Senior Electrical Engineer

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At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

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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.

More about us

We are a global leader in high-power, high-performance motors, drives, generators, power conversion and packaged solutions. With decades of domain expertise, we deliver a world-class portfolio designed to power our customers’ most demanding, mission-critical applications with unmatched reliability and efficiency.

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website

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Benefits

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

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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

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