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R&D Electrical Engineer

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The Opportunity:

Join our global R&D team developing liquid-filled distribution transformers that power homes and industries. Work on well-defined projects directly tied to business needs and customer demands.

Collaborate with enthusiastic electrical, mechanical, and testing experts in a positive, open environment. Turn concepts into prototypes, run laboratory validations, and create practical design rules.

​Engage across functions, from factories to sale, solving real technical challenges that boost performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Gain broad exposure, build networks, and grow your expertise in transformer technology.

How you'll make an impact:

  • Propose and analyze innovative ideas in the electrical design of distribution transformers to fulfill the challenging technical requirements of transformer for new markets.
  • Define Design of Experiments for validating the proposed solutions
  • Design and supervision of the manufacturing and testing of the prototypes.
  • Lead the R&D project execution, to ensure the performance, time and cost are within the expectations.
  • Document project progress, obtain conclusions and derive the design rules of the validated solutions.
  • Protect the validated solutions by applying the corresponding IP solution.
  • Support other R&D colleagues from all Hitachi Energy R&D community by analyzing and optimizing the electrical design of other R&D projects.
  • Provide punctual technical support to factories, salespeople and customers.
  • Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

  • MSc in Electrical Engineering or similar. Higher formal educational will be meriting.
  • Experience in electrical design of transformers – nice to have.
  • Knowledge of magnetic, dielectric and/or thermal design
  • Background in use of electrical FEM simulation shall be well valuable.
  • Initiative, creativity, “out of the box” thinking and great attention to detail
  • Collaborative, solution-oriented approach, and strong communication skills
  • Project managements skills
  • Good command of English, both written and spoken

We are committed to full transparency and compliance with all legal requirements, ensuring that every candidate knows exactly what to expect at each stage of the recruitment process. Once the process is successfully completed, we will share detailed information about financial conditions and benefits with the selected candidate. Before signing the employment contract, you will receive all remaining details of the offer, giving you the time and space to review everything carefully.

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Location Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Job type Full time
Experience Experienced
Job function Engineering & Science
Contract Regular
Publication date 2026-03-23
Reference number R0123916

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.