Global Senior Designer

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking a senior mechanical design engineer for power transformers. You will contribute to design optimization, perform reviews, and provide solutions in close collaboration with R&D experts across global factories.

The role involves defining tank clearances, conducting simulations, and creating robust 3D models and documentation for welded constructions, while communicating in English with diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of power transformer mechanical design experience.
• Understanding of electrical clearances in air and insulating oil.
• Proficient in 3D modelling with Creo Parametric.
• Knowledge of mechanical simulation, materials, and heavy manufacturing processes.
• Strong planning, time management and documentation skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Review critical designs against technical standards and customer requirements.
• Assess active-part, connection, and electrical clearance arrangements.
• Optimize mechanical designs for strategic tenders and frame agreements.
• Define efficient tank clearances, layouts, and practical design solutions.
• Create 3D models and documentation for welded constructions.
• Perform mechanical simulations for pressure, lifting, seismic, and fatigue loads.
• Use Ansys Mechanical or Creo Simulate to assess structural strength.
• Propose risk-reduction measures based on simulation and design findings.
• Share technical knowledge with engineering teams across multiple locations.

Skills

Power transformer design

Creo Parametric

3D modelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Ansys Mechanical

Job description

You will be part of the global engineering team for power transformers, a dedicated and skilled team, which is responsible for supporting our factories with designs optimization, identifying the best solution and performing design reviews for complex cases.
You will work in an environment with close link to R&D experts and will support R&D projects or other global initiatives with special design activities. As part of a global team, you will interact with the engineering community across all our factories

How you’ll make an impact:

• Review critical designs against technical standards and customer requirements.
• Assessactive-part, connection, and electrical clearance arrangements.
• Optimizemechanical designs for strategic tenders and frame agreements.
• Define efficient tank clearances, layouts, and practical design solutions.
• Create 3D models and documentation for welded constructions.
• Perform mechanical simulations for pressure, lifting, transport, seismic, and fatigue loads.
• Use Ansys Mechanical or Creo Simulate to assess structural strength.
• Proposerisk-reductionmeasures based on simulation and design findings.
• Share technical knowledge with engineering teams across multiple locations.

Your background:

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent qualification.
• You bring five years of power transformer mechanical design experience.
• You understand electrical clearances in air and insulating oil.
• You use 3D modelling software, including Creo Parametric, confidently.
• You understand mechanical simulation, materials, and heavy manufacturing processes.
• You plan, prioritize, manage time, and document work effectively.
• You communicate inclusively and work effectively acrossdifferent cultures.
• You communicate fluently in written and spoken English.

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.