R&D Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED seeks an experienced engineer to drive cost reduction in power electronics design and manufacturing. You will analyze converter architectures, optimize BOMs, and implement design-to-cost strategies across electrical, mechanical, and supplier domains.

With 5+ years in power electronics and hands-on experience with IGBT/MOSFET/SiC devices, you will influence product cost, quality, and reliability while aligning with compliance requirements and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in power electronics product development, industrialization, manufacturing engineering, or value engineering.
• Strong knowledge of AC/DC converters, DC/DC converters, inverters, energy storage systems, and industrial power conversion systems.
• Hands‑on experience with power semiconductors such as IGBT, MOSFET, and SiC devices, together with magnetics, capacitors, PCB assemblies, and thermal management systems.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and product cost drivers.
• Experience conducting technical trade‑off analyses between cost, reliability, and performance.
• Strong analytical and structured problem‑solving skills, a cost‑conscious engineering mindset, and the communication skills to influence engineering, sourcing, and supplier stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Perform design-to-cost and value engineering studies, lead technical evaluations of alternative components, materials, and technologies, and quantify savings potential with clear business cases for implementation.
• Analyze power converter architectures for cost optimization opportunities and collaborate with design teams to simplify circuits, assemblies, and manufacturing processes.
• Review product bills of materials to identify high-cost drivers, and conduct component derating and qualification assessments for alternative parts.
• Support redesign activities while ensuring technical performance, quality, reliability, and compliance requirements are maintained.
• Work closely with sourcing and supplier quality teams to identify alternative suppliers and technologies, and support localization and dual-sourcing initiatives.
• Define validation plans for cost-reduction changes and support prototype testing and qualification activities.
• Analyze risks associated with component substitutions and design modifications, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and customer requirements.
• Coordinate with product development, manufacturing engineering, industrialization, supply chain, procurement, quality, and service organizations, and provide technical recommendations to product management and engineering leadership.
• Develop cost-out roadmaps for strategic product families, and establish cost benchmarking methods and competitive product analysis.
• Contribute to design guidelines that improve product cost efficiency in future platforms.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Skills

Power electronics

AC/DC converters

DC/DC converters

Inverters

IGBT/MOSFET/SiC

Cost optimization

Design-to-cost

Reliability analysis

Supplier collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering/Power Electronics

Tools

ERP systems

Lean Six Sigma

Product lifecycle management (PLM)

Job description

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job ID: R0141325 Date Posted: 2026-09-30 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No

Job Description: The opportunity Join our global R&D team developing next-generation power conversion and energy systems, and help improve product competitiveness by reducing product cost while maintaining performance, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance. You will work in a cross-functional environment alongside design engineering, supply chain, sourcing, manufacturing, industrialization, quality, and suppliers to drive sustainable cost optimization across the product lifecycle. In this role, you will identify, evaluate, and implement cost reduction opportunities across electrical, power electronic, and electromechanical assemblies. You will analyze converter architectures and bills of materials to find high-cost drivers, lead technical evaluations of alternative components and technologies, quantify savings potential, and build the business cases that turn opportunities into implemented change.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Perform design-to-cost and value engineering studies, lead technical evaluations of alternative components, materials, and technologies, and quantify savings potential with clear business cases for implementation.
• Analyze power converter architectures for cost optimization opportunities and collaborate with design teams to simplify circuits, assemblies, and manufacturing processes.
• Review product bills of materials to identify high-cost drivers, and conduct component derating and qualification assessments for alternative parts.
• Support redesign activities while ensuring technical performance, quality, reliability, and compliance requirements are maintained.
• Work closely with sourcing and supplier quality teams to identify alternative suppliers and technologies, and support localization and dual-sourcing initiatives. Participate in supplier technical reviews and cost workshops, and evaluate supplier proposals from technical, reliability, and performance perspectives.
• Define validation plans for cost-reduction changes and support prototype testing and qualification activities.
• Analyze risks associated with component substitutions and design modifications, and ensure compliance with applicable standards and customer requirements.
• Coordinate with product development, manufacturing engineering, industrialization, supply chain, procurement, quality, and service organizations, and provide technical recommendations to product management and engineering leadership.
• Develop cost-out roadmaps for strategic product families, and establish cost benchmarking methods and competitive product analysis.
• Contribute to design guidelines that improve product cost efficiency in future platforms.
• Responsible for ensuring 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

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in power electronics product development, industrialization, manufacturing engineering, or value engineering.
• Strong knowledge of AC/DC converters, DC/DC converters, inverters, energy storage systems, and industrial power conversion systems.
• Hands‑on experience with power semiconductors such as IGBT, MOSFET, and SiC devices, together with magnetics, capacitors, PCB assemblies, and thermal management systems.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and product cost drivers.
• Experience conducting technical trade‑off analyses between cost, reliability, and performance.
• Strong analytical and structured problem‑solving skills, a cost‑conscious engineering mindset, and the communication skills to influence engineering, sourcing, and supplier stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in value engineering or design-to-cost programs, including cost modeling and should‑cost analysis.
• Experience supporting supplier qualification and localization initiatives.
• Understanding of industrial and grid‑connected power conversion applications.
• Knowledge of reliability engineering and component lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of product lifecycle management and ERP systems, and exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.

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