Engineer Switchgear R&D 80-100% (f/m/d)

DescriptionHitachi Energy, High Voltage Products, is renowned worldwide as a specialist for power transmission and distribution. Our unit Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS), based in Zürich-Oerlikon, is active in the development and production of gas insulated switching systems. We ensure the high reliability of our systems by using state-of-the-art development tools and methods.Join our team in the R&D department for gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) as a (Senior) Engineer Switchgear R&D 80-100% (f/m/d)You will act as the technical conscience of our GIS product portfolio by being responsible for our product master data.We offer you a job in a dynamic and agile environment with ambitious goals in a modern R&D department. You will work at the intersection of technology, product development and production of high voltage switchgear. You will work and be integrated in a team of experts in the field of high voltage switchgear technologies and thus have the possibility to extend and deepen your knowledge.Your responsibilitiesManaging of small development projectsResponsibility for products from our GIS portfolioElaboration of innovative product solutions following standards, design rules, guidelines, and internal processes.Ensure quality of suppliers, production locations and partsCollaborate with globally distributed partners e.g. R&D Centers, Product Management, Supply Chain Management, Production Lines, Sales.Analyze and solve interdisciplinary problems in test laboratories and in production lines.Your backgroundMechanical engineer, electrical engineer, physicist or closely related fields with at minimum a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with at least two years of experience in a related fieldApprenticeship as a designer is a plusHigh voltage switchgear experience is desirable but not a mustAbility to work well in a multicultural, multidisciplinary and globally distributed team.Creative, independent and solution-oriented approachSoftware skills or open to acquiring them (MS Office, 3D CAD, ERP, …)Good knowledge of English and German