ABB Ltd

Senior Electrical Engineer

ABB Ltd$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering
  • 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering or failure analysis, preferably in drives or power electronics
  • Strong skills in root cause analysis techniques (e.g., FMEA, 5 Whys, RCA)
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Ability to travel 5-10% of the time
  • US work authorization required

Responsibilities

  • Support the Center of Excellence team with field failure analysis and data evaluation
  • Collaborate with technical specialists to investigate root causes of failures
  • Define and direct testing procedures to validate designs and components
  • Lead quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives across product lines
  • Engage with cross-functional teams for product support and compliance

Benefits

  • Choice between medical plan options (PPO and High Deductible)
  • Two dental plan options available
  • Vision benefit included
  • Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Parental leave of up to 6 weeks
  • 401k savings plan with company contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
  • 11 paid holidays and flexible vacation policy
Full Job Description
This Position reports to:
Product Engineering & Quality Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will focus on ensuring high product reliability through root cause analysis, collaborative testing, and continuous quality improvement. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to support both current and next-generation drive products.

The work model for the role is: #LI - Onsite

This role is contributing to the Motion High Power Division in New Berlin, WI area.

You will be mainly accountable to:
  • Support the Center of Excellence (CoE) team with field failure analysis, including drive product data evaluation, understanding customer applications, and proposing additional field measurements.
  • Collaborate with the Product Responsible Unit (PRU) and technical specialists to investigate the root causes of failures.
  • Define and direct testing procedures to validate designs, qualify critical components, and verify compliance with regulatory and agency standards.
  • Lead quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives across product lines.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in reliability engineering, failure analysis, or a related role-preferably in the drives or power electronics industry.
  • Strong background in root cause analysis techniques (e.g., FMEA, 5 Whys, RCA, etc.)
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Travel - requirement - 5 - 10%
  • 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 empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

Benefits

Our benefits? Competitive, comprehensive, and crafted with you in mind.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

Go to myBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

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. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

Call to Action

Be part of something bigger. This is where progress is powered, teams initiate action, and we move the world forward together. Run What Runs the World.

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We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

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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