Global Product Specialist Automation-Digital Power Conversion Solutions

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You will support the development and evolution of automation and digital solutions for power converter and grid-connected applications by working with product managers sales application engineering customers and cross-functional teams. The role involves gathering and structuring market requirements supporting technology assessments identifying gaps between current and future application needs contributing to business cases and roadmap activities and helping validate solutions against defined requirements. You will also support documentation product improvements technical change requests and knowledge-sharing activities. By helping align product requirements with grid codes operational technology cybersecurity requirements data management regulations and customer needs you will contribute to reliable compliant and evolving solutions used in modern power systems renewable energy applications battery energy storage systems and related grid automation environments.

• Collect and structure market trends and customer requirements with product managers sales and application engineering.
• Ensure product solutions comply with grid codes cybersecurity requirements OT operational standards and data management regulations.
• Work with key customers to discuss new developments and requirements.
• Support benchmarking activities for competitor solutions and emerging IT and OT technologies.
• Help assess gaps between current automation and digital solutions and future application needs.
• Develop business cases and studies to support closure of identified technology gaps and portfolio development.
• Contribute to validation activities by reviewing test plans performance data and compliance against requirements.
• Collaborate with R&D sales and tendering and operations while supporting training and knowledge sharing related to power converter applications.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations procedures and guidelines.

• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
• Bachelors or masters degree in automation engineering computer science or a related field.
• Two to five years of relevant experience with power converters inverters electrical grid automation system integration or solution development within the renewable energy or battery energy storage sectors.
• Experience with power converters inverters electrical grid automation system integration or solution development within renewable energy or battery energy storage applications.
• Knowledge of power systems low- medium- and high-voltage electrical equipment and power generation equipment.
• Knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) industrial and electrical communication protocols supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems plant networking control systems plant automation grid-code compliance and OT cybersecurity.
• Fluency in English.

You will gain exposure to cross-functional collaboration product development activities and evolving grid automation and digital technologies.

• Work on innovative energy technologies related to grid automation power converters renewable energy and battery energy storage applications.
• Collaborate with experienced professionals across product management R&D sales tendering operations and application engineering.
• Access learning and development opportunities through training knowledge sharing and product and system learning activities.
• Health and retirement benefits are available as part of the employee benefits program.
• Paid leave and flexibility programs are available in accordance with company policies and applicable programs.
  

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