HVDC Control & Protection Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Location:

Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Job ID:

R0090888

Date Posted:

2025-05-08

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY GERMANY AG

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Do you want to enable green energy transition, and together with colleagues build customized embedded control systems consisting of both software and hardware to meet our customers' and the world's needs for sustainable, flexible, and secure energy?

We are convinced that HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) technology, solutions for energy transfer with direct current at high voltages, is a long-term sustainable solution. The technology is used for energy transmission over long distances and to connect electricity networks with minimal losses. In addition to energy transfer, HVDC technology also alleviates electricity quality problems and can contribute to the stabilization of connected power grids. For offshore wind power or long-distance underwater transmissions, direct current is the only realistic energy transmission alternative.

The opportunity

In this role as a Software Engineer you will be a part of a Global HVDC Control & Protection Software team in the system supervision & communication department . Our team is responsible for Converter Control, Protection, System Solutions, Sequence & Interlocking, System Supervision & System Communication, Auxiliary Power Systems and Simulation & Verification.

How you'll make an impact

• You'll be part of all phases of delivery, which includes design, maintenance, testing, integration, verification, and deployment of the software functions
• You're responsible for safe and reliable operations of plants and transmission links, with the opportunity to also travel internationally for short assignments to our sites for Commissioning and costumer meetings
• Working with documentation and customer trainings
• You have a sense of responsibility and ownership, being capable of planning and organizing your daily work
• To be a problem solver who takes initiatives to solve challenges together with stakeholders
• You are 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

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree within a relevant field, such as Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, High Voltage, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering
• Fluent in spoken and written German and English
• You have experience within software development and programming
• You have an interest or experience in digital control technology, signal processing and filtering
• You have an interest or experience from the electric power industry

What we offer

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