Electrical Engineer

Join Hitachi Energy as an Electrical Engineer in South Boston, Virginia, and become a vital part of our innovative team. Whether you're optimizing designs or collaborating across departments, your work will directly contribute to delivering high-quality, reliable energy solutions. At Hitachi Energy, we value creativity, integrity, and a commitment to excellence. This is your opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive and dynamic environment, where your contributions will help shape the future of sustainable energy.

• Design power and distribution transformers using advanced tools and customer specifications
• Collaborate with mechanical, purchasing, sales, manufacturing, and testing teams
• Prepare and manage technical documentation across departments
• Order and track materials for transformer production
• Support manufacturing processes and provide customer service for approved designs
• Analyze new proposals, specifications, and product requirements
• Lead engineering initiatives using innovative concepts and processes
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 2 years of experience in transformer design or research
• Experience supporting transformer manufacturing and customer service
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and AutoCAD
• Prior experience with distribution or power transformer design
• Must have work authorization to work in the U.S.

We empower our people with opportunities to innovate, grow, and build expertise within a global engineering organization.

We invest in digital engineering capabilities that improve customer value, product quality, and operational performance.

We foster an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible work environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation.

We are committed to advancing a sustainable energy future by developing technologies that improve the reliability and efficiency of the world’s power infrastructure.

As part of the hiring process, Hitachi Energy conducts pre-employment background checks that may include verification of employment history, education, criminal records, and other relevant information, in accordance with applicable laws.

For certain roles—particularly those involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions—additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required. These may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.

The scope and depth of any background or security review will be determined based on the nature of the role and business necessity, and will always be conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Candidates will be notified and, where required, asked to provide consent prior to the initiation of any such checks.

Location South Boston, Virginia, United States of America

Job type Full time

Work arrangement On-Site

Experience Experienced

Job function Engineering & Science

Contract Regular

Publication date

Reference number R0140905

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate…