Location:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJob ID: R0136224Date Posted:2026-08-25Company Name:HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDProfession (Job Category):Engineering &amp; ScienceJob Schedule: Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:<h1>Job title: Service Development Team Lead</h1><h1>The opportunity:</h1>We are looking for a Service Development Team Lead in the India Development Centre. You will guide the development, maintenance, quality, and operation of strategic digital service solutions focused on asset reliability, predictive analytics, digital twins, and lifecycle intelligence. The role combines people leadership, delivery execution, technical coordination, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with product owners, solution architects, quality leaders, operations, and global technology leadership. This is an opportunity to shape scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while developing engineering talent and strengthening delivery excellence in a global environment.<h1>How you’ll make an impact:</h1><ul><li>Lead and develop the India Development Center team delivering digital service solutions.</li><li>Recruit, coach, mentor, and retain talent while building capabilities and succession plans.</li><li>Ensure predictable execution of roadmap commitments across development, testing, release, maintenance, and operations.</li><li>Manage delivery risks, dependencies, priorities, resources, and stakeholder expectations.</li><li>Provide technical direction and maintain alignment with architecture, quality, security, and operational requirements.</li><li>Promote engineering best practices, cloud-native development, DevOps, automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.</li><li>Ensure solution maintainability, reliability, scalability, observability, and operational readiness across the lifecycle.</li><li>Drive performance through meaningful indicators, transparent reporting, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Support the evolution of artificial intelligence, analytics, reliability, and digital twin capabilities.</li><li>Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Uphold Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity by taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.</li></ul><h1>Your background:</h1><ul><li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.</li><li>At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, digital products, or cloud solution delivery, including at least 3 years leading teams.</li><li>Strong understanding of research and development processes, software engineering practices, and continuous improvement methods.</li><li>Experience working in Agile, DevOps, and continuous integration and continuous delivery environments.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Azure, cloud-native architectures, digital product lifecycles, software development, and deployment.</li><li>Knowledge of cybersecurity, software quality, verification, validation, and lifecycle governance.</li><li>Experience with digital twins, asset reliability, asset management, industrial Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, analytics, or data engineering.</li><li>Strong people leadership, coaching, stakeholder management, communication, analytical thinking, customer focus, and ability to balance strategy with operational execution.</li></ul><h1>More about us</h1>You will collaborate across functions and regions and contribute to the long-term evolution of Digital Service Solutions. The position offers broad exposure to product, architecture, quality, operations, and global technology leadership while building a high-performing team and advancing strategic digital platforms.Accessibility and reasonable accommodationQualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/general-inquiry?type=I+have+a+General+question">general inquiry form</a> on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process. This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. Use of Al and automated tools in recruitmentAs part of our recruitment process, Hitachi Energy uses digital and automated tools, including Al-supported solutions, to assist with activities such as application screening, job matching, and interview scheduling. These tools are designed to support our recruiters and do not replace human decision-making. Candidate data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection and employment laws as well as <a href="https://www.hitachi.com/en-us/gdpr">Hitachi's Global Data Privacy Notice.</a> Background Screening and Security ChecksAs 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.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world&rsquo;s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries.

R&D Team Lead, Service

Location:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJob ID: R0136224Date Posted:2026-08-25Company Name:HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDProfession (Job Category):Engineering &amp; ScienceJob Schedule: Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:<h1>Job title: Service Development Team Lead</h1><h1>The opportunity:</h1>We are looking for a Service Development Team Lead in the India Development Centre. You will guide the development, maintenance, quality, and operation of strategic digital service solutions focused on asset reliability, predictive analytics, digital twins, and lifecycle intelligence. The role combines people leadership, delivery execution, technical coordination, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with product owners, solution architects, quality leaders, operations, and global technology leadership. This is an opportunity to shape scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while developing engineering talent and strengthening delivery excellence in a global environment.<h1>How you’ll make an impact:</h1><ul><li>Lead and develop the India Development Center team delivering digital service solutions.</li><li>Recruit, coach, mentor, and retain talent while building capabilities and succession plans.</li><li>Ensure predictable execution of roadmap commitments across development, testing, release, maintenance, and operations.</li><li>Manage delivery risks, dependencies, priorities, resources, and stakeholder expectations.</li><li>Provide technical direction and maintain alignment with architecture, quality, security, and operational requirements.</li><li>Promote engineering best practices, cloud-native development, DevOps, automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.</li><li>Ensure solution maintainability, reliability, scalability, observability, and operational readiness across the lifecycle.</li><li>Drive performance through meaningful indicators, transparent reporting, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Support the evolution of artificial intelligence, analytics, reliability, and digital twin capabilities.</li><li>Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Uphold Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity by taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.</li></ul><h1>Your background:</h1><ul><li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.</li><li>At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, digital products, or cloud solution delivery, including at least 3 years leading teams.</li><li>Strong understanding of research and development processes, software engineering practices, and continuous improvement methods.</li><li>Experience working in Agile, DevOps, and continuous integration and continuous delivery environments.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Azure, cloud-native architectures, digital product lifecycles, software development, and deployment.</li><li>Knowledge of cybersecurity, software quality, verification, validation, and lifecycle governance.</li><li>Experience with digital twins, asset reliability, asset management, industrial Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, analytics, or data engineering.</li><li>Strong people leadership, coaching, stakeholder management, communication, analytical thinking, customer focus, and ability to balance strategy with operational execution.</li></ul><h1>More about us</h1>You will collaborate across functions and regions and contribute to the long-term evolution of Digital Service Solutions. The position offers broad exposure to product, architecture, quality, operations, and global technology leadership while building a high-performing team and advancing strategic digital platforms.Accessibility and reasonable accommodationQualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/general-inquiry?type=I+have+a+General+question">general inquiry form</a> on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process. This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. Use of Al and automated tools in recruitmentAs part of our recruitment process, Hitachi Energy uses digital and automated tools, including Al-supported solutions, to assist with activities such as application screening, job matching, and interview scheduling. These tools are designed to support our recruiters and do not replace human decision-making. Candidate data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection and employment laws as well as <a href="https://www.hitachi.com/en-us/gdpr">Hitachi's Global Data Privacy Notice.</a> Background Screening and Security ChecksAs 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.

R&D Team Lead, Service

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