Power Electronics Scientist

ABB•Raleigh, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Contributes to ABB's success with technology, software, product, and/or system development. Identifies and implements innovative solutions to relevant problems. Provides ideas and is able to work both independently and as a part of a Research & Development (R&D) team.

Requirements

Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in the field of Power Electronics, OR a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a Power Electronics focus, and a minimum of 2 years’ experience required.
Hands-on experience with building electrical circuits and ability to solder and re-work printed circuit boards; Ability to use oscilloscopes, probes, meters, and other basic lab equipment.
Experience with writing firmware code for DSPs, MCUs, and FPGAs (C, C++, Verilog, VHDL), and experience with PCB design, especially using Altium or Cadence software.
Experience with power electronics integration design, including CAD software and FEA thermal simulations software.
Previous experience with writing proposals and securing funding for research.
Ability to travel up to 15% travel.
Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Responsibilities

Scouting new technologies, creating proposals, and getting buy-in from sponsors.
Assessing new technologies for a variety of applications (power supplies, grid-connected converters, UPS, EV chargers, motor drives, and more).
Developing technical requirements and creating new designs and designing electronic circuits and printed circuit boards.
Develop firmware for low- and high-level functions of power converters and building and testing simulation models and hardware demonstrators.
Selecting components and engaging suppliers.
Building test assemblies, running experiments, and recording test data.
Analyzing test data and optimizing the solutions.
Preparing internal and external technical reports, presentations, and publications.
Writing invention disclosures and providing technical inputs for patent filings.
Representing ABB in professional conferences and other events.
Contributing to strategic planning activities.

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.
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.