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Senior Value Engineer

Join Hitachi Energy in Zurich as a Senior Value Engineer focusing on data pipelines and AI-driven process intelligence. This role involves integrating ERP data into Celonis to enhance operational performance. Enjoy flexible work and strong Swiss benefits while advancing AI in renewable energy.

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In our data‑driven organization, we rely on accurate, timely, and high‑quality process insights to improve operational performance and enable informed decision‑making. As a Celonis CoE Senior Value Engineer (Data & AI Focus), you will play a key role in enabling these insights by designing and maintaining robust data pipelines, modeling process data, and integrating information from core business systems into the Celonis platform.

Additionally, you will help industrialize AI-driven process intelligence, enabling predictive insights, automation, and decision support across SCM and other domains-reducing dependency on manual analysis and accelerating value realization.

How You'll Make an Impact

  • Data Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, and maintain reliable ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from ERP, CRM, and other enterprise systems into Celonis.
  • Data Modeling: Develop optimized data models to reflect end‑to‑end business processes, enabling advanced process mining, root‑cause analysis, and AI-driven insights.
  • AI Enablement of Process Intelligence: Enable AI/ML use cases (e.g., prediction, anomaly detection, root cause analysis) by preparing high-quality datasets, features, and data structures to support advanced analytics.
  • Integration Ownership: Integrate data from SAP, Oracle, databases, APIs, and external sources, ensuring consistent data availability for both analytics and AI use cases.
  • AI & Automation Integration: Support implementation of AI-powered capabilities within Celonis (EMS, action flows, predictive analytics, AI copilots), embedding intelligence into workflows and decision-making.
  • Performance Optimization: Continuously improve performance of Celonis data models and pipelines to support scalability for analytics and AI workloads.
  • Data Quality for AI: Establish data validation, enrichment, and cleansing frameworks to ensure reliability of both reporting and AI-driven outputs.
  • Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with Value Engineers and business teams to translate process use cases into scalable data and AI solutions, enabling faster use case deployment.
  • Documentation & Transparency: Maintain clear documentation on data pipelines, transformation logic, AI data readiness, and model dependencies.
  • Continuous Innovation: Stay current with advancements in Celonis EMS, AI/ML, LLMs, and data engineering, identifying opportunities to enhance process intelligence with automation and AI.
  • Operational Excellence: Support development of dashboards, action flows, automations, and AI-assisted insights to drive measurable business outcomes.

Your Background

  • 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, building and managing data platforms, pipelines, ETL processes, and enterprise data solutions.
  • Minimum 2 years proven hands-on experience with Celonis, leveraging process intelligence to drive business insights and operational improvements.
  • Experience integrating and working with large-scale ERP environments such as SAP and Oracle.
  • Strong expertise in SQL, relational databases, data modeling, ETL architectures, and enterprise data flows.
  • Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for data transformation, automation, and workflow optimization.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, orchestration frameworks, and scalable data architectures.
  • Understanding of AI/ML concepts including predictive analytics, anomaly detection, classification models, and advanced analytics applications.
  • Experience preparing and managing data for AI use cases, including data quality, feature engineering, and model integration into business processes.
  • Ability to translate complex technical, data, and AI concepts into actionable business insights while collaborating effectively across IT, data science, and business teams.
  • Passion for Process Intelligence, Automation, and AI-driven transformation, combined with a strong ownership mindset, continuous learning approach, and excellent English communication skills.

More about us

We offer a competitive Swiss benefits package designed to support your professional growth and well‑being. Depending on experience and role, this may include:

  • Pension and insurance plans
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Learning and development opportunities

Pay & benefits

Health insurance Retirement plan Flexible hours Learning budget

About this role

Posted
7 Oct 2026
Updated
7 Oct 2026
Job type
Full time
Workplace
Flexible
Sectors
Working hours
UTC+01:00
Experience
5+ years

About Hitachi Energy

Company Overview

Name

Hitachi Energy Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd.

Headquarters

Zurich, Switzerland

Founded

2021

Size

Approximately 45,000 to over 50,000 employees globally (source: hitachienergy.com). Revenue reached around $13 billion USD in 2023 (source: hitachienergy.com).

What They Do

Hitachi Energy specializes in power grid technologies, focusing on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems, which have integrated over 150 gigawatts globally. Their product offerings include high-voltage equipment, transformers, switchgear, and services aimed at grid modernization and renewable energy integration (source: wikipedia.org). The company provides HVDC converter stations, distribution transformers, and innovative gas insulation solutions, positioning itself as a leader in the energy transition (source: hitachienergy.com). Target markets encompass utilities, industries, infrastructure, renewable energy developers, and data centers, with a presence in over 140 countries organized into five global business units for localized service delivery (source: cbinsights.com). The company leverages the combined expertise of ABB's power grids and Hitachi's digital technologies, evidenced by a significant increase in order backlog since 2020 (source: hitachienergy.com).

Projects & Track Record

Hitachi Energy has been involved in several notable projects, including the supply of equipment for China's Changji-Guquan UHVDC transmission line, the world's first at 1,100 kV, completed in 2018 (source: wikipedia.org). Other significant projects include the fluoronitrile-based gas replacement for National Grid in Kent, UK, and HVDC converter stations for the North Sea Link submarine cable, both completed in 2021 (source: wikipedia.org). Recently, they have also developed a renewable energy microgrid for Gull Bay First Nation in Canada (2022) and are currently working on offshore platforms and onshore HVDC converter stations for TenneT in the North Sea (source: wikipedia.org). Their geographic presence spans over 140 countries, with a strong focus on expanding manufacturing capabilities in North America to meet growing demand (source: hitachienergy.com).

Recent Developments

In the past two years, Hitachi Energy has announced over $155 million USD in investments to bolster manufacturing capacity in North America, including a new distribution transformer factory in Reynosa, Mexico, which is expected to create 350 jobs (source: hitachienergy.com). Additionally, they are modernizing their power transformer factory in Varennes, Quebec, with an investment exceeding $100 million (source: hitachienergy.com). The company also completed the acquisition of ABB's remaining stake in December 2022, solidifying its position as a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (source: wikipedia.org). Furthermore, they reported significant revenue growth in fiscal year 2023, contributing to Hitachi Ltd.'s Green Energy & Mobility segment revenues (source: hitachi.com).

Working There

Hitachi Energy offers a diverse range of roles across engineering, skilled manufacturing, administrative positions, and research, with a strong emphasis on hiring due to recent expansions (source: hitachienergy.com). The company has added over 8,000 employees globally between 2020 and 2023, with significant growth in the U.S. and Canada (source: hitachienergy.com). Office locations include Reynosa, Mexico; South Boston and Mount Pleasant, USA; Varennes, Quebec City, Montreal, Canada; Zurich, Switzerland; and Ludvika, Sweden (source: hitachienergy.com). The company culture promotes innovation, co-creation with customers, and a commitment to energy transition, as highlighted by CEO Claudio Facchin (source: hitachienergy.com).

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