R&D Project Manager

ABB•Mebane, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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. ABB Distribution Solutions is a global leader in power distribution, delivering innovative low- and medium-voltage products and services. We care about your tomorrow by providing solutions that enable a smarter, safer, more sustainable and more reliable flow and distribution of electricity. Our R&D engineers and scientists develop breakthrough technologies that change the way the world works, and how industries operate. We constantly push the limits of convention, while maintaining a strong focus on delivering solid returns for our customers and shareholders. As an R&D Project Manager, you will provide technical leadership for new and sustaining product development, supporting our highly successful ANSI LV Switchgear and Busway product lines. Leveraging strong engineering project management skills, you will lead cross-functional teams and collaborate closely with product managers, sales application test engineers, supply chain and manufacturing operations to design and deliver improved products that provide extreme value to our customers, and are commercially successful for ABB. The work model for the role is: #LI-onsite This role is contributing to the Electrification Distribution Solutions in Mebane, NC.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree preferred) is required, Master’s degree is considered an advantage, with a minimum of 8+ years (5+ years in case of Master’s degree) of experience in product design and sustaining engineering of electrical power systems in a high-volume production environment.
Direct experience in low or medium voltage electrical distribution equipment designs and applications in a protection products design/manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
Must possess strong project management skills with demonstrated capability to meet project deadlines and deliver excellent product design models and product development plans in alignment with approved budget allocation.
Must have ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 20%).
Candidate must have work authorization to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

PM certification is an advantage as well as experience in managing stage-gate projects using waterfall project methodology; Additional experience using Agile product development methodology is a plus.
Having direct experience in both protection and control product development within an industrial manufacturer is highly desirable.
Experience with low voltage products testing is desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop and analyze product requirement specifications directly from customers and from our product management and sales teams to provide and recommend product configuration design models as developed by your project team.
Lead engineering projects with a strong delivery mindset, ensuring that project plans, design, test and user documentation, product cost estimates, risk mitigation techniques, and operating procedures are fully implemented and effectively executed, including high-quality projects status reporting.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional departments and team members including Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain Management, Laboratory, Technical Services, Operations, and Quality Control.
Ensure preparation of technical documents required for developed products (including drawings, bill of material, assembly instructions, test instructions and configurators).
Coordinate activities related to product industrialization and the transfer of know-how from R&D to mass production.

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.