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Global Senior Design Engineer (m/f/d)

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The role involves optimizing electrical designs for power transformers, conducting design reviews, supporting R&D projects, and contributing to design tools and documentation.
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Location:

Monselice, Padova, Italy

Job ID:

R0087806

Date Posted:

2025-07-25

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY LTD

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

For our Global Engineering team for power transformers, we are looking for a senior electrical design engineer responsible for optimizing designs and identifying the best solution and performing design reviews.  The candidate work in an environment with close link to R&D experts and will support R&D projects or other global initiatives with special design activities. As part of a global team, the candidate will interact with the engineering community across all our factories worldwide.  

How you’ll make an impact

  • Electrical design optimization of must-win tenders and frame agreements, meeting customer specification and internal rules  

  • Electrical design reviews for critical designs, validation of the different solutions. 

  • Work on strategic initiatives in close collaboration with global engineering function, which may include special design investigations, documentation, and preparation of technical guidelines. 

  • Support the development and deployment of our design tools.  

  • Support the engineering community, contributing to spread the knowledge across different locations. 

Your background 

  • University Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and minimum 5 years’ experience in electrical design of power transformers.

  • Design experience in some of the following subjects: rectifier or furnace transformers, variable speed drive transformers with special connections (extended delta, closed delta/polygon or zig-zag) and harmonics, or special rail infrastructure transformers (Static Frequency Converter, or Scott, or Le-Blanc, or V/V, or Woodbridge, or Rectifier transformers). 

  • Familiarity with international standards such as IEC, IEEE, and others pertaining to power transformers is highly desirable. Design experience aligned with IEEE/ANSI standards is also preferred. 

  • Analytical mindset combined with a focus on quality and the ability to propose and design solutions. 

  • Excellent English skills, both oral and written,

  • Willingness to travel abroad.

More about us

We offer you the opportunity to work with fantastic people and develop yourself on projects that present great technical challenges and have a real impact.

Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. 

Top Skills

Design Optimization
Electrical Engineering
Iec Standards
Ieee Standards

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