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This position reports to:
Electrical Engineering Manager__
ABB is seeking a Project Engineer with a background in Power Systems to join our team. Working at ABB offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience across the full spectrum of power system engineering. Our group actively engages in substation design, protection and controls engineering, power system studies, and the design and implementation of power management systems. Being part of this team allows engineers to collaborate across multiple disciplines, contribute to complex and impactful projects, and develop a well-rounded understanding of modern power infrastructure up to 69kV.
The work model for the role is: hybrid #LI-yrbrid
This role is contributing to the Automation Energy Industries division in Houston, TX.
Your role and responsibilities:
- Support engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery through effective technical leadership, coordination, and adherence to project scope, schedule, and quality expectations.
- Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects.
- Develop, review, and approve electrical engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with project requirements, applicable codes, industry standards, and ABB engineering practices.
- Attend customer technical meetings, design reviews, and interdisciplinary engineering coordination meetings.
- Manage assigned engineering scope, technical risks, engineering schedules, and change management activities in collaboration with Project Management.
- Support factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and startup activities as required.
- Coordinate and provide technical oversight of multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors, ensuring alignment with project requirements, engineering standards, schedules, and overall project objectives.
Additional tasks with varying scope depending on experience level:
- Perform power system studies (e.g., short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, load flow) to support protection design and validate system performance.
- Create substation and electrical building integration design packages and follow those projects from the conceptual stage to construction completion.
- Develop protection and control system designs, including relay selection, protection philosophies, settings development, configuration, and coordination.
- Design/implementation of power management systems (PMS).
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 from an accredited university.
- 2+ years of experience in electrical engineering, with demonstrated success supporting multidisciplinary engineering projects.
- Experience in one of the following technical areas:
- Power system studies and associated software (ETAP, SKM, PSCAD, EasyPower)
- Substation and electrical building design.
- Protection and control system design, including relay applications, settings, and integration.
- Strong understanding of relevant industry standards and codes (IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, IEC, or equivalent as applicable).
- Demonstrated experience serving as an Electrical Engineer low to medium complexity engineering projects.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical execution across multiple concurrent projects.
- Excellent technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
- Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination with an interest in pursuing Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
- You enjoy occasionally working in the field and traveling to customer and manufacturing sites to support project execution (approx. 25% travel).
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
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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
Paid Parental Leave
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. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
- 2+ years of electrical engineering experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering projects
- Experience with power system studies and associated software such as ETAP, SKM, PSCAD, or EasyPower; or substation design; or protection and control system design
- Strong understanding of applicable industry standards and codes, including IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, or IEC
- Experience serving as an Electrical Engineer on low- to medium-complexity engineering projects
- Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical execution across multiple projects
- Strong technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills
- Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering examination and interest in pursuing Professional Engineer licensure
- Willingness to work occasionally in the field and travel approximately 25% to customer and manufacturing sites
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
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