Senior Mechanical Project and Design Engineer (80-100%)

Senior Mechanical Project and Design Engineer (80-100%) Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future.

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Are you a motivated personality, with a passion for mechanical engineering, customers, and systems which keep our today’s world turning every day?

As part of ABB’s Motion Services division, our Service Unit in Turgi, Switzerland is creating customer value by modernizing and customizing the installed base of Medium Voltage Drives and Systems globally.

In this role, you will analyze, define, and create customer-tailored solutions, modernizing drives to state-of-the-art control and hardware. You will be design authority and responsible for the overall mechanical solutions in customer projects by creating concepts, designs along aligned specifications and documentation for ordering, manufacturing, and installation at the project end.
Reporting to the Modernization Engineering Team leader, embedded in a global business context, and surrounded by top experts in industry from all disciplines, you can expect to receive the support and training needed, to master your duties.

Our global customer base operates drive systems for mission-critical processes such as cruise-line and other large ship propulsion, wind-energy generation, Oil & Gas transport and production, Metal processing, and many more.
With our modernization solutions, we enhance the equipment's overall safety, reliability, and performance while preserving all non-aging components. Your work will hence also help to reduce the use of resources, enabling a more sustainable future for our society.

This position is graded as 13.
Your responsibilities Delivering high-quality work in your area of responsibility within project teams and in close collaboration with other El./Mech. engineers, manufacturing, testing as well as project managers
Creating all necessary mechanical designs and documentation to order (BoM), produce, install and commission customized Medium Voltage Drive Control Upgrades according contractual obligations
Providing own work plan- and budget estimations, as well as supporting risk/opportunity assessments with your expertise
Interacting with functions in R&D, Sales, Supply Chain, Product Management, etc. to ensure knowhow flow, benchmarking, and early capturing of trends
Driving continuous improvement by innovating and giving feedback on products, processes, etc.
Maintaining and enhancing customer satisfaction by demonstrating an excellent service mindset and active engagement
Traveling globally acc. agreement and your preferences possible (between 0-15%)
Your background >5 years of qualified experience working as a mechanical engineer
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering
Knowledge in engineering processes and tools (Solid Edge or similar). SAP knowledge advantageous
Collaborative, structured, and solution-focused. This is reflected in your approaches as well as in your written and spoken communication
You ensure and keep a strong focus on customers and safety
You possess a high level of self-motivation, curiosity, and the desire to continuously learn and improve. This you demonstrate daily by your say-do attitude
Knowledge of power electronics, drive-systems, are advantageous
English is required, German and other languages advantageous
Benefits Canteen
Flexible work practices
Gym membership
More about us ABB Motion Services serve customers around the globe with innovative services to maximize performance, uptime and energy efficiency throughout the lifetime of electrical motion solutions. Electrical motion is applied everywhere in industries, cities, infrastructure and transportation and is a cornerstone of the energy revolution. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We drive innovations through digitalization and make the difference for our customers and partners every day. ABB Motion keeps the world turning, while saving energy every day.

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