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
We are looking for a research scientist with expertise in modelling and dynamics of the power systems to join our team in Mannheim/DE. You will join a dynamic, motivated and creative team with a broad range of experience and competences. As part of our team, you will combine theory with practice, creating, testing and validating new technologies to enable the energy transition.
Your responsibilities
- Propose, contribute to and lead industrial research projects in the domain of power systems management, optimization, and control for the next generations of products and systems for power grids, green energy and related fields.
- Collaborate with our global team of researchers in Hitachi Energy Research and our business units to identify and solve complex research challenges for our customers through expertise of dynamic analysis of power systems, real-time control and power system stability.
- Serve as the power system dynamics and modeling expert in interdisciplinary teams of power systems, mathematical optimization, data science, AI, and SW experts
- Propose and work on ideas and concepts of new approaches to create, run and exploit real-time control of power systems solutions with business impact, turn them into prototypes and verify them.
- Network in the company and actively distribute your knowledge and expertise.
- Collaborate with our Hitachi Energy business units and research centers, universities, and industrial partners.
- Disseminate your results in scientific publications, patent applications, and technical reports.
Your background
- Masters or PhD degree or equivalent industrial experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Control and Automation, Physics, or any related field.
- Expertise in the physics of the power systems - modeling of power system components (both traditional and modern components - HVDC, AC/DC grids, RES/BESS…) and electric power systems as a whole.
- Experience in real-time control and the stability of the power systems.
- Proficiency in programming: Python or similar high level programming language is a must; proficiency in AMPL, C++, C# is an advantage.
- Experience in designing and running numerical simulation algorithms for power systems and analyzing results.
- Knowledge of mathematical optimization, and/or AI/ML is an advantage
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, team player attitude, initiative, and creativity.
- Fluency in English, 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 and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com Interested in joining our team? If so, we look forward to receiving your full application (motivation letter, CV, references) only via our online careers tool. Hitachi Energy Germany AG Mike Meyer Talent Acquisition
Publication date
2022-03-07
Reference Number
DE52895527_E2