Global application engineer - Transfer Switching Applications

ABB A/S; Bergamo; Ibrido; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global technology leader is looking for a Global Application Engineer in Bergamo, Italy, to advance distribution switch applications and ensure continuity of supply and safety. The role involves engaging with customers, analyzing technical architectures, and delivering tailored solutions. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of experience in power distribution applications, preferably with direct involvement in selectivity studies. This position offers a hybrid work model and requires 20-25% travel.

Competenze

• 5+ years of industrial experience in power distribution applications.
• Direct involvement in transfer switch systems and selectivity studies.
• Strong ability to translate customer requirements into solutions.

Mansioni

• Engage with customers to understand their applications and challenges.
• Analyze system architectures to propose solutions.
• Deliver application notes and guidelines.
• Collect market insights and transform them into standards.
• Identify new opportunities that strengthen the product portfolio.

Conoscenze

Customer engagement

Analytical skills

Technical documentation

Problem-solving

Fluency in English

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree

Descrizione del lavoro

Placering
Bergamo

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, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Chapter Lead, Customer Application Engineers

As a Global Application Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in advancing main distribution and transfer switch applications - ensuring continuity of supply, selectivity, and safe switching in segments where uptime and resilience are non‑negotiable.

In this role, you will focus on main distribution and automatic transfer switch applications, helping customers achieve reliable, selective, and efficient power management across critical installations. You will need a solid understanding of switching logics, selectivity requirements, and coordination in main distribution systems, particularly in segments driven by the energy transition, such as energy storage systems (ESS).

This role is at the intersection of technical application expertise, market insight, and customer engagement, ensuring our solutions meet the high demands of uptime, selectivity, and resilience in evolving energy applications.

Preferred location: Europe

Work model: hybrid

Your responsibilities

• Engaging directly with customers to understand their applications, requirements, and challenges.
• Analyzing system architectures and operating logics to propose concrete solutions tailored to customer needs.
• Delivering application notes, new configurations, and integration guidelines in our application configurator and digital tools.
• Collecting market and application insights and transforming them into practical solutions, standards, and knowledge transfer for colleagues and the wider organization.
• Driving innovation by identifying new opportunities and configurations that strengthen our product and solution portfolio.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s degree is a plus).
• 5+ years of industrial experience in power distribution applications, ideally with direct involvement in transfer switch systems, selectivity studies, and protection coordination.
• Solid understanding of main distribution architectures, logics for automatic transfer, and selectivity design principles.
• Experience engaging with customers from technical discussions to solution proposals.
• Strong ability to translate customer requirements into structured solutions, documentation, and application tools.
• Travel requirement 20-25%
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English

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.

Locations

Bergamo, Italy

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