Hardware Development Project Lead

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Västerås kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collective agreement

Flexible working hours

Health care and wellness allowance

Career development opportunities

Training and education support

Diverse workforce with 70+ nationalies

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Project Lead for HW R&D to drive hardware development and maintenance of innovative IED modules. You will ensure schedules, costs, scope, and quality objectives are met while collaborating with development and manufacturing partners.

You will represent the project in governance forums, set objectives with stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in lifecycle processes within an agile team environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electronics Engineering with PM qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in industrial and/or energy domains.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills in English.
• Comfortable working in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, track, and report scope, schedule, cost, and quality; present progress in Steering Committees and Change Control Boards.
• Build and maintain productive supplier partnerships and foster collaboration.
• Perform effort and cost estimations; schedule work based on resources and dependencies.
• Proactively analyze, document, and mitigate technical and organizational risks.
• Approve key deliverables and hand over results to program or higher-level releases.
• Collaborate with Operations to introduce new modules to the factory.
• Coordinate with Program Managers, HW Systems Engineers, embedded SW Developers, Type Test Engineers, and other PMs.
• Operate in cross-functional teams and represent HW to stakeholders; own development cost, speed, and production quality.

Skills

Project management

English fluency

Agile methods

Industrial energy

Education

Electronics engineering degree

Job description

The opportunity

Join our global HW R&D team as a Project Lead and take the lead in hardware development and maintenance projects for innovative modules for our IED products. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that schedules, costs, scope, and quality objectives are met, while collaborating closely with development and manufacturing partners. You will also represent the project in governance forums, set realistic objectives together with stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in our lifecycle processes within an agile team environment.

The opportunity

Join our global HW R&D team as a Project Lead and take the lead in hardware development and maintenance projects for innovative modules for our IED products. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that schedules, costs, scope, and quality objectives are met, while collaborating closely with development and manufacturing partners. You will also represent the project in governance forums, set realistic objectives together with stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in our lifecycle processes within an agile team environment.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Plan, track, and report on scope, schedule, cost, and quality; present progress and decisions in Steering Committees and Change Control Boards.
• Build and maintain productive supplier partnerships, fostering transparent collaboration and delivery.
• Perform effort and cost estimations; schedule work based on resource availability and task dependencies.
• Proactively analyze, document, and mitigate technical and organizational risks.
• Approve key project deliverables (documents, baselines) and hand over results to the program or higher‑level product Release projects.
• Collaborate closely with Operations to introduce new modules to the factory.
• Collaborate tightly with Program Managers, HW Systems Engineers, embedded SW Developers, Type Test Engineers, and peer Project Managers to ensure constant, relevant information flow.
• Operate productively in cross‑functional, cross‑organizational teams; represent the HW team and its work products to stakeholders; be accountable for development cost, speed, and production quality in an agile setup.

Your background

• B.S. or M.S. in Electronics Engineering (or related), with formal project management qualification and/or equivalent experience.
• Experience in industrial and/or energy domains.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills in English.
• Comfortable working in agile environments

What We Offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working hours
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy, both within Sweden and globally
• Various training and education supporting employee development
• Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

More About Us

Are you ready for a new exciting challenge? Does the above description sound like you?