R&D Simulation Engineer

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Job ID:

R0079760

Date Posted:

2025-04-07

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY USA INC

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The Opportunity
Step into the future of energy innovation with Hitachi Energy. We’re looking for a passionate and curious R&D Simulation Engineer to join our dynamic Agile scrum team. Based in a collaborative environment, you’ll be at the heart of developing and refining the core software that powers global energy markets.

This is more than just a coding role—it’s a chance to reverse engineer complex systems, bring new features to life, and shape the digital backbone of the energy transition. You’ll work closely with product managers, developers, and technical experts to ensure our solutions meet the highest standards of performance and reliability.

If you thrive on solving puzzles, love working with mathematical models, and want to make a real-world impact, this is your opportunity to shine.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Reverse engineer and enhance mathematical models for power market simulations

• Design and implement new features across a diverse tech stack

• Write clean, efficient, and scalable code to solve real-world challenges

• Develop and execute unit tests to ensure software quality

• Collaborate in code reviews and contribute to team knowledge sharing

• Support technical research and customer-focused problem solving

• Participate in Agile development cycles and continuous improvement

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

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related quantitative field

• 3–5 years of industry experience coding in C# (preferred) or C, C++, Python, MATLAB

• Strong analytical skills and ability to reverse engineer complex logic

• Familiarity with mathematical modeling, optimization, and solvers like Gurobi or CPLEX

• Experience working in Agile development environments is a plus

• Exposure to power systems or energy market software is a bonus

• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States

More About Us
We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

• Health Care medical (PPO, CDHP with HSA, HMO), dental, and vision

• Financial Wellbeing Employer-sponsored pension – 401(k) Program with generous company match and contribution, Life/AD&D Insurance, disability insurance

• Family Care Life and Family (Legal, pet, auto, home, identity theft, etc.), special needs support, and adoption assistance

• Work-Life Enhanced leave programs (FMLA, Military Service Leave, Maternal, Paternal, adoption, vacation, and holiday)

• Employee Engagement and Development Employee Resource Groups (depending on location), tuition reimbursement program

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