Graduate Electrical Design Engineer (High voltage) 2 year FTC

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition acrosscurrent and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team!

In this role as a Graduate Electrical Design Engineer (High voltage). You will work on real-world projects from day one, contributing to the design, development, and delivery of cutting-edge electrical systems and solutions. Whether you're passionate about power systems, control engineering, or sustainable technologies, we’ll help you grow your skills and shape your future.

Please note this role is direct entry into the department on a 2-year Fixed term contract and not on a graduate rotation scheme. Location of the posting will be hybrid (3 days in office) central Birmingham. Please note we are unable to provide visa support on this position (including student visa).

How You’ll make an impact

System design for HV substation at High Voltage level.

Participating in or leading design review meetings to detect design errors, process, and tool inefficiencies, and putting in place corrective and improvement actions.

Discuss with other departments / stakeholders to prepare the Division of works.

Producing design using CAD and other design software.

Validate the design drawings / documents provide by sub supplier to meet customer specification and Internal Standards

Work together with our customers, both internally and externally, to ensure our delivery is according to their requirements and standards.

Collaborating and networking with engineering colleagues, sharing best practice across different projects and disciplines

You will have the opportunity to travel abroad and participate in our product test in factories.

You will have the freedom to plan and organize your daily work together with a lot of problem-solving.

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 in electrical engineering.

Technical co-ordination with suppliers and project stakeholders in different locations.

Willingness to travel to project sites and our other offices.

You are a natural problem solver who enjoys meeting new challenges.

You enjoy communicating and to collaborate with various of people in your work.

You are based in the UK, and you have the right to work in the UK

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.