Senior Electrical Engineer

  • ABB Group
  • New Berlin, Wisconsin
  • Full Time

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, well give you what you need to make it happen. It wont always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, youll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Product Engineering & Quality Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will focus on ensuring high product reliability through root cause analysis, collaborative testing, and continuous quality improvement. Youll work closely with cross-functional teams to support both current and next-generation drive products.

The work model for the role is: #LI - Onsite

This role is contributing to the Motion High Power Division in New Berlin, WI area.

You will be mainly accountable to:

  • Support the Center of Excellence (CoE) team with field failure analysis, including drive product data evaluation, understanding customer applications, and proposing additional field measurements.

  • Collaborate with the Product Responsible Unit (PRU) and technical specialists to investigate the root causes of failures.

  • Define and direct testing procedures to validate designs, qualify critical components, and verify compliance with regulatory and agency standards.

  • Lead quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives across product lines.

Our Team Dynamics

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.

Qualifications for the role

  • Bachelors or masters degree in electrical engineering.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in reliability engineering, failure analysis, or a related rolepreferably in the drives or power electronics industry.

  • Strong background in root cause analysis techniques (e.g., FMEA, 5 Whys, RCA, etc.)

  • Excellent communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

  • Travel - requirement - 5 - 10%

  • Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Whats in it for you?

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. Youll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support thats tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

More about us

We are a global leader in high-power, high-performance motors, drives, generators, power conversion and packaged solutions. With decades of domain expertise, we deliver a world-class portfolio designed to power our customers most demanding, mission-critical applications with unmatched reliability and efficiency.

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their - sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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Benefits

Our benefits? Competitive, comprehensive, and crafted with you in mind.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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Health, Life & Disability

  • 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

Retirement

  • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions

  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

Call to Action

Be part of something bigger. This is where progress is powered, teams initiate action, and we move the world forward together. Run What Runs the World.

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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.

Job ID: 489306166
Originally Posted on: 8/13/2025

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