Senior Optimization Engineer
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Energy
Type
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-11-04
Responsibilities
- Analyze customer requirements and propose technically sound solutions.
- Design, develop, and test optimization applications for power systems and markets.
- Integrate and document software solutions following best practices.
- Support software releases and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Research and apply advanced mathematical modeling and numerical methods.
- Collaborate with internal teams and represent Hitachi Energy in customer meetings.
- Contribute to improving software development processes and documentation.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in electricity markets.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in optimization modeling tools and solvers (AMPL/AIMMS, CPLEX, Gurobi).
- Minimum 3 years of experience with high-level programming languages.
- Minimum 3 years of experience using Linux or AIX operating systems.
- Minimum 2 years developing power system application software for electricity markets.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English.
- Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
