R&D Lead, Digital Service Quality & Verification

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 280,000 - 460,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

Benefits platform

PPK

Home office setup allowance

Eye care allowance

Team events

Psychological support

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks an R&D Lead Software Quality for Digital Service Solutions to define and lead verification and validation across cloud, edge, and OT environments. You will shape strategy, governance, and the V&V organization while ensuring non‑functional excellence across multiple digital services.

You will collaborate with architecture, development, testing, and operations to embed V&V into modern delivery, drive risk‑based practices, and evolve capabilities to stay at the forefront of

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in verification, validation, quality, reliability engineering, or systems engineering within digital, software‑intensive, or industrial technology domains.
• Experience with cloud‑based and distributed digital solutions, ideally including edge or OT‑connected environments.
• Ability to define, govern, and oversee V&V frameworks and execution at solution or portfolio level.
• Experience leading or managing V&V, quality, or verification teams across multiple projects or programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead solution‑level V&V principles, standards, and practices for digital service solutions across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments.
• Drive a risk‑based and lifecycle‑oriented approach to verification and validation for functional and non‑functional aspects.
• Lead, manage, and develop the V&V organization across multiple initiatives in parallel.
• Oversee and govern V&V activities across projects, ensuring standards are applied consistently while enabling speed and innovation.
• Collaborate with architecture, development, testing, and operations to embed V&V into modern delivery models.
• Enable effective use of test environments, simulation, and virtualized setups to validate complex digital and cyber‑physical systems.
• Act as a trusted advisor to projects and programs to ensure quality outcomes.
• Contribute to evolving V&V capabilities to keep pace with state‑of‑the‑art digital engineering.

Skills

Verification & Validation

Quality engineering

Systems engineering

Cloud & edge

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Hitachi Energy seeks an R&D Lead Software Quality for Digital Service Solutions to define and lead verification and validation across cloud, edge, and OT environments. You will shape strategy, governance, and the V&V organization while ensuring non‑functional excellence across multiple digital services.

You will collaborate with architecture, development, testing, and operations to embed V&V into modern delivery, drive risk‑based practices, and evolve capabilities to stay at the forefront of