Power Systems Engineer

About the position

Hitachi America, Ltd. has openings for postdoc position in the Energy Solution Laboratory located in Silicon Valley. The laboratory focuses on research, technology innovation, proof-of-concept activities, technical marketing and business development for novel energy solutions, leveraging Hitachi's technologies, reinforcing Hitachi's messaging around IoT technologies, and establishing Hitachi as a leader in big data. More information about the research done at the Big Data Laboratory can be found at: http://www.hitachi-america.us/rd/about_us/bdl/ More information about Hitachi IoT technology in Smart Industry can be found at: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/solutions/iot-insights/industrial-iot.html

Requirements

• PhD with 1-3 years of experiences in power system, power electronics, edge device, cyber security, communication and hardware implementations.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or any other related degree.
• Previous research related to communication and data protocols such as modbus, DNP3, RS485, CAN, MQTT, Kafka, IEEE 61850, WIFI, Cellular, WAN/LAN, AWS, cloud-edge communication, etc.
• Expert knowledge of distribution power flow analytics, nature of electrical loads is preferred.
• Proficiency in Python is a must.
• Familiar with popular database software, i.e. Postgres etc. is preferred.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi America's variable pay program, subject to the program's conditions and restrictions.