R&D Engineer - Data Scientist

The opportunity:

As a Senior Fatigue engineer, your main tasks will be to execute fatigue evaluation and simulations for critical R&D projects. You will also be involved in studies and new product development, and you will support R&D teams on simulation designs and provide technical guidance.

Your Responsibilities:

• Understand and identify the current and future Offshore Wind Connections (OWC) product challenges and implement effective solutions HV equipment fatigue evaluation and design quality control.
• Independently execute HV equipment fatigue evaluation.
• Proactively provide design suggestions in R&D projects and update relevant technologies and solutions in OWC industry.
• Technology leader, provide experience and expertise in projects and Support Hitachi Energy in OWC standards advocacy.
• Coaching the junior engineers and design fatigue test to validate the simulation results.
• Drive failure analysis, RCA (Root cause analysis), and design of experiments (DOE).
• 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:

• Master's or PhD in applied/fatigue Mechanics, structural engineering
• Over 10 years of hands-on experience in the design and analysis of naval structures, ensuring compliance with industry standards and addressing specific fatigue and structural mechanics challenges.
• Excellent expertise in finite element method (FEM) simulation using Abaqus or ANSYS.
• Ability to design and set up mechanical experiments to validate simulation results and investigate material properties and structural performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of addressing complex structural and fatigue issues.
• In-depth knowledge of industrial standards for electrical equipment design or naval structure fatigue design
• Fluency in English -written and spoken. Good collaboration and communication skills to thrive in multi-cultural environment.

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Client-provided location(s): Chennai, India

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-147559

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-30T23:38:53