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Hardware Development Project Lead

Hitachi
Västerås, Swedenfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Feb 2026

About the role

Location:

Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden

Job ID:

R0117612

Date Posted:

2026-02-03

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY SWEDEN AB

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

Join our global HW R&D team as a Project Lead and take the lead in hardware development projects for innovative modules for our IED products. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that schedules, costs, scope, and quality objectives are met, while collaborating closely with development and manufacturing partners. You will also represent the project in governance forums, set realistic objectives together with stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in our lifecycle processes within an agile team environment.

How you’ll make an impact

  • Plan, track, and report on scope, schedule, cost, and quality; present progress and decisions in Steering Committees and Change Control Boards.
  • Build and maintain productive supplier partnerships, fostering transparent collaboration and delivery.
  • Perform effort and cost estimations; schedule work based on resource availability and task dependencies.
  • Proactively analyze, document, and mitigate technical and organizational risks.
  • Approve key project deliverables (documents, baselines) and hand over results to the program or higher‑level product Release projects.
  • Collaborate closely with Operations to introduce new modules to the factory.
  • Collaborate tightly with Program Managers, HW Systems Engineers, embedded SW Developers, Type Test Engineers, and peer Project Managers to ensure constant, relevant information flow.
  • Operate productively in cross‑functional, cross‑organizational teams; represent the HW team and its work products to stakeholders; be accountable for development cost, speed, and production quality in an agile setup.

Your background

  • B.S. or M.S. in Electronics Engineering (or related), with formal project management qualification and/or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in industrial and/or energy domains.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills in English.
  • Comfortable working in agile environments

What we offer

  • Collective agreement
  • Flexible working hours
  • Health care and wellness allowance
  • Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy, both within Sweden and globally
  • Various training and education supporting employee development
  • Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
  • Supplementary compensation for parental leave
  • Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

More about us

Are you ready for a new exciting challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!

Recruiting Manager Magnus kolasa, magnus.kolasa@hitachienergy.com will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives – Sveriges Ingenjörer: Håkan Blomquist    46,107,383,152;  Unionen: Tomas L. Gustafsson +46 107-38 27 47; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, +46 107-38 70 43. All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Filip Henriksson, filip.henriksson@hitachienergy.com

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