Hitachi ABB Power Grids

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn from others. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

In Grid Integration Service Solutions, we are at the forefront of the digital revolution. We build digital solutions that help our customers to increase the reliability of their electrical / power quality substations while optimizing operations and maintenance costs. For our growing R&D team, we are looking for a substation / FACTS subject matter expert who makes our develops products / solutions ready for the future by digitalizing our know-how, combining physical models with data-driven models, moving from diagnostics to prognostics, and aligning reliability solutions across our business. Are you a result-oriented team player who fosters a positive work culture? Are you ready to drive digitalization and innovation for rapidly changing power grids? Are you willing to continuously drive improvement and able to convince both technologists and business executives? Then do not hesitate and submit your application today!

Your responsibilities

• Be a thought leader and a doer in substation reliability, risk, and asset performance models
• Own the end-to-end product development by acting as product owner and interfacing between customer and customer representatives (e.g. product managers) and development team
• Translate business ideas into development user stories
• Develop processes, tools, templates, and guidelines as part of HAPG standard and new offering productization
• Act as focal point and «go to» person for substation / FACTS service activities such as maintenance, retrofits, upgrades, and extensions
• Create knowledge and consolidate the rich product and service know-how and expertise of HAPG units into product requirements and eventually products
• Document our solutions in concise and convincing technical reports and whitepapers

Your background

• University degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in electrical engineering or similar
• Solid experience in electrical substation/FACTS maintenance and understanding of failure modes, their effects, and mitigation actions
• Experience in planning and execution of inspection, preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities for grid and/or power quality products
• Knowledge of electrical system spares and experience in engineering and execution of retrofits, upgrades, and extensions of power and power quality systems
• Understanding and preferably experience of state of art condition-based, reliability-centered and risk-based maintenance in addition to standard time-based maintenance
• Excellent communication, presentation, and technical writing skills proven by your ability in formulating complex topics in simple languages

More about us

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centres. With a proven track record, global footprint and unparalleled installed base, Hitachi ABB Power Grids balances social, environmental and economic values, and is committed to powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid. www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com

Publication date

2022-01-28

Reference Number

PL52077785_E3