R&D Associate Engineer

The Opportunity

As a R&D Engineer, you will play a key role as technical lead in design & development of high voltage circuit breaker. You shall demonstrate a strong Thermal and Fluid Dynamics background combined with excellent analytical and project management skills and hands-on experience with state-of-the-art design techniques.

How you'll make an impact

• Contribute to new product and core component development of High Voltage Circuit Breakers in close cooperation with engineers and technical experts.
• Perform Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis using in-house /commercial solvers.
• Contribute to mechanical design aspects in the ongoing projects
• Perform Heat Transfer and Flow related calculations.
• Design documentation (Development report, analysis report, assembly & test instruction, test specification etc.)
• Perform DFMEA, DOE, PPAP etc.
• Perform root cause analysis,
• Coordination with various cross functional stakeholders.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• 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.Tech./M.Tech. (Mechanical, specializing in Design with 4-5 years of experience)
• Experience in Design & Development of circuit breakers is an added advantage
• Working Knowledge of 3D CAD packages (Creo preferred)
• Hands-on experience in CFD tools - Ansys Fluent
• Working knowledge of design process/quality tools like DFMEA, DFM, DFA, DMAIC, DOE etc.
• Working knowledge of IEC standards and type testing of switchgear
• Ability to work in a global environment
• Innovative & creative thinking ability
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required

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Client-provided location(s): Vadodara, India

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-173527

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-20T23:33:38