Hitachi ABB Power Grids

At Hitachi Energy, our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

Hitachi energy is a global leader in technology, and the largest supplier of transformers in the world. We are pioneering the digitalization of transformers, while working on the frontier of renewable energy and ultra-high voltage AC & DC applications. Hitachi Energy has an opening for the position of Research Intern for investigation of generalizable AI/ML technology and its application in Grid protection. The hired intern will work under the supervision of Research Scientist(s) in North America Hitachi Energy Research (NAHER). For now, this position will be held remotely. Duration of internship: 6 months (the starting and finishing dates are negotiable)

Your responsibilities

• Evaluate methodologies to enhance Neural Architecture Search (NAS) to make it more gen-eralizable (to different data sources) and robust.
• Apply existing ML algorithms and multi-agent theory or propose new algorithms with applications in power grid protection (image and time series data).
• Reproduce results using the open-source codebases (e.g., GitHub).
• Run experiments on open-source datasets, and simulated dataset with time series and com-pare with established baselines.
• Write technical reports and/or submit papers in peer-reviewed conference.

Your background

• Minimum qualifications:
• PhD candidate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical engineering and Applied Mathematics.
• Excellent second year Master degree students with relevant experience are also welcome to apply.
• Extensive experience in coding in Python using its ML libraries (e.g., Tensorflow, Pytorch, Keras, Numpy, Scipy, SkLearn).
• Preferred qualifications:
• Third/Fourth year PhD candidature in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical engineering and Applied Mathematics
• Experience with basic ML algorithms (e.g., DNN, supervised and unsupervised learning)
• Experience with NAS, process, platforms, trends
• Familiarity with meta learning and multi-agent learning.
• Experience with Git.
• Graduate level knowledge on probability, statistical methods and optimization (e.g., MLE, Gradient Descent, logistic regression)
• Ability to do critical and innovative thinking
• Excellent communication skills (both written and spoken)

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries. In fiscal year 2020 we generated business volumes of around $10 billion USD as reported by Hitachi. www.hitachienergy.com

Publication date

2022-01-06

Reference Number

CA52535286_E1