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Protection Relay Engineer

The opportunity:

Join Hitachi Energy as a Protection Engineer and be the product expert. This role allows you to gain in-depth knowledge of the market and provide our clients with the best-in-class product. You'll play a crucial role in making a significant impact on our business growth and customer satisfaction. This is your chance to work in a global environment where your expertise and creativity will be highly valued.

Your responsibilities:

  • Leading up to site commissioning to ensure projects are executed in accordance with company procedures, contract specifications/requirements and schedule commitments, quality standards, health, safety & environment requirements.
  • You will be with hands on experience on high voltage protection and control system engineering design including schematics preparation, review of engineering documents, protection relay configuration and setting, testing commissioning/ troubleshooting.
  • Knowledge of substation primary equipment & basic protection functions is desirable.
  • Power system, substation, MV/HV switchgear and protection relay knowledge is an advantage.
  • Familiarity with substation automation systems, Remote Terminal Unit (RTU), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Gateways will be a key differentiator.
     

Your background:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferable in Engineering Major in Electrical or Automation Control or similar field.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in SAS/SCADA or protection relay domain.
• Ability to travel & support project teams & site issues in a site with limited resources.
• Connecting with large and diverse teams spread across APAC region with varied culture and languages for knowledge and return of experience sharing.
• Flexibility to work with evolving technology and Back-office resources remotely located for detail engineering.
• Proficiency in both Spoken and Written English is mandatory.

More about us:

At Hitachi Energy, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where you can grow and develop. We value safety and integrity, taking responsibility for our actions while caring for our colleagues and the business. Join us and be part of a team that is powering good for a sustainable energy future.

If you have any inquiry about our job openings in Taiwan, please feel free to email us at elly.hsu@hitachienergy.com.

Location Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan;
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Job type Full time
Experience Entry Level
Job function Engineering & Science
Contract Regular
Publication date 2025-04-23
Reference number R0090682

About Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.