Senior Power Electronics Engineer for Traction Projects
📍 Untersiggenthal, Aargau, Switzerland
Role and responsibilities
Design traction power electronics converter and energy storage systems (ESS), while ensuring their seamless integration within vehicles. Your work will align with customer needs, industry standards, and internal specifications. Lead the specification, execution, analysis, and documentation of Type and Qualification tests to ensure robust system performance. Take technical responsibility for assigned project work packages, develop deep expertise in core engineering competencies, components, or tools, and provide technical guidance to peers. Optimize design processes and customer solutions independently or in cross-functional specialist teams. Leverage your expertise to drive efficient project execution. Planning, coordinating, stakeholder management, solution-oriented communication with a clear focus on quality, schedule, and deliverables. Contribute to the evolution of our traction product families through standardization, and continuous improvements. Leverage your expertise to drive innovation in the integration of traction converters with ESS.
Team / description
ABB Motion, a global leader in motors and drives, is at the core of accelerating a more productive and sustainable future. We innovate and push the boundaries of technology to contribute to energy efficient, decarbonizing and circular solutions for customers, industries and societies. With our digitally enabled drives, motors and services we support our customers and partners to achieve better performance, safety and reliability. To help the world’s industries outrun – leaner and cleaner, we deliver motor-driven solutions for a wide range of applications in all industrial segments. Building on over 140 years of domain expertise in electric powertrains, our more than 22,000 employees across 100 countries learn and improve every day.
Qualifications and Skills
A qualified Electrical Engineer with more than 5 years of professional experience in power electronics for customer projects.
Able to manage technical tasks, priorities, and deliverables independently.
Experience with traction converters and energy storage systems is an advantage.
A proactive individual who thrives on solving complex challenges, takes a high level of ownership for tasks and project deliverables, and contributes effectively within an inclusive team.
Eager to continuously expand technical expertise, improve processes, share knowledge with the team, and contribute to a culture of efficient execution and collaboration.
Clear and efficient communication in English is essential, both written and spoken.
Conversational German language skills are a strong advantage.
Occasional travel opportunities to support projects.