In 1987–1993, Zakharov was head of the bureau on automation of the design of electric machines and apparatus of the Kharkiv Electro-Mechanical Plant.

In 2014–2015, he was a member of the Competition Commission, which is responsible for nominating candidates for the position of Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.

[4] Zakharov was registered by the profile committee of the Verkhovna Rada as an official candidate for the position of the Commissioner for Human Rights.

121 people's deputies from the BYuT, SPU, Out Ukraine, and Party of Regions factions supported Zakharov's candidacy for the post of Ombudsman.

A significant achievement of the campaign was the actualization of problems in the work of the ombudsman, drawing attention to them both the Ukrainian and European community.

On January 28, 2012, The board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union invited deputies to elect Zakharov as ombudsman.

[7] After the Revolution of Dignity, Zakharov was appointed chairman of the Expert Council for Police Reform at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which was established in April 2014 on behalf of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.

[8] 11 scientific articles on applied mathematics and design of electric machines (1976–1985) and more than 200 publications devoted to human rights, civil society and history of political repressions in the Soviet Union and Ukraine.

Publications were printed in Ukraine, Russia, the US, Canada, Germany, France, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Denmark (1987–2010).

His works include His was referenced in 2008 Human Rights Reports: Ukraine[14] Yevgen Zakharov articles on Maidan