R&D Operations Assistant, Planning Office

Description

R&D Operations Assistant, Planning Office

Company: Hitachi America, Ltd.

Division: R&D Planning Office

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Status: Regular, Full-Time

Summary

Hitachi America, Ltd. (www.hitachi-america.us) is seeking to hire a dynamic and self-motivated individual as R&D Operations Assistant to work with the R&D Planning Office team for R&D management and operations. The skilled R&D Operations Assistant will work with our R&D team based in Santa Clara, CA and Detroit, MI (remotely). The individual will be responsible for a broad range of operational duties for ensuring smooth execution as per company’s policies and guideline for the R&D members.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and coordination under the guidance of a PO Operations Coordinator for various research topics and R&D internal processes involving:
  • Onboarding and offboarding of PO members
  • Deadline management
  • Handle and process invoices
  • managing and documentation of R&D agreements with vendors/partners sometimes involving R&D cross regional activities
  • year-end deliverables and research report submissions
  • R&D internal meetings
  • export control process as per US EAR
• Arrange customer and executive visits based on requests from managers
• Manage and organize information portal sites and repository (MS SharePoint)
• Work with R&D Managers on event planning
• Work with R&D Managers to plan and coordinate R&D showcases (demos)
• Coordinate various education/training classes (e.g. English Class/Japanese Class, Lab Manager training, etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering with 0-2 years of experience working in a job or internship involving technology/research management.
• Knowledge of PC and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Teams, SharePoint).
• Ability to manage multiple job tasks with competing priorities.
• Must be flexible, reliable and able to easily interact with all levels.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Experience in Japanese company and Japanese language skill preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected] Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.