ABB Ltd

Global Customer Application Engineer

ABB Ltd$95K — $115K *
Cary, NC 27513In-Person
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering
  • Technical understanding and willingness to learn
  • Experience in electrical systems with diagram design capabilities
  • Knowledge of electrical distribution and critical power systems
  • Agile mindset with experience in agile work environments
  • Excellent communication skills in English; second language preferred
  • Strong negotiation, market knowledge, and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop applications including training, value proposition, and communication materials
  • Build resources within ABB to execute business plans and support customer needs
  • Assist in testing and validating application solutions
  • Identify optimal solutions for customer projects
  • Ensure a comprehensive customer journey for applications
  • Capture customer feedback through a customer-in process
  • Support digital marketing initiatives for applications

Benefits

  • Engagement in innovative projects to enhance market relevance
  • Opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning
  • Ability to influence critical market segments such as data centers
  • Participation in national and international standardization committees
  • Collaboration in a team environment centered around ABB's core values of safety and integrity
Full Job Description
This position reports to:
Chapter Lead

In Electrification Business - Smart Power Division, we are looking for a Global Application Specialist to develop applications in the area of critical power and building electrification for North American market. In this role you will design, develop, and validate applications and solutions in above areas leveraging on a customer-in approach.

Your responsibilities

Summary of duties: Collect the demands of US based end users for the development of new solutions and products, understanding their most critical demands, develop resources inside ABB focused on these developments to increase ABB's participation in the data center market, promoting innovative and in advance of competitors' developments.

  • Development of applications, included training, value proposition, communication materials (30% of the time)
  • Develop resources in ABB organization to execute the business plan, support customer with dedicated solutions, new product development and commercial execution. (25% of the time)
  • Support test and validation of applications (5% of the time)
  • Help customers by identifying the best solutions for their projects (5% of the time)
  • Ensure adequate customer journey (i.e., application configurator) is in place for the respective application (5% of the time)
  • Customer-In process to capture the customers' voice (5% of the time)
  • Support digital marketing campaigns related to applications (5% of the time)
  • Define ABB and competitive landscape, monitor market trends in the above applications and recommends adjustments for the long and mid-term strategy (5% of the time)
  • Provide feedbacks to Product management and Digital on new development needs (5% of the time)
  • Participate to national/international standardization committee (5% of the time)
  • Living ABB's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. (5% of the time)


Your background
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering
  • Technical understanding and willingness to learn and continuously acquire new competences.
  • Experience in electrical systems, ability to read, understand and design electrical diagrams
  • Experience with electrical distribution, critical power systems, protection and switching devices, metering and monitoring devices and systems,...
  • Agile mindset and preferable experience in an agile working context
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English
  • Second language is a plus
  • Negotiation skills, market knowledge, leadership skills, social skills complete the profile
  • Knowledge of NEC codes (i.e. NEC700,701,702),Uptime Institute Tier design, ANSI/TIA-942-A ratings, ANSI/BICSI 002 levels, or similar electrical distribution design requirements is considered a plus
  • Design software skills(i.e. Etap, SKM, EasyPower, AutoCAD or similar is considered a plus

About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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