# Senior Project Engineer – Control & Protection Software, Sequence & Interlocking HVDC

Location: Ludvika, Dalarna County, SwedenJob ID: R0126048Date Posted: 2026-11-05Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY SWEDEN ABProfession (Job Category): Engineering & ScienceJob Schedule: Full timeRemote: NoJob Description: The opportunity Our names are Andrew Carruthers and Richard Palm, and together we lead the teams responsible for Sequence & Interlocking within HVDC Control & Protection. Our work sits at the operational core of an HVDC station. We define the logic that ensures equipment is operated safely and correctly. We develop interlocking principles, automated switching sequences, operating states, and the conditions that determine when a station is ready to perform a specific action. Our solutions help ensure that complex HVDC systems operate safely, predictably, and reliably throughout their lifecycle. As HVDC technology continues to evolve, so do the challenges. New technologies, new customer requirements, and new ways of operating power systems continuously shape how we work. Success depends on our team members who can understand the bigger picture, exercise strong engineering judgement, and transform complex requirements into robust and reliable solutions. We are looking for

- **Id**: 3926795
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hitachi-senior-project-engineer-control-protection-software-sequence-interlocking-hvdc>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ludvika, Sweden
- **Countries**: SE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T16:18:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7114
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Flexible schedule, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Enterprise Storage Systems, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, Systems Integrators, Electrical Equipment & Cables

## Company

- **Id**: 129
- **Name**: Hitachi
- **Domain**: hitachi.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hitachi>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 596
- **Ghost share**: 0.005
- **Stale share**: 0.732
- **Repost share**: 0.015
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 17
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Sweden** — Iso: SE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T20:05:40Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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