R&D Senior Engineer 2 (Application Specialist)

Role Overview: As a Senior Application Specialist at Hitachi Energy's Automation and Communication business in Bangalore, you will play a crucial role in the development of protection and control products for power generation, transmission, and sub-transmission network applications. Key Responsibilities: - Take ownership of the main application technology for protection and control of the entire power system field. - Research, build, and standardize end customer solutions for different system configurations, addressing application and customer-related issues. - Review technical descriptions and user documentation to ensure quality standards are met. - Participate in the Change Control Board (CCB) for application-related issues and quality assessment. - Collaborate with the requirement development team (RDT) and team process development to analyze and breakdown requirements. - Stay updated with technological trends in power system protection and control by monitoring workshops and seminars. - Drive research activities, create documents on application technology roadmap, and investigate technology solutions. - Lead a small team to resolve customer issues and prototype/test technological solutions. - Ensure compliance with external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Qualifications Required: - Masters degree or PhD in electrical engineering with 5-10 years of experience in R&D or product development. - Strong team player with project management skills in an agile and lean organization. - Ability to analyze complex challenges, collect data, and draw valid conclusions. - Flexible, well-organized, and solutions-oriented with excellent interpersonal skills. - Proficiency in spoken and written English language. Please note that this job description is focused on the role of a Senior Application Specialist at Hitachi Energy's Automation and Communication business in Bangalore.,