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Electrical Design Engineer –Insulation & Component: Bushing

The opportunity

Hitachi Energy seeks a Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Insulation & Component Bushing) for its Transformer Business at the Global Engineering Center in Vadodara, India. Transformers BU team leverages innovative and diverse technology to transform energy, delivering social, environmental, and economic value and enabling a sustainable energy future for current and future generations. The business’s comprehensive portfolio includes power transformers, traction transformers, insulation and components, digital sensors, and transformer services. The Company’s transformers have been deployed across power generation, transmission, and distribution to metals and mining, oil and gas, commercial and infrastructure projects, and mobility. As the grid becomes more complex, the transformers play an increasingly vital role in improving power quality and network management. The Company is proud to introduce its TXpert™ Ecosystem, the next level in transformer digitalization, further advancing its commitment to innovation and sustainability.

Join our Electrical design team for Configure-to-Order and help shape the future of modular transformer design. In this role, you will develop standardized design modules and a configurable product portfolio that accelerates quotation and design processes, reduces lead times, and improves product quality. If you enjoy combining engineering expertise with system thinking and automation, this is the opportunity for you.

How you’ll make an impact

• Create and modify equipment designs with a strong focus on modular design principles and the development of a configurable variants’ portfolio.
• Build standardized design modules, product configurators, and tools that streamline quotation and design workflows, ensuring iterative improvements to meet evolving market needs.
• Identify risks and opportunities to simplify designs, boost reuse, and automate processes.
• Collaborate Globally - Work with customers and cross-functional teams to translate needs into modular rules and product structures.
• Shape the Future - Build and maintain product configurators, define configuration logic, and improve tools and processes for scalability.
• Develop libraries of reusable components and ensure manufacturability, cost-efficiency, and performance.
• Implement configuration logic and validation rules.
• Continuously improve engineering modulation processes, tools, and design quality.

Main Accountabilities are:

• Develop module Electrical designs meeting customer requirements.
• Create standard designs and assemblies suitable for various factories globally.
• Develop modules reflecting different customer-oriented requirements.
• Organize Bushing design into distinct modules to decrease lead time.
• Create and validate standard modules and configurable assemblies.
• Evaluate customer requirements and provide comprehensive solutions for the engineering value chain.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as product management, operations, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain to collect and integrate design requirements.
• Assess current and future design modules and optimization needs in relation to project and business objectives.
• Ensure modular designs align with manufacturability and component availability.
• Support selection of standardized components.
• Validate modules and assemblies to ensure manufacturing accuracy.
• Produce standard customer drawings, manufacturing drawings, and release Bill of Materials.

• Add separate module lists to simplify part ordering.

Your background

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 5–12 years of experience in design engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a process-oriented mindset.
• Ability to work independently and in multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and driven ownership.
• Open to change, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in CAD tools (e.g., Creo), Ansys simulation.
• Knowledge of Lean Engineering or Design for Configuration principles.
• Proven experience in modular design and product standardization.
• Experience in modulation design processes.

Ready to make an impact?
Apply now and help us build the future of modular transformer design!

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