Business R&D Senior Professional

About the Role

Hitachi Energy India Development Centre (IDC) is a research and development facility focused on creating and sustaining digital solutions, new products, and technology. This includes product integration, testing, cybersecurity, and certification. IDC collaborates with R&D and Research centers globally.

Hitachi Energy is a leader in Power Quality Solutions (PQS), known for introducing Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology. The PQS R&D group in Chennai focuses on developing and evaluating functionalities for STATCOM, STATIC VAR Compensator (SVC), Series Compensator, and Synchronous Condensers. Hitachi Energy utilizes the MACH system for control, protection, and monitoring of FACTS solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and develop control philosophy for new and evolving technologies or improve control performance of existing technologies in the power quality domain.
• Implement, verify, and validate developed control and protection logic in the MACH control system.
• Perform simulation of control logics and verification in a software-in-the-loop environment using tools including MATLAB scripts, MATLAB Simulink, and PSCAD.
• Perform validation testing of the whole FACTS system in a hardware-in-the-loop environment with a real-time digital simulator setup (e.g., RTDS interfaced with the MACH system).
• Travel to sites to support R&D activities or troubleshoot ongoing FACTS projects.
• Be responsible for assigned deliverables in terms of quality, on-time delivery, and proactive communication of progress.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Uphold Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• ME Power Systems / ME Power Electronics degree.
• Experience or expertise in understanding/modeling of voltage sourced converters (VSC) for HVDC, FACTS is an advantage.
• Experience or expertise in simulation tools such as EMTDC / PSCAD, PSS/E, RTDS, and MATLAB is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of various power system concepts.
• Knowledge of performing power system studies such as load flow, short circuit, transient stability, and switching transients for utility / industrial systems.
• Good understanding of control design concepts of various controllers and power electronics applications in power systems (HV/EHV levels).
• Good knowledge of Power Systems equipment (e.g., Power Transformers, Capacitors, Reactors, Instrument Transformers, measuring equipment, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors, Surge Arrestors) and their purpose.