R&D MV Drives Validation and Verification Team Lead 80-100%

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This position reports to

R&D Unit Lead

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will lead the R&D Verification and Validation team within the System Drives R&D organization, providing both technical and managerial support. You will ensure delivery on R&D targets and collaborate closely with key internal and external stakeholders to develop ABB's Medium Voltage System Drives. These products are used across various industries, including marine, renewables, oil & gas, and water. The work model for the role is: hybrid #LI-hybrid This role is contributing to the Motion System Drives in Switzerland. You will be mainly accountable for: • Leading and supporting the R&D Validation and Verification team in meeting technical and project targets, while ensuring a strong safety culture across all activities. • Managing internal processes, capacity planning, team competencies, and full budget responsibility for the cost center, including forecasting, tracking, and resource allocation. • Coaching and developing team members by encouraging collaboration, facilitating knowledge sharing, and ensuring the right mix of skills and engagement across the team. • Providing direct technical skills in Medium Voltage/Low Voltage testing environments, supporting lab infrastructure upgrades, and assisting product and project managers with effort estimations and scenario planning.

Qualifications for the role

• You possess a solid academic background (BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering or equivalent) and extensive experience in High-Power Electronics, particularly in laboratory infrastructure and testing, with a focus on validation and verification of Medium Voltage converters.
• You are an inspiring leader with the ability to manage and motivate a specialized R&D team; experience in project management is a strong advantage.
• You have direct experience in designing and implementing test setups, as well as executing validation, verification, and certification activities for high-power components and complete converter systems.
• You are a structured, self-organized professional with a pragmatic and goal-oriented mindset, passionate about applied R&D and testing.
• You communicate fluently in English, both written and spoken; German skills are a plus and appreciated in our international environment.

More about us

ABB System Drives is a global supplier of high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial processes and large infrastructure applications. With our industry leading technology and global support, we help our customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day. 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. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). The recruiting process is being led by Azra Filan, Talent Partner at ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. ABB Data Privacy Statement: https://new.abb.com/privacy-notice/candidate