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Hitachi leads manufacturing DX through the application of advanced digital technologies centered on “Lumada,” together with automation. We aim to realize a happy and fulfilling society starting from manufacturing sites.
(Job title: System Engineer)
We provide system integration services, including IT solutions and the use of AI (artificial intelligence), to solve our customers' problems, from understanding their business to building systems, monitoring operations, and maintaining them. This is an attractive job that allows you to acquire a variety of skills, including technical skills, teamwork, problem-solving skills, and creativity. The main duties of this job are to make proposals to customers and participate in system construction projects, but you may also be involved in formulating customers' business/system concepts and developing applications.
(Job title: Systems Engineer)
Utilizing Hitachi's diverse on-site knowledge, you will be responsible for automation using robotics and transport equipment in production lines and distribution centers, and for building control systems in steel and chemical plants, etc., to realize the sophistication of customers' on-site operations. This is an attractive job that allows you to acquire a variety of skills, including technical skills, teamwork, problem-solving skills, and creativity. The job content mainly involves activities such as proposal activities for customers and participation in system construction projects, and you may also be involved in formulating customers' business/system concepts and developing applications.
(Job title: Design and Development)
Anticipating "societal needs" and working closely with related departments, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and updating competitive solutions and services, creating new value through co-creation with customers. This is a challenging role that requires you to keep abreast of technological advances, such as generative AI, and to understand diversifying needs. Your work will include the development of new solutions and services, and you may also be involved in custom design in response to customer requests.
Leveraging our strength―“Lumada”―we realize cyber-physical systems that tightly integrate on-site operations and the cyber domain. By transforming on-site data into value through AI enhanced with domain knowledge, we support customers in maximizing business value while staying close to their management challenges, and contribute to creating sustainable social, environmental, and economic value.
Manufacturers today are facing a rapidly accelerating wave of digital transformation. We provide end-to-end support for smarter manufacturing―from delivering solutions for plants and assembly/processing sites to IoT-based analysis of on-site data and the use of AI, cloud, and image recognition technologies. In particular, the materials and chemicals industry is increasingly required to enhance processes and refine quality management. To meet these needs, we propose optimal digital solutions and work together with our customers to create the future of manufacturing with global competitiveness.
In the manufacturing and logistics industries, automation and DX initiatives are accelerating to enable smart factories and optimize supply chains. We integrate OT (operational and control technologies) with IT (information technologies) in manufacturing lines and logistics centers to provide digital solutions that solve on-site challenges―offering end-to-end support from advanced equipment integration to full line build. Through these efforts, we help improve operational efficiency and create sustainable business value by building optimal on-site environments.
We connect information from the shop floor to management, enabling reliable manufacturing execution as a foundation for continuous improvement and sustainable business growth.
・Advanced data-driven control of entire chemical and steel plants. Prioritizing safe and stable production, we support improvements in quality and productivity. ＜DCS1, steel control＞
・By leveraging an MES3 that integrates planning, actual results, and 4M2 data, we ensure high manufacturing quality through traceability and reliable execution support. ＜FactRiSM4＞
Aiming to automate plant operations, we effectively combine AI with OT-based technologies to improve efficiency and automation across the entire workflow―from planning to operation and maintenance.
・Efficiently manage equipment data using an advanced DataOps platform5 to streamline maintenance operations.
・Maximize the use of OT knowledge through generative AI to support line workers’ diagnostics during failures, contributing to improved skills and productivity. ＜Equipment Failure Diagnosis AI Agent＞
・Combine Hitachi’s proprietary planning-integration technologies with optimization technologies to develop production plans that achieve plant-wide optimization. ＜MLCP & TSPlanner6＞
We provide one-stop support from concept development to equipment implementation. We propose and deliver equipment selection and design with operational efficiency in mind.
・By integrally planning and evaluating instruction assignment, manufacturing line balance control, traceability, and more, we enable highly efficient line operations and overall optimization of the entire line.
By leveraging on-site data, we optimize supply chains and advance transportation and delivery operations. Through integrated design of equipment, operations, and facilities, we enhance the sophistication of entire logistics centers.
・Intelligent robotics enabled by high-precision 3D vision sensors and robot controllers
・Integrated management, coordinated control, and optimization of various on-site and material-handling equipment. ＜Centralized WCS1, LogiLiSM2＞
The transportation of waste products, raw materials, and other production-related parts that come off the production line has traditionally been done by hand, and this heavy labor has been a problem. Hitachi has solved these problems by providing a transport system using the Racrew small unmanned transport robot, contributing to the automation and efficiency of the 24-hour operation of the Suntory Natural Water Kita Alps Shinano-no-mori factory.
By training generative AI on various types of OT data (such as equipment drawings and maintenance records) and OT skills (such as failure root-cause analysis processes), we enable failure diagnosis that is comparable to―or even surpasses―that of general maintenance engineers. When a maintenance engineer carrying a tablet device discovers a failure in equipment such as pumps or valves during inspections, the Equipment Failure Diagnosis AI Agent presents the likely cause and recommended countermeasures. By leveraging generative AI, we help reduce the workload of frontline workers in manufacturing sites and improve productivity.
To address challenges in digitizing manufacturing records, Daikin introduced the MES “FactRiSM” to a chemical plant. Based on organizing information from a product-centric perspective, the system links equipment operating data with human work activities and serves as a core information platform for productivity analysis. By continuously monitoring KPIs comprehensively, it accelerates decision-making on the shop floor and improves plant production efficiency.
Hitachi has opened "Automation Square*1 HANEDA" (Automation Square Haneda) in Haneda Innovation City (Ota-ku, Tokyo) and "Automation Square KYOTO" (Automation Square Kyoto) in Kyoto Research Park (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). We will showcase Hitachi's "Total Seamless Solution," which combines products, OT, and IT to achieve automation and optimization, and uses digital technology to solve problems that arise at the "edge"*2 between the shop floor and management, supply chains, and various industries, through actual equipment displays, videos, and presentations using Lumada as an example, and create opportunities for co-creation with customers and partners.
*1 "Automation Square" is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. in Japan.
*2 "Kiwa" is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. in Japan.
We provide consulting services to help our clients realize their business strategies and visions, solve production site problems, formulate various strategies, and help them build and select the most appropriate IoT technologies and solutions.
You will be responsible for managing the schedule, cost, and quality of the projects you propose to clients, and you will lead the projects to success through negotiations with clients and internal coordination.
