Product Engineering Manager

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In this role, you will be accountable for leading the Product Engineering team within the ABB Motion Medium Voltage System Drives business unit in the United States. You will collaborate closely with Field Quality and Reliability teams, Order Execution, Product Management, and Production, as well as with our global engineering counterparts, to ensure strong technical support for our customers and successful delivery of Medium Voltage drive solutions.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid; New Berlin, WI

This role is contributing to the Motion High Power Division.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Lead development activities for new Medium Voltage (MV) drive options, features, and next‑generation drive platforms, ensuring delivery of technical solutions that meet internal specifications, engineering standards, and quality requirements.

• Responsible for design reviews, validation testing, engineering documentation, and certification activities.

• Coordinate all certification processes with UL and other regulatory agencies.

• Manage engineering projects, including planning, scheduling, progress tracking, risk identification, and issue mitigation.

• Drive the creation, improvement, and standardization of engineering processes, practices, and tools in alignment with the global Medium Voltage engineering community.

• Provide engineering expertise and support throughout both Development and Execution phases, ensuring proper resource allocation, technical oversight, and resolution of engineering issues.

• Provide expertise to leverage engineering capabilities in troubleshooting, failure analysis, and field quality investigations. Share lessons learned and best practices across the team.

• Build and develop the Product Engineering team through training, mentoring, career development planning, and shadowing programs.

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, continuous improvement, technical rigor, and active knowledge sharing across the organization.

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 degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics.

• 7+ years of experience with Medium Voltage (MV) drives, including design, development, application, testing, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.

• Master’s degree in Product Development or Product Engineering is preferred.

• Strong understanding of MV drive functionality, control principles, and system architecture.

• Demonstrated experience with New Product Introduction (NPI), as well as qualification testing, validation, and certification for Medium Voltage drives or similar power‑electronic systems.

• Strong communication, leadership, teamwork, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

• 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.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age,  race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

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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.

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 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.