Location:
Baden, Aargau, SwitzerlandJob ID:
R0110693Date Posted:
2025-10-29Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY LTDProfession (Job Category):
Engineering & ScienceJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
NoJob Description:
The Opportunity
Join Hitachi Energy’s Grid Automation & Communication organization as a Senior System Test Engineer at our accredited System Verification and Validation Center (SVC) in Baden, Switzerland. You'll contribute to the verification and validation of substation automation systems while collaborating with global stakeholders. This is your chance to drive system quality to the next level and inspire a team with your expertise and commitment to excellence.
How you'll make an impact
Ensure verification and validation activities for Substation Automation Systems at the system integration level
Support SVC operations with expert knowledge in Substation Automation and IEC 61850
Collaborate with R&D and other business units, offering technical expertise
Design, execute, and report on test activities in an incremental approach, ensuring on-time delivery
Define system-level test concepts and specifications in collaboration with global teams and product management
Align test strategies and processes with global verification and validation principles
Create high-quality guidelines and concepts to support worldwide system integration projects
Enhance existing testing techniques and processes within our automation and communication verification and validation organization
Your background
Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT, Electrical Engineering, or technical diploma (TS/HF)
Minimum 5 years of experience in engineering, testing, or commissioning of substation automation systems with IEC 61850
Solid knowledge of testing approaches and processes focused on system integration (ISTQB Foundation Level certification preferred)
Ability to work independently on complex configuration and testing tasks
Strong team player who can coordinate activities effectively in the test center
Excellent writing and communication skills to represent SVC professionally
Fluency in English (spoken and written); knowledge of German is an advantage
Candidates should preferably hold a Swiss work permit and have availability to travel if required
More about us
Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.
We also offer:
Discounted conditions in our daycare centres in Baden and Oerlikon
Extra days off between Christmas and New Year
Discount on memberships at various fitness centres
Attractive pension benefits with our company pension fund
Diversity: Promotion of diversity and inclusion and cultural offers, credit cards, petrol, etc.)
Extra days off between Christmas and New Year
Numerous exciting career and training opportunities within Hitachi Energy
Top Skills
What We Do
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.
