System Design Engineer - Power Quality Solutions | Chennai, India

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy India supports tendering and engineering activities with a team of ~2300 engineers across 40+ countries. The role focuses on defining topology and select components for FACTS solutions while coordinating with suppliers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure compliant, reliable designs.

The engineer will perform studies in protection, insulation coordination, and lightning, and contribute to project management and customer discussions in a fast-paced, international environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Power Systems with 5–8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in substation design and protective coordination, insulation coordination, and lightning study.
• Knowledge of IEEE/IEC/GIGRE standards and vendor document evaluation.
• Proficient in English, collaborative teamwork, and ability to manage fluctuating workloads.

Responsibilities

• Define topology and single line diagram for FACTS solutions based on customer requirements.
• Specify main circuit components (Power Transformer, Power Electronics Valves, Reactors, Capacitors, CT, VT, Breaker).
• Coordinate with suppliers for optimal component design and evaluate their test records.
• Perform design studies: harmonic performance, protection, insulation coordination, TOV/TRV, loss, reliability.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and support project management, product management, and applications teams.

Skills

Power systems

Substation design

PSCAD

MATLAB

IEEE/IEC knowledge

Team collaboration

English communication

Education

Master's degree in Power Systems

Tools

PSCAD

MATLAB

Job description

System Design Engineer - Power Quality Solutions

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 2300 skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation, and commissioning. Over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest operations hub supporting Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries.

How you’ll make an impact

• Define topology and single line diagram for FACTS solution based on customer requirement.
• Specify main circuit components such as Power Transformer, Power Electronics Valves, Reactors, Capacitors, CT, VT, Breaker, etc. based on customer specification and international standards.
• Coordinate with suppliers for optimal design of components, evaluate their design and test record documents.
• Perform design studies such as harmonic performance, protection design, insulation coordination including TOV/TRV/lighting studies, loss evaluation, and reliability study.
• Coordinate and communicate with other disciplines involved in project and tender deliveries.
• Participate in customer discussions and support Project Management, Product Management, and Application Engineering teams in customer acquisition and consultation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, taking responsibility for your actions while caring for colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Master’s degree in Power Systems with 5–8 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with substation design and design studies such as protection, insulation coordination, and lightning study.
• Experience specifying power system components and evaluating vendor documents.
• In-depth understanding of fundamentals of power system steady state, dynamic, and transient behavior.
• Design experience in power electronic-based plants such as solar and wind is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of PSCAD and MATLAB.
• In-depth understanding of international standards (IEEE, IEC, GIGRE) for specifying power system components and design studies.
• Good team player able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
• Good communication skills and well‑organized.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ambitious, creative thinker, problem solver.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced and highly fluctuating workload environment.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English language.

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.