R&D substation automation verification and validation engineer - IDC | Bengaluru, India

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) in Bangalore seeks a Verification & Validation Engineer for substation automation products. You will perform end-to-end R&D testing of bay-level solutions and support software tools, ensuring high product quality.

The role requires a bachelor’s or master's in electrical engineering with 3–8 years of substation automation experience, proficiency in Python/Java/C#, and knowledge of OSI layers and protection protocols. English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical/electronic engineering with 3–8 years of practical experience in Substation Automation.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python/Java/C#.
• Knowledge of OSI layers and protection/communication protocols used in substations.

Responsibilities

• Verification & validation of substation automation products.
• Design, coding, and black box testing of software modules in line with quality standards.
• Develop and adapt test cases for system and product requirements; report defects.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

R&D substation automation verification and validation engineer - IDC

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility with around 500 R&D engineers, specialists, and experts, who focus on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification. The India Development Centre is situated in Chennai and Bangalore. IDC collaborates with the R&D and Research centers of Hitachi Energy, which are spread across more than 15 locations throughout 12 countries.
In the past 20 years, IDC has secured more than 200 international papers and 150+ patents

You will be part of Hitachi Energy, Automation and Communication business in Bangalore. We are responsible for development of protection and control products for power generation, transmission and sub-transmission network applications. Our product offer includes IEDs in the Region 670/650 series as well as the COMBIFLEX family.

This team plays a key role in verifying and validating the products innovatively within bay-level solutions ensuring top-notch product quality which makes the organization one of the market leaders. Come join us in one of the best places to start your technical career and understand the engineering behind the practical realization of theoretical core concepts ranging from power system protection to digital substation solutions. You will be involved in thorough end-to-end R&D testing of bay-level solutions and support software tools. In addition, you will also work on enhancing the Verification and validation processes using innovative automation paradigms and tools.

Your Responsibilities:

• Verification & validation of substation automation products.
• Participate in test core team workshop to understand the product test requirements and performs software/domain test activities on system/product projects, including design, coding, and black box testing of software modules in line with the quality management system
• Developing new and adaptive design of test cases for system and product requirements. Report & verify the test defect logs captured during the testing phase of the assigned product.
• Partnering well with a variety of different product stakeholder groups, including management at different levels, business analysts and developer’s community.
• Technically responsible to ensure the mutual consistency and efficient integration of the several subsystems in modular, easy-to-maintain and extendible software that meets the product specification.
• 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 bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical / Electronic Engineering with 3-8 years of practical experience in Substation Automation.
• Should be technically sound in the field of protection and communication protocols used in substation.
• Should have knowledge on computer networks. OSI Layers, and different protocols in each layer is a plus.
• Should be proficient in programming languages such as Python/Java/C#.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle especially the Agile development method is a plus.
• Should have effective communication skills needed to collaborate with team members.
• 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.