Power Electronics Scientist

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.

This Position reports to:

The work model for the role is Onsite in Raleigh, NC.#LI-Onsite

You will be mainly accountable for:

* 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.

* Designing electronic circuits and printed circuit boards.

* Develop firmware for low- and high-level functions of power converters.

* Selecting components and engaging suppliers.

* Building and testing simulation models and hardware demonstrators.

* 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

Qualifications:

* Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in the field of Power Electronics preferred; Master's degree in Electrical. Engineering Power Electronics with minimum 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 another basic lab equipment.

* Experience with writing firmware code for DSPs, MCUs, and FPGAs (c, c++, Verilog).

* 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.

* Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, work in international teams, and lead teams and manage projects or work
packages within a bigger project.

* Demonstrated skills in effective communication, presentation of results, and networking.

* 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.

ABB's Service Division partners with our customers to improve the availability, reliability, predictability and sustainability of electrical products and installations. The Division's extensive service portfolio offers product care, modernization, and advisory services to improve performance, extend equipment lifetime and deliver new levels of operational and sustainable efficiency. We help customers keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of their useful life.

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