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This position reports to:
Chapter Lead__
Your Role: Own the Challenge
In this role, you will contribute to the development of innovative products and solutions for the ELSP (Smart Power) Business, supporting the NEMA Enclosed Safety Switch Team within the NAM Construction & Infrastructure (NAM C&I) Agile Unit.
As an R&D Senior Engineer, you will leverage your strong technical expertise and leadership skills to drive product development activities, ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory requirements while supporting new product introduction (NPI) initiatives. You will play a key role in developing innovative solutions that create value for customers and strengthen ABB's market position.
This position requires a high degree of flexibility, analytical thinking, and collaboration. You will identify, propose, and implement innovative technologies, software, and engineering solutions while contributing your own ideas and working independently as part of a global R&D team.
The work model for the role is: On site
This role is contributing to the ELSP (Smart Power) Business at our site in Monterrey, Mexico.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain recognized expertise in a specialized technical area by integrating the latest developments in technologies, tools, and methodologies into your work.
- Drive innovation by exploring new ideas, developing hypotheses, and defining validation methods to solve complex engineering challenges.
- Document engineering results, including findings, designs, specifications, and technical solutions, enabling knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to intellectual property (IP) generation within your area of expertise and support the development of project IP strategies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in the design, development, and manufacturing implementation of electrical or electromechanical products.
- Knowledge of safety switches, transfer switches, automatic transfer switches (ATS), panelboards, circuit breakers, or similar products.
- Experience with product testing, Design of Experiments (DoE), data analysis, and troubleshooting design issues.
- Familiarity with international certification and compliance standards such as UL, IEC, and IEEE.
- Experience with product design documentation and engineering tools such as Creo and Windchill.
- Proven ability to develop innovative, cost-effective, and compliant engineering solutions.
- Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt certification is preferred.
- Authorization to work in Mexico is required.
- Fluent in English and Spanish.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and project execution skills, with the ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.
What benefits we also offer our employees:
- Performance Bonus
- Saving fund
- Paid parental leave
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Health and dental insurance
- Wellbeing program
- Flex days
- Employee Assistance Program (PAE)
- Access to development platforms: Spark, Harvard Manager Mentor and English Learning EF English Live School (EF)
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related field
- 5 or more years of experience designing, developing, and implementing manufacturing processes for electrical or electromechanical products
- Knowledge of safety switches, transfer switches, automatic transfer switches, panelboards, circuit breakers, or similar products
- Experience with product testing, Design of Experiments, data analysis, and troubleshooting design issues
- Familiarity with UL, IEC, and IEEE certification and compliance standards
- Experience with product design documentation and engineering tools such as Creo and Windchill
- Ability to develop innovative, cost-effective, and compliant engineering solutions
- Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt certification
- Authorization to work in Mexico
- Fluency in English and Spanish
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and project execution skills
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams
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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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