R&D Lead Software Quality - Digital Service Solutions

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Kraków; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

Benefits platform

Employee Capital Plans (PPK)

WFH equipment / home setup allowances

Glasses allowance

Company events

Psychological support

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Kraków seeks a senior leader to define and drive verification and validation for digital service solutions spanning cloud, edge, and OT-adjacent environments. You will shape V&V strategy, standards, and governance, and oversee the execution of activities across projects, collaborating with architecture, development, testing, and operations teams to ensure high quality outcomes.

This role blends technical depth with organizational leadership and strategic impact, guiding the V&V

Qualifications

• Experience 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.
• Proven 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.
• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams—software, systems, product management, and operations.
• Structured, analytical mindset balancing risk, quality, and delivery pragmatically.
• Excellent communication skills enabling influence at senior levels.

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 requirements.
• Lead, manage, and develop the V&V organization to support multiple initiatives in parallel.
• Oversee and govern the execution of V&V activities across projects and programs, ensuring standards are applied consistently.
• 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 systems.
• Act as trusted advisor to projects, ensuring consistent quality outcomes.
• Contribute to evolving V&V capabilities in line with state-of-the-art digital engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Risk-based approach

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Tools

Simulation software

Virtualized testbeds

Test environments management

Job description

Job Description:

The Opportunity

Digital services are becoming mission‑critical to how we deliver value to customers—across cloud platforms, edge solutions, and industrial environments. We are strengthening our capability in Verification & Validation (V&V) to ensure that digital service solutions are not only innovative, but also reliable, scalable, secure, and fit for purpose across their full lifecycle.

This role is responsible for defining and leading solution‑level verification and validation for digital service solutions spanning cloud‑based, distributed, edge‑connected, and OT‑adjacent environments. The scope covers software‑intensive, continuously evolving digital services with strong non‑functional requirements such as performance, reliability, scalability, and resilience.

In addition to shaping V&V strategy, standards, and governance, you will lead and develop the V&V organization and oversee the execution of V&V activities across projects and programs. You will operate at the intersection of technology strategy, product development, and service delivery—bridging software, systems engineering, and industrial domains to ensure quality and reliability are built in from the start.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• 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, covering both functional and non‑functional aspects such as performance, reliability, scalability, and resilience
• Lead, manage, and develop the V&V organization, ensuring the right capabilities, capacity, and ways of working to support multiple initiatives in parallel
• Oversee and govern the execution of V&V activities across projects and programs, ensuring consistent application of standards while supporting speed and innovation
• Collaborate closely with architecture, development, testing, and operations teams to embed V&V seamlessly into modern digital delivery models
• Enable effective use of test environments, simulation, and virtualized setups to validate complex digital and cyber‑physical systems
• Act as a trusted expert and advisor to projects and programs, ensuring consistent quality outcomes
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of V&V capabilities, keeping pace with state‑of‑the‑art digital engineering and service technologies

Your Background

• A strong foundation in verification, validation, quality, reliability engineering, or systems engineering within digital, software‑intensive, or industrial technology domains
• Solid experience working with cloud‑based and distributed digital solutions, ideally including edge or OT‑connected environments
• Proven 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, including oversight across multiple projects or programs
• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams—software, systems, product management, and operations
• A structured, analytical mindset with the ability to balance risk, quality, and delivery pragmatically
• Excellent communication skills, enabling you to influence without formal authority and operate confidently at senior levels

What’s in It for You

• A strategic leadership role where your work directly shapes the quality and reliability of next‑generation digital service solutions
• The opportunity to operate at enterprise scale, influencing standards, capabilities, and ways of working beyond individual projects
• A collaborative, technology‑driven environment with strong links to innovation, R&D, and service transformation
• Exposure to complex, real‑world digital challenges across cloud, edge, and industrial domains
• A role designed for experienced professionals who want to combine technical depth with organizational leadership and strategic impact

More about us

At Hitachi Energy, we recognize that our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive workplace, competitive rewards, and opportunities for professional and personal growth. Our benefits package is designed to help employees thrive both at work and in their personal lives.

Our benefits offering for this role generally includes:

• Private medical care and life insurance
• Access to fitness and wellness programs
• Access to benefits platform with discounts and perks
• Employee Capital Plans (PPK)
• Equipment for working from home or allowances for setting up a workplace at home
• Spectacles and contact lenses allowance
• Company events and team‑building activities
• Psychological support program
• Free parking available

Add if applicable: additional benefits may apply depending on the role, grade, and business requirements.

You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodation

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Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment

As part of our recruitment process, Hitachi Energy uses digital and automated tools, including Al-supported solutions, to assist with activities such as application screening, job matching, and interview scheduling. These tools are designed to support our recruiters and do not replace human decision-making. Candidate data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection and employment laws as well as Hitachi's Global Data Privacy Notice.

Background Screening and Security Checks

As part of the hiring process, Hitachi Energy conducts pre-employment background checks that may include verification of employment history, education, criminal records, and other relevant information, in accordance with applicable laws.

For certain roles—particularly those involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions—additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required. These may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.

The scope and depth of any background or security review will be determined based on the nature of the role and business necessity, and will always be conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Candidates will be notified and, where required, asked to provide consent prior to the initiation of any such checks.