Lead Electrical Engineer - Data Center

The Opportunity
Join Hitachi Energy as a Data Center Transformer Specialist and help shape the electrical backbone of the world's most advanced digital infrastructure. In this role, you'll become a trusted expert driving the electrical design, performance optimization, and standardization of power transformers engineered specifically for hyperscale and colocation data centers.

You'll collaborate across global engineering, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams to deliver robust, efficient, and scalable transformer solutions that power cloud services, AI growth, and high-availability digital ecosystems.

If you thrive in a fast-growing sector, love solving complex engineering challenges, and want to influence next-generation data center technologies, this is your chance to make a meaningful global impact-while advancing your career in an innovative, people-centered organization.
How You'll Make an Impact

• Lead electrical design for advanced data center transformers, including winding concepts, losses, insulation, and performance optimization.
• Develop calculations, simulations, and engineering documentation for bids and execution.
• Align designs with IEEE, IEC, and customer-specific requirements.
• Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, cooling, and system engineering teams.
• Participate in customer design reviews and present engineering rationale.
• Support testing, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Drive innovation and standardization in materials, design methods, and digital enhancements.
• Provide technical input for tenders, vendor evaluations, and project delivery.
  Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; Master's preferred.
• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience, ideally with power transformers or data center applications.
• Deep knowledge of transformer electrical design, insulation systems, losses, and short-circuit behavior.
• Strong understanding of IEEE/IEC transformer standards.
• Experience collaborating across global, multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Familiarity with analysis and simulation tools such as Trafostar/Spectra.

• We empower our people with global opportunities for growth, innovation, and continuous learning.
• We are committed to advancing a sustainable energy future and enabling technologies that benefit society.
• We foster an inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment where every voice matters.