Business R&D Senior Professional

The opportunity
Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Research and Development Engineer for the Business Unit Transformers to join our innovative and forward-thinking team. In this role, you will take on significant responsibility for the development and delivery of innovative software solutions for Transformer mechanical design engineers. This role offers the chance to apply your professional expertise to lead high-impact projects within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. Join us to deepen your technical knowledge, tackle complex challenges, and contribute to a dedicated team focused on advancing high-performance design platform that supports a sustainable energy future.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Lead comprehensive requirements analysis with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and complex system constraints, ensuring alignment with industry standards at Hitachi Energy.
• Engage proactively with key stakeholders to define project objectives and clarify updates, facilitating effective communication and gathering insights for improved project outcomes.
• Foster strong relationships with key customers, utilizing their feedback to drive continuous improvement in mechanical design platform.
• Implement newly developed product in mechanical design platform that ensure high performance and responsiveness, collaborating closely with R&D teams to exceed customer expectations.
• Conduct in-depth risk analysis and develop mitigation strategies to minimize potential impacts on mechanical design platform project timelines and budgets.
• Champion agile methodologies by organizing regular sprints and retrospectives to enhance team collaboration and adapt to changing requirements.
• Oversee testing and debugging processes to guarantee software quality, utilizing advanced tools to identify and resolve defects effectively.
• Act as a subject matter expert within projects, offering guidance to colleagues. Foster a culture of knowledge sharing by actively distributing insights, best practices, and lessons learned to promote collaboration and continuous innovation within the team.

Your background

• Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in transformer design engineering with a proven track record of leading transformer design projects. Or minimum of 5 years of experience in software development within the transformer industry or a comparable technical field.
• Solid knowledge of Creo modelling (Pro/Program, Sheet-Metal, Family table, Interchange, Relation, Skeleton, Assembly,..)
• Advanced proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, VB, C+ or C++, with extensive experience in leveraging software development frameworks to deliver complex solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies, with a proven track record of effectively leading teams through all phases of development.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with the capability to perform comprehensive risk analysis.
• Ability to bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the design process.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present technical concepts to various stakeholders.
• Strong collaborative skills with the ability to foster an environment of innovation and teamwork among colleagues.
• Willingness to travel and ability to interact with colleagues in different time zones, as position is Global.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.