Senior Design Engineer

ABB; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Flexible working model

Lunch subsidy

Development & training possibilities

Employee share ownership program

Family benefits

Sport activities

Massage

Cultural benefits

Job summary

ABB Drive Products in Helsinki is seeking an experienced power electronics engineer to contribute to product modifications and solution development. You will be the first R&D contact for specific cases, proposing innovative approaches and documenting results.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Sales, Product Management and Production, and requires daily onsite presence in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki. Requirements include 5+ years in power electronics, a practical, hands-on mindset, and strong

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in power electronics or electrical design.
• Practical mindset with ability to translate ideas into prototypes and sellable products.
• Ability to work with sales and customers.
• Experience defining and building measurement test setups and documenting conclusions.
• Motivation to adopt new working methods including automation and AI.
• Bachelor or Master level degree in electronics or power electronics.
• Proficiency in English; Finnish language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain solid knowledge of power electronics by integrating latest developments.
• Act as first point of contact in R&D for product-related modification cases.
• Suggest and implement innovative solutions for customer-specific requirements.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product Management and Production to drive Drive Products division success.
• Work onsite daily in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki as part of the Industrial Drives design team.

Skills

Power electronics

Prototype development

Customer interaction

Test setup & documentation

Automation & AI

English communication

Education

B.Sc or M.Sc in electronics or power electronics

Job description

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.

This position reports to:

Design Manager

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to effective execution of customer and application specific solution development. Each day, you will act as the first point of contact in Research and Development for specific product-related modification cases. You will also demonstrate your knowledge by identifying, suggesting, and putting forward innovative solutions.

This role is contributing to the Drive Products division’s success, especially in Europe and South-East Asia. Main stakeholders are Sales, Product Management and production. Position is located in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki and we expect you to be in there daily.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Maintaining solid knowledge of power electronics by integrating the latest developments in technologies, tools, and methodologies into your work.
• Finding new ways of solving problems by following your ideas, creating hypotheses, and defining ways to validate them.
• Documenting work results (like findings, designs, or software), allowing others to maintain and improve them.
• Understanding and initiating IP generation in your area of specialization and participating in the project IP strategy development.

The work model for the role is: onsite

You will join a capable Industrial Drives design and reliability engineering team where your contributions will matter.

Qualifications For The Role

• At least 5 years of experience in power electronics or electrical design.
• Practical mindset. Capability to transfer ideas to reality, first through prototyping leading to sellable products.
• You enjoy working with people and interacting with sales and customers.
• Good skills in defining and building measurement test set-ups and performing the test - including documentation with conclusions.
• Motivated to adopt new ways of working, related to automation and utilizing AI.
• B.Sc or M.Sc. in electronics or power electronics.
• You are at ease communicating in English. Fluency in Finnish is beneficial.

More About Us

ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world-class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products, global scale and local presence, the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.

• an annual performance bonus
• a flexible working model
• subsidized lunch
• large development & training possibilities
• employee share ownership program
• benefits for families with children
• sports
• massage
• cultural benefits
• many hobby clubs

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?