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Test Engineer

Hitachi Energy
South Boston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/12/2026
The Opportunity

Bring your technical expertise to the forefront of innovation at Hitachi Energy. As a Test Engineer focused on liquid-filled transformers, you will play a vital role in ensuring our products meet the highest standards of performance, quality, and reliability. This is an opportunity to work on complex engineering challenges, apply advanced testing methods, and directly influence customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

In this role, you will collaborate across disciplines, lead investigations into test issues, and help shape continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen our testing capabilities. Your work will support safety-first operations, data-driven decision-making, and quality-at-source practices—while contributing to products that power communities and industries around the world. If you enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring others, and seeing your technical impact translate into real-world results, this role offers meaningful and visible contribution.

How You’ll Make An Impact

  • Execute advanced test protocols to ensure product compliance and performance
  • Promote a safe, accident-free work environment through proactive safety practices
  • Improve test methods to increase efficiency, accuracy, and reliability
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret test data to verify requirements
  • Support quality-at-source by training operators on basic test routines
  • Lead investigations into test failures using root cause analysis tools
  • Develop certified test reports, metrics, and technical recommendations
  • Collaborate with customers and internal teams to resolve complex technical issues

Your Background

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
  • 2 years of experience testing liquid-filled distribution or traction transformers
  • Strong knowledge of ANSI, IEEE, IEC, and related transformer standards
  • Proven troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
  • Clear, effective communication with internal and external partners
  • Experience working in cross-functional engineering environments


More About Us

  • Hitachi Energy is advancing a sustainable energy future through innovation and collaboration
  • We offer opportunities to grow technical expertise, lead initiatives, and expand impact
  • You’ll be part of an inclusive, safety-focused culture that values learning and development

Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

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.

Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to encouraging inclusion in the workplace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy’s career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Resumes and applications will not be accepted through this method.

For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit this website.

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