Test Automation Engineer - Power Converters

ABB E-mobility; San Giovanni Valdarno; In loco; EUR 28.000 - 34.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ABB E-mobility in Italy seeks a Manufacturing Test Engineer to support automated test methods for AC/DC and DC/DC converter stages, ensuring reliable verification of electrical performance, safety, and interfaces. You will define test coverage for power modules, participate in the full test lifecycle from prototypes to production, and industrialize test equipment with internal teams and suppliers.

You will also translate specifications into production strategies, maintain traceability,

Competenze

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronics, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Up to 3 years of experience in power electronics, electrical testing, industrial test equipment, or production test automation.
• Basic understanding of AC/DC and DC/DC converter principles, including rectification, regulation, isolation, switching, and protection functions.
• Strong interest in manufacturing test engineering, production automation, and first-pass yield improvements.
• Hands-on familiarity with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, data acquisition systems.
• Knowledge of Python, C#, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or similar tools.
• Ability to read schematics and support test-bench integration and instrumentation.
• Structured documentation, test procedures, and traceability between requirements and results.
• Fluent English; knowledge of EV charging standards or Azure/DevOps is a plus.

Mansioni

• Support the development and implementation of automated manufacturing test methods for AC/DC and DC/DC converter stages, ensuring reliable verification of electrical performance, safety, isolation, efficiency, thermal behavior, protection functions, calibration data, and communication interfaces.
• Contribute to the definition of manufacturing test coverage for power modules and converter systems, ensuring compliance with product, quality, safety, and production requirements.
• Participate in the full manufacturing-test lifecycle, from prototypes to mass production release and continuous improvement.
• Translate specifications and architectures into effective production test strategies.
• Define, automate, deploy, and industrialize production test equipment, fixtures, and test benches with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Create and maintain traceability documentation linking requirements, test specs, limits, and results.
• Investigate and analyze test failures to drive corrective actions based on data.
• Collaborate with power electronics, firmware, manufacturing, quality, field service, compliance teams, labs, and suppliers.
• Support continuous improvement to increase first-pass yield and test repeatability.

Conoscenze

Electrical test automation

Python

LabVIEW

C#

Data logging

English fluency

OCPP familiarity

Schematic reading

Formazione

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Strumenti

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

Data acquisition systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Your Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of automated manufacturing test methods for AC/DC and DC/DC converter stages, ensuring reliable verification of electrical performance, safety, isolation, efficiency, thermal behavior, protection functions, calibration data, and communication interfaces.
• Contribute to the definition of manufacturing test coverage for power modules and converter systems, ensuring compliance with product, quality, safety, and production requirements.
• Participate in the full manufacturing-test lifecycle, supporting activities from early prototypes and engineering builds through pilot production, process qualification, ramp-up, mass-production release, production monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Help translate converter specifications, electrical architectures, manufacturing requirements, safety constraints, and engineering changes into effective and production‑ready test strategies.
• Support the definition, automation, deployment, and industrialization of production test equipment, fixtures, and test benches, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of traceability documentation by linking requirements, test specifications, measurement limits, calibration records, production logs, failure codes, release criteria, and quality metrics.
• Investigate and analyze manufacturing test failures, supporting root‑cause analysis activities to distinguish between design, firmware, component, thermal, fixture, or process‑related issues and helping drive corrective actions based on data.
• Collaborate with power electronics, firmware, manufacturing, quality, field service, compliance teams, external laboratories, and suppliers to resolve technical issues and maintain high standards for converter testing.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing first‑pass yield, improving test repeatability, reducing cycle time, strengthening defect containment, and enhancing overall manufacturing test effectiveness.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electronics, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Up to 3 years of experience gained through professional roles, internships, thesis projects, research activities, university projects, laboratory work, or similar exposure in power electronics, electrical testing, industrial test equipment, laboratory validation, or production test automation.
• Basic understanding of AC/DC and DC/DC converter principles, including rectification, power factor correction, isolated conversion, regulation, switching behavior, efficiency, ripple, thermal management, and protection functions.
• Strong interest in manufacturing test engineering, production automation, quality improvement, first‑pass yield optimization, and industrialization activities from prototype to volume production.
• Hands‑on familiarity with electrical instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, power analyzers, current probes, thermal sensors, and data acquisition systems.
• Knowledge of at least one automation or programming environment such as Python, C#, LabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, or similar tools.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, understand test‑bench architectures, follow wiring diagrams, and support the integration of instrumentation, cooling systems, contactors, fixtures, and data‑logging solutions.
• Familiarity with structured documentation, test procedures, measurement records, issue tracking, version control practices, and traceability between requirements, tests, limits, and results.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem‑solving skills, ownership mindset, adaptability, attention to quality, and effective communication skills for working in cross‑functional and supplier‑facing environments.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of EV charging standards (OCPP, IEC 61851, ISO 15118), Azure technologies, distributed‑system testing, microservices testing, performance or security testing, or certifications in Test Automation, Quality Assurance, Agile, or DevOps methodologies would be considered a plus.

What's in it for you?

Work with the best specialists in their field, in a diverse environment with unparalleled global reach. Feel inspired by our fast growth. You will have the accountability to own your part in enabling a future of sustainable and efficient mobility. You can also count on a competitive compensation package in line with your capabilities and experience. Diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities are at the core of what we do. We celebrate different experiences and perspectives, and we aim to empower everyone in the creation of sustainable solutions for people all over the world. Our individual differences make us successful.

Compensation Package

The employment framework is based on the National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) for the Metalworking Industry, with an indicative level of C3/B2 and a minimum gross annual salary starting from € 31.000,00. The specific level and compensation package will be defined based on the outcome of the selection process (including experience, skills set, and role fit), in accordance with objective, transparent, and gender‑neutral criteria, in line with pay equity and equal opportunity principles. The total compensation package will also include a variable bonus linked to individual and company targets.

About ABB E-Mobility

ABB E-mobility is a world leader in EV charging technology and a partner of choice for the world’s biggest electric vehicle OEMs and nationwide EV charging network operators. With a strong R&D pipeline, our robust product portfolio of innovative holistic solutions – from grid to charge point and domestic installations to large fleet depots – means we are actively enabling the future of E-Mobility, not just predicting it.