | Bengaluru, India

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Application Specialist to lead protection and control solutions for power systems. You will own the main application technology, research and standardize customer solutions, and ensure quality across documentation and delivery.

The role requires advanced electrical engineering qualifications and 5–10 years of R&D or product development experience, with strong teamwork and English proficiency in an international setting.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering.
• 5–10 years of R&D or product development experience.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the main application technology for protection and control of the power system.
• Research, build and standardize customer solutions for different configurations.
• Review technical descriptions and user documentation to ensure quality.

Skills

Team collaboration

Project management

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Agile / Lean practices

Job description

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.

How you will make an impact:

• 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.

Your Background:

• Candidate should hold 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.

More about us

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.