Hardware Component Engineer - (RSBU) Bucharest Orhideea | Hitachi Job

Location:

Bucharest, Ilfov, Romania

Job ID:

R0141148

Date Posted:

2026-10-01

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail Romania

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

Core Tasks / Objective of the position:
As a Hardware Component Engineer you are responsible for the component strategy of hardware components for our signalling systems. You will also act as a technical interface to suppliers, product design, obsolescence management and projects.

Detailed Job Description and Responsibilities:
As a Hardware Component Engineer your work builds the basis for successful product development and product maintenance. Together with the stakeholders you specify requirements and select components that are used in the products and solutions and thereby defining the component portfolio.

Tasks in Detail:
• Development and maintenance of a generic component strategy for hardware components (e.g. resistors, capacitors, monitors, servers)
• Component engineering services to ensure component standardization, availability and high quality
• Component selection and qualification according to group-wide standards, parts list checking, technical supplier interface and database management
• Collaborate with product and solution owners to select parts that best meet their requirements and review BOMs
• Pre-check of component relevant documentation (e.g. data sheets, conformities) and creation and maintenance of part numbers for the selected components
• Definition and maintenance of preferred parts lists
• Support with obsolescence monitoring and obsolescence management, as well as definition and selection of successor solutions
• Creation and management of component specifications
• Data maintenance in the product database systems

Desired Field of Study or Education:
Successfully completed studies, for example with a focus on electrical engineering or industrial engineering

Professional Skills:
• Experience in component engineering in one of the following industries: Automotive, aerospace, rail signalling, avionics or high-reliability electronic systems
• Very good technical knowledge of passive COTS components
• Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills required
• First application experience with databases would be desirable

• Very good language skills in English

• With your entrepreneurial mind-set, you contribute comprehensively to the implementation of the component strategy

Social Skills:
• Foresighted and self-organized way of working
• Team player and reliable
• Enjoys working with international, multicultural and interdisciplinary teams

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

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