R&D Engineer

Business Information:

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility with around 500 R&D engineers, specialists, and experts, who focus on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification.  The India Development Centre is situated in Chennai and Bangalore.

IDC collaborates with the R&D and Research centres of Hitachi Energy, which are spread across more than 15 locations throughout 12 countries.

In the past 20 years, IDC has secured more than 200 international papers and 150+ patents.

Mission Statement:

As part of an agile software organization, you will work in a stimulating and global environment characterized by both collaboration and independent work. The IED Software platform team within R&D develops and maintains the software platform for our products, globally. Being our Software Developer will make you a part of an experienced development team that value great team spirit and work according to SCRUM. Here, you will design and develop new functions as well as maintain and support the existing platform. This position will give you the chance to broaden your knowledge in development and maintenance of advanced embedded real-time systems for critical applications.

Your Responsibilities:

• As a R&D Engineer Embedded Software developer you will be a part of the software platform development team and report to the R&D Team Manager.

• Develop, maintain, and provide regularly support for advanced embedded real-time software.

• Translate the business requirements into software design concepts.

• Maintenance and support in troubleshooting of complex customer support cases

• Document the software.

• Be delivery and deadline oriented.

• Live Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.            

• 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:

• B.E (EEE/ECE/CSE) with 3 to 5 years with experience in Embedded Software development

• In depth knowledge in RTOS (Real Time Operating System) is must, RTLinux or VxWorks preferred

• RTOS and C++ working experience is a must

• Working experience in embedded C is an advantage

• Additional in software analysis tools, communication protocols/stacks, Industrial IoT, or distributed systems is a plus

• Experience of managing agile software development (SCRUM) will be to your advantage

• Passionate to operate in an international team setup committed to agile principles

• Good communication skills, team player attitude and technical leadership ambition

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.