Contribute to ABB’s success with technology, software, product, and system development.
Identify and implement innovative solutions to relevant problems.
Showcase expertise by providing ideas and working both independently and as part of an R&D team.
Develop new products – medium-voltage instrument transformers and sensors.
Create definitions of parts, sub-assemblies and top-level end items in the form of 2D drawings, 3D models, tolerance stack ups and various electronic data formats.
Facilitate design reviews for product parts and assemblies during the development and industrialization process.
Work as part of the cross functional teams including manufacturing, sourcing, global engineering and systems engineering in developing and ongoing support of state-of-the-art medium voltage control and protection devices.
Protect inventions following ABB intellectual property guidelines; ability to travel is required, estimate 10 to 15 percent travel (domestic as well as international).

Master’s degree in science (MSc) in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree in science (BSc) in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 4 years of experience in medium or high voltage products development.
Sound knowledge of FEM dielectric, electromagnetic, structural, thermal and CFD numerical simulations.
Good understanding of electrotechnical material properties, behavior and applications.
Basic experience with electrical devices testing and troubleshooting.
Experience with new products industrialization process preferred.
Sound knowledge of SolidWorks (or similar CAD tool) – 3D modeling, 2D drawings preferred.
Experience with medium-voltage or high-voltage power network devices preferred.

R&D Electrical Engineer

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