Senior System Architect - Power Electronics & Validation

USTBC ABB Installation Products Inc.; Untersiggenthal; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

ABB seeks a Senior Engineer in Switzerland to shape the UNITROL 8000 excitation system architecture, compliance strategy and system validation. You will serve as a technical authority and align requirements with architecture, development, verification and customer needs.

Reporting to the R&D Team Lead, you will lead cross‑functional activities across development, integration, validation and lifecycle, contributing to major platform initiatives while upholding international standards and safety

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Extensive experience with excitation systems and complex industrial power-electronic products.
• Strong knowledge of thyristor/IGBT converters, protection, safety and grid compliance.
• Hands-on verification, validation, testing and root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with international standards including EMC, insulation and arc-safety.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain product and system requirements and UNITROL 8000 architecture.
• Own system compliance and validation strategies, including test coordination.
• Lead cross-functional technical activities across development, integration and lifecycle.
• Act as Level 4 technical expert for complex product and field issues.

Skills

System architecture

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements engineering

Verification & validation

Power electronics

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DIgSILENT PowerFactory

PSCAD

MATLAB Simulink

PLECS

Job description

ABB seeks a Senior Engineer in Switzerland to shape the UNITROL 8000 excitation system architecture, compliance strategy and system validation. You will serve as a technical authority and align requirements with architecture, development, verification and customer needs.

Reporting to the R&D Team Lead, you will lead cross‑functional activities across development, integration, validation and lifecycle, contributing to major platform initiatives while upholding international standards and safety