At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
This position reports to:
Center of Excellence Leader - LCA & Ecodesign__
Your role and responsibilities
Join the Global R&D Sustainability team in ABB's Smart Power Division, within the Center of Excellence (CoE) for LCA & Eco-design. As an intern, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary group of engineers and sustainability experts, gaining hands-on exposure to product sustainability, eco-design, and circular economy practices applied to real hardware products.
This is an opportunity to put your academic background into practice, contributing to meaningful projects while being mentored by senior specialists in the field.
The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid
In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact, as you will be accountable for:
- Support Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) activities by assisting the team in data collection, modelling, and interpretation of results — learning how environmental hotspots are identified and addressed in real product development contexts.
- Contribute to Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) projects, supporting the team across the full process: from organizing and collecting input data, through documentation preparation, up to supporting third-party verification activities.
- Support primary data collection from suppliers, reaching out to the supply chain to gather material, energy, and process data needed for LCA and EPD studies — gaining direct exposure to supply chain sustainability challenges.
- Conduct regulatory and scientific landscaping on product End-of-Life (EoL) scenarios — reviewing legislation, industry standards, and academic literature on EoL modelling approaches (recycling, reuse, recovery) and summarizing findings for the team.
- Monitor emerging trends in product sustainability, circularity, and eco-design, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and team discussions.
- You have a Bachelor's or Master's student in environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering, chemistry, materials engineering, or related sciences — or recent graduate.
- You have an academic background or coursework exposure to LCA, sustainability, or eco-design topics.
- Familiarity with LCA concepts; experience with LCA tools (e.g. SimaPro) is a plus.
- You're at ease communicating in English
- You are curious, proactive, and eager to learn in a technical R&D environment, working in a global context with stakeholders from multiple countries.
- Team-oriented with good communication and organizational skills.
- You are passionate about sustainability, circularity, and innovation.
More about us
ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division’s technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division’s portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world’s largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division’s ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.
Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World.
#ABBCareers #RunwithABB
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's student in environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering, chemistry, materials engineering, or related sciences
- Academic background or coursework exposure to LCA, sustainability, or eco-design topics
- Familiarity with LCA concepts; experience with LCA tools (e.g. SimaPro) is a plus
- Communicating in English
- Curious, proactive, and eager to learn in a technical R&D environment
- Team-oriented with good communication and organizational skills
- Passionate about sustainability, circularity, and innovation
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ABB and has not been reviewed or approved by ABB.
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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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What We Do
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com
