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Business R&D Senior Professional

The opportunity

Hitachi Energy Transformer Business Unit in Greater China operates across 55 cities, employs over 1,900 staff, and manages 5 transformer manufacturing plants. More than 90% of its sales come from locally manufactured products. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of Transformers Products, Solutions and Services.  Transformers are essential in all electricity-related fields and applications, including power generation, transmission and distribution, oil, chemical and gas, industrial manufacturing, semiconductor and data centers, as well as building and transportation sectors.
 
Nearly half of our white-collar workforce comprises employees in engineering and scientific fields. Internally, we have targeted talent development programs for employees at different stages of their career development to build skills and competencies, foster training, support people to own career development, scale up organization for growth and execution.

How you’ll make an impact

1. You will conduct R&D and performance optimization of oil-paper insulation, solid dielectric materials for power transformers, and carry out insulation life assessment.

2. You will perform professional dielectric tests including dielectric loss, partial discharge, insulation withstand voltage, oil-paper aging test, dielectric response measurement and data analysis.

3. You will research insulation failure mechanism, analyze root causes of insulation defects, and put forward solutions to improve insulation system reliability.

4. You will establish dielectric test platform and formulate standardized test procedures in accordance with IEC, IEEE and GB standards; Provide technical support to factories in different stages of customer project execution such as design clarification and simulation as well as dielectric and pd failure investigations.

5. You will track global new dielectric technologies and promote the application of new insulation materials and processes in power transformers.

6. You will support in the global collaboration with scientists of Hitachi energy research team and technology centers, technology managers and engineers from the various factories. Lead the collaboration with universities and research institutes.

7. You will be responsible for ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

8. Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

1. You hold a master’s degree or above in Electrical Engineering, High Voltage and Insulation Technology, Material Science (Insulation Material Major) or related fields.

2. Minimum 5 years of working experience in dielectric R&D, testing or evaluation for power transformers, proficient in oil-paper insulation system technology.

3. You have good analytical skills, including simulation tools and have preferably have experience in designing and conducting experiments.

4. Solid expertise in dielectric characteristic test, partial discharge detection, insulation aging test and dielectric loss measurement.

5. Familiar with power transformer insulation structure design, dielectric material selection and relevant international industry standards.

6. Strong technical analysis ability, problem-solving skills and project execution capability, detail-oriented and team-oriented.
7. Fluent in English (written and spoken), capable of reading technical literature and writing professional reports.

More about us
We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules) :

1. Up to 30 days full paid leaves per year
2. Flexible Benefit program (Supplementary Pensions included)
3. Medical Insurance(outpatient and inpatient)
4. Long service awards
5. Flexible Working(subject to role)

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Welcome  Our selection process is continuous, and the position may be closed before the advertisement expires. So, if you are interested – don’t delay, apply today!  All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner: Hollie Tu, WeChat: Hollie0023.

Location Chongqing, China
Job type Full time
Experience Experienced
Job function Engineering & Science
Contract Regular
Publication date 2026-05-20
Reference number R0123430

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.