R&D Principal Engineer

USTBC ABB Installation Products Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Bengaluru, India, seeks a senior .NET developer to lead design and development of connectivity package features within the R&D team. You will mentor the team, manage architectures, and contribute to product releases with a focus on quality and on-time delivery.

The role requires 10–15 years of software development experience, strong C#/.NET expertise, WPF/WinForms, and familiarity with SCADA interfaces (IEC61850). Experience with Azure and CI pipelines is preferred.

Qualifications

• BE / B. Tech / ME / M. Tech in CS/Electrical or Electronics with 10–15 years of software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming and design skills.
• Expert in designing and developing in C# .NET, WinForms and WPF with SCADA knowledge (IEC61850) and Azure.
• Proficient in CI using Git.
• Ability to contribute to Technical documentation and test case inputs.
• Knowledge of UI/UX concepts and ability to estimate based on task complexity.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of product features for Connectivity Packages.
• Lead and collaborate with team to deliver product releases on time and with quality.
• Align with targets (time, cost, quality) and complete project deliverables.
• Propose innovative solutions for customer requirements.
• Define product features based on MRS and maintain UI/UX concepts.

Skills

C# .NET

WPF

OO design

Azure

Education

BE / B.Tech / ME / M.Tech in CS/EE/EC

Tools

Git

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: R&D Department Lead

Your role and responsibilities :

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work for Research and Development (R&D) employees and support them in achieving the agreed R&D targets. Each day, you will coach and develop the team. You will also showcase your expertise by helping in managing technologies, platforms, and Intellectual Property.

This role is contributing to the Electrification Business Distribution Solutions Division in Bangalore, India.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Responsible for Analysis, Design and Development of Product features for Connectivity Packages.
• Demonstrates sound understanding and usages of R&D processes and tools.Align with assigned targets (time, cost, quality) and complete project deliverables.
• Lead and collaborate well with the team, to deliver the Product releases on time, with good quality. Should have good communication skills.
• Propose innovative solutions for customer requirements.
• Design and implement Product features based on requirements.
• Based on MRS, define product features, maintaining UI/UX design concepts.

Qualifications for the role:

• BE / B. Tech / ME / M. Tech, Computer Science/ Electrical or/Electronics and communication / Electronics and Instrumentation with 10 to 15 years' experience in Software development using .NET technologies, preferably using C# .NET, WinForms and WPF.
• Strong object-oriented programming and design skills
• Expert in Designing and development skills in C#\WPF\.NET with knowledge in SCADA system (communication with IEC61850), Azure
• Should be innovative in nature with good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Should have good knowledge on design concepts also analyze and provide estimation based on complexity of the tasks.
• Responsible to provide input for Technical documentation and online help.
• Should be able to provide inputs for creating test cases, for customer requirements.
• Familiarity with continuous integration using GIT.

More about us :

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air-and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

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