Component Engineer - Electrical & Electronics

ABB LTD•Richmond, VA

41d•Onsite

About The Position

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. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the performance and reliability of our active product portfolio, primarily focused on UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), PDU (Power Distribution Units), and STS (Static Transfer Switches) within the Data Center segment. You will serve as the responsible design authority for the electrical and electronics engineering discipline, ensuring the quality, cost-effectiveness, and production readiness of components used across these products. Your responsibilities will include component maintenance, technical evaluations, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams including R&D, Agile development, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Production. In addition to your technical leadership, you will demonstrate your expertise by ensuring that all assignments are completed in alignment with contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and applicable regulatory policies and standards. The work model for the role is: Onsite; Richmond, VA This role is contributing to the Electrification Smart Power Division for Power Protection in North America. 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. 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. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Electrical/Electronic preferred), with 1+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
Thorough understanding of manufacturing techniques and process of electrical and electronic components like PCBAs, Transformer, insulators and IGBTs required.
Experience with evaluation and qualification of electrical/electronic component manufacturers
Ability to discuss designs with supplier to optimize designs for manufacture and assessing supplier capabilities.
Ability to analyze material cost breakdowns and accuracy based on market values through strong analytical skills.
Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to work with engineering, SMC and suppliers to ensure technical requirements are met.
Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP and or Windchill PLM systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluation and testing: Assessing the quality, reliability, and compatibility of different components through testing, analysis, and collaboration with engineering and suppliers.
Perform supplier capability and capacity analysis to make sourcing decisions and recommendations.
Knowledge Management: Develop guidelines/procedures on component selection. Evaluate supplier change or EOL notification as needed.
Maintain component data management systems including qualification records/results/documentation.
Supplier Integration & Management: Collaborate with P&L and quality to ensure suppliers meet quality and delivery requirements, resolving any issues related to component manufacturing, and identifying potential alternative suppliers.
Lead Make vs. Buy decision analyses and support outside processing management when outsourcing is desired.
Collaboration and communication: Working closely with engineering, P&L, quality, manufacturing teams, and suppliers to ensure smooth coordination and effective communication throughout

Benefits

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
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.