SCADA Project Engineer

About the role

Hitachi Energy Portugal is looking for a SCADA project engineer to join its engineering team specialising in substation automation control and protection. The role covers the design, implementation and maintenance of SCADA systems, ensuring their reliability, efficiency and security across projects. It is full time, based in Perafita, Porto, Portugal.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure and commission SCADA systems, including HMI/SCADA software, PLCs, RTUs and communication networks.
• Work with project managers, engineers and stakeholders to define system requirements and specifications.
• Develop and run test plans and troubleshoot hardware, software and network issues.
• Perform system upgrades, migrations and performance optimisations.
• Create and maintain documentation such as design specifications, user manuals and operational procedures.
• Provide technical support and training to operations and maintenance staff.
• Stay up to date with SCADA technologies, best practices and cybersecurity threats, and take part in on-call rotations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automation Engineering or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in SCADA system design, implementation and maintenance.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed.

Required skills

• Proven expertise with major SCADA platforms (e.g. MicroSCADA).
• Industrial communication protocols such as Modbus, IEC60870-104 and IEC61850.
• PLC programming (e.g. RTUtil RTU500).
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles for industrial control systems.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and incentives.
• Paid and unpaid leave, flexible work options and benefits supporting financial security.
• The final offer depends on location, skills, qualifications and experience.