This position reports to:Department Manager of Power Electronics
Contributes to ABB's success with technology, software, product, and/or system development. Identifies and implements innovative solutions to relevant problems. Provides ideas and is able to work both independently and as a part of a Research & Development (R&D) team.
Responsibilities:- Scouting new technologies, creating proposals, and getting buy-in from sponsors.
- Assessing new technologies for a variety of applications (power supplies, grid-connected converters, UPS, EV chargers, motor drives, and more).
- Developing technical requirements and creating new designs and designing electronic circuits and printed circuit boards.
- Develop firmware for low- and high-level functions of power converters and building and testing simulation models and hardware demonstrators.
- Selecting components and engaging suppliers.
- Building test assemblies, running experiments, and recording test data.
- Analyzing test data and optimizing the solutions.
- Preparing internal and external technical reports, presentations, and publications.
- Writing invention disclosures and providing technical inputs for patent filings.
- Representing ABB in professional conferences and other events.
- Contributing to strategic planning activities.
The work model for the role is: Onsite in Raleigh, NC.
Qualifications:- Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in the field of Power Electronics, OR a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a Power Electronics focus, and a minimum of 2 years' experience required.
- Hands-on experience with building electrical circuits and ability to solder and re-work printed circuit boards; Ability to use oscilloscopes, probes, meters, and other basic lab equipment.
- Experience with writing firmware code for DSPs, MCUs, and FPGAs (C, C++, Verilog, VHDL), and experience with PCB design, especially using Altium or Cadence software.
- Experience with power electronics integration design, including CAD software and FEA thermal simulations software.
- Previous experience with writing proposals and securing funding for research.
- Ability to travel up to 15% travel.
- Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
What's in it for you We want you to bring your full self to work-your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.
ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]
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Health, Life & Disability- Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
- Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
- Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
- Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
- Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
- Parental Leave - up to 6 weeks
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
Retirement- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
Time off
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
