R&D Senior Engineer

USTBC ABB Installation Products Inc.; Nashik District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Nashik, India seeks a senior mechanical engineer with 8–12 years of design and development experience in indoor/outdoor circuit breakers. You will lead kinematic chain design, mechanism concepts, and drawings, while working with CAD tools like Pro/E, Creo, SolidWorks and Windchill PLM.

The role is onsite, reporting to the R&D Team Lead, and involves IP generation activities and cross-functional collaboration to deliver reliable, high-quality electrical distribution solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (full-time).
• 8–12 years of design and development experience for circuit breakers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain expertise by integrating latest technologies, tools, and methodologies into work.
• Identify and validate innovative solutions by developing hypotheses and testing them.
• Document results (designs, findings, software) for future maintenance and improvements.
• Understand and initiate IP generation and participate in IP strategy development.

Skills

English communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Pro/ENGINEER (Pro-E)

Creo

SolidWorks

Windchill

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 Team Lead

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to successful project results in technology, software, product, and/or solution development, as well as associated Intellectual Property (IP). Each day, you will act as the first point of contact in Research and Development for specific product-related issues and maintenance. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying, proposing, and implementing innovative solutions.

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

This role is contributing to the Electrification business in Distribution Solution at Nashik, India.

You will be mainly accountable for

• Maintaining recognized expertise in a specific area 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.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering (should be full-time)
• Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience in the design and development of indoor or outdoor circuit breakers.
• Hands-on experience in circuit breaker kinematic chain design, mechanism concept development, preparation of designs and drawings, bill of materials (BOM), and associated procedures.
• Proficiency in CAD tools such as Pro/ENGINEER (Pro-E), Creo, or SolidWorks, and PLM systems such as Windchill.
• Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

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.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.