Business R&D Senior Professional

Location:

Hefei, Anhui, China

Job ID:

R0117142

Date Posted:

2026-01-30

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY (CHINA) LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

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 infuse creativity into R&D projects with your innovative ideas from Electrical design and propose follow-up initiatives within your technical domain, serve as a valuable R&D project member and, as a potential project or sub-project leader, ensure alignment with goals in time, cost, and quality. Coordinate activities with a strong grasp of R&D processes and tools.

2. You will contribute to product cost out improvements foreseen under R&D projects and dedicated to Hefei location; support development of design portfolio manufactured in Hefei and define Design of Experiments for validating the proposed solutions.

3. You will design and supervision of the manufacturing and testing of the prototypes, document project progress, obtain conclusions and derive the design rules of the validated solutions.

4. You will recognize the importance of intellectual property to our business, engage in IP discussions, prepare project clearance reports, and identify risks in R&D projects and support other R&D colleagues from all Hitachi Energy R&D community by analyzing and optimizing the electrical design of other R&D projects.

5. You will provide punctual technical support to factories, marketing team and customers.

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

7. 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

1. You hold a bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.

2. Minimum 5 to 8 Years of experience in Electrical design, preferably in Transformers. Experience in Research & Development in a Business environment will be an advantage.

3. Preferably knowledge of magnetic, dielectric and/or thermal design.

4. Background in use of electrical FEM simulation or 2D circuit simulation will be a benefit.

5. Initiative, creativity, “out of the box” thinking and great attention to detail and collaborative, solution-oriented approach, and strong communication skills.

6. Proficiency in English communication.

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: Cherry Zhang, WeChat: cherryzhang2023.

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