HVDC Hardware Engineer - FPGA & Embedded

Hitachi Energy; Kraków; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Equipment for home office

Parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Krakow is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to contribute to the MACH™ project, focusing on modular advanced control for HVDC systems. You will engage in hardware development, prototyping, testing, and end-to-end engineering efforts within an Agile SAFe environment.

Join a collaborative team working with colleagues in Sweden and India, delivering End-to-End solutions that integrate electronic hardware, FPGA, and embedded software, while upholding safety and integrity values.

Qualifications

• H hands-on experience in hardware development, prototyping, testing, or end-to-end engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of electronic schematics, circuit design, simulation, and hardware development tools (SPICE, Altium, CADSTAR).
• Practical experience with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, and communication interfaces.
• Knowledge of HIL, SIL, simulation-based validation, and test setup definition based on requirements and product specs.
• Experience with test automation and scripting using Python, LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Robot Framework, or similar; basic C/C++ knowledge is an advantage.
• Familiarity with CI/CD environments (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and continuous testing practices.
• Understanding of quality, reliability, and compliance topics, including DFMEA, EMC, and workplace safety.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the full lifecycle of HVDC control and protection hardware: requirements, simulations, prototyping, testing, release and sustaining production.
• Ensure system integrity by working closely with hardware, software, FPGA and product verification teams.
• Contribute to design-for-testability, verification strategy, schematics/layout reviews and product release activities.
• Plan, execute and document integration, verification and validation of electronic platforms and subsystems.
• Develop, maintain and improve lab test setups, test benches and HIL environments.
• Create and maintain automated test solutions, scripts and validation tools using Python, LabVIEW, Robot Framework, NI TestStand or similar.
• Support Continuous Integration / Continuous Testing pipelines to improve test coverage, repeatability and efficiency.
• Perform troubleshooting, failure analysis and root‑cause investigations for lab, integration and field issues.
• Prepare and manage technical documentation while following Hitachi Energy values of safety and integrity.

Skills

Hardware development

Schematic design

Lab equipment

Test automation

Python

C/C++ basics

CI/CD

English proficiency

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Altium

CADSTAR

LabVIEW

NI TestStand

Robot Framework

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

SPICE

Job description

Hitachi Energy Krakow is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to contribute to the MACH™ project, focusing on modular advanced control for HVDC systems. You will engage in hardware development, prototyping, testing, and end-to-end engineering efforts within an Agile SAFe environment.

Join a collaborative team working with colleagues in Sweden and India, delivering End-to-End solutions that integrate electronic hardware, FPGA, and embedded software, while upholding safety and integrity values.