R&D Electrical Engineer

Description

As R&D Electrical Engineer, you will join our South America R&D Center, an organization leading continuous research and development activities on transformers. Specifically, you will be part of the R&D Team in Blumenau (Brazil), and you will contribute to the development of projects related to the electrical performance of distribution transformers and contribute to the successful roadmap execution.

Your Responsibilities:

• Propose and analyze innovative ideas in the electrical design of distribution transformers to fulfill the challenging technical requirements of transformer for new markets
• Define Design of Experiments for validating the proposed solutions
• Design and supervision of the manufacturing and testing of the prototypes
• Lead the RD project execution, to ensure the performance, time and cost are within the expectations
• Document project progress, obtain conclusions and derive the design rules of the validated solutions
• Protect the validated solutions by applying the corresponding IP solution
• Support other RD colleagues from all Hitachi Energy RD community by analyzing and optimizing the electrical design of other RD projects
• Provide punctual technical support to factories, salespeople and customers
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your Background:

• BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering or similar. Higher formal educational will be meriting.
• Experience in electrical design of transformers
• Advanced knowledge of magnetic, dielectric and/or thermal design
• Background in use of electrical FEM simulation shall be well valuable
• Initiative, creativity, “out of the box” thinking and great attention to detail
• Collaborative, solution-oriented approach,  and strong communication skills
• Project managements skills
• English proficient , both written and spoken