Power Systems Engineer - Marine

ABB Schweiz AG; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Power Systems Engineer to lead engineering activities within the marine sector. This hybrid role involves ensuring compliance with quality assurance standards, managing technical communications, and coordinating project activities effectively. The ideal candidate will have an engineering degree, experience with ABB Drive Systems, and a solid understanding of marine industry regulations. Join a dynamic team dedicated to creating sustainable solutions in the marine and ports industry, where your expertise will contribute to innovative projects and help achieve decarbonization targets. If you're ready to make an impact, this opportunity awaits you!

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Drive and Motor application required.
• Familiarity with marine industry codes and regulations is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities ensuring compliance and quality assurance.
• Manage technical communications and document approvals effectively.

Skills

Drive and Motor application

Communication skills

Quality Assurance

Change Management

Cyber Security

Education

Engineering Degree

Tools

ABB Drive Systems (ACS880 & ACS6080)

ABB 800XA Control Systems

ETAP

MATLAB

Job description

Power Systems Engineer - Marine

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This is a position with grade

13

This position reports to

Business Manager-Commercial & Operation

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as the technical lead for all engineering activities in assignments. Each day, you will ensure the activities related to all engineering disciplines within the project are executed in an efficient and cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by acting as a design authority for a particular engineering discipline and completing the corresponding engineering assignments. The work model for the role is: hybrid (#Li-Hybrid) and requires travel throughout the year. This role is contributing to the Process Automation Marine Ports business in Houston, TX. There could be flexibility in the living location as long as it's within the Gulf Coast.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Quality Assurance and Compliance: Secure QA for the assigned power package within the contractual scope, ensuring compliance with HSE rules and regulations.
• Communication and Coordination: Manage technical communications with customers, class, and sub-suppliers, ensuring all changes and additional requirements are properly handled.
• Approvals and Documentation: Obtain necessary client approvals for design, drawings, quality, and inspections, document verbal agreements, and ensure third-party approvals and transmission of required documents.
• Feedback and Change Management: Provide feedback to the Project Manager on issues and progress, communicate requests for changes beyond the contract scope, and handle change management for software and hardware.
• Planning and Cyber Security: Plan and schedule activities within the discipline, coordinate with the Project Manager, ensure cyber security implementation, and deliver final documentation post-commissioning.

Qualifications for the role

• Engineering Degree and 2+ years of experience in Drive and Motor application required.
• Experience with ABB Drive Systems (ACS880 &/or ACS6080) and ABB 800XA Control Systems is preferred.
• Previous experience with the U.S. Coast Guard or U.S. Navy is preferred.
• Familiar with marine industry standard codes and classification society regulations (DNV, ABS, USCG), experience in marine system integration involving energy storage, power generation and distribution (AC & DC), hybrid multi-drive systems, low voltage AC switchgear system design, and performing power system studies in ETAP and MATLAB is helpful.
• Ability to lead multiple systems, develop technical specifications, protection and control functions descriptions, input/output lists, commissioning checklists, review technical proposals, FAT procedures, interconnection diagrams, cable selection and design, UPS load calculations, ELA analysis, DC switchboard design, and contribute to FMA, DVTP, PSTP documents is helpful.
• This position requires the candidate to be a U.S. citizen or possess a valid U.S. Green Card due to the activities of the role.

More about us

The Marine & Ports Division serves the shipping and ports industries through its extensive portfolio of integrated systems and solutions that improve the flexibility, reliability and energy efficiency of vessels and container terminals. By coupling power, propulsion, automation, marine software and services that ensure maximum vessel uptime, the Division is well positioned to help the marine industry to achieve its decarbonization targets while improving the profitability and sustainability of our customers’ business throughout the entire lifecycle of vessels. With ABB Ability Marine software solutions and ABB Ability Collaborative Operations Centers around the world, shipowners and operators can run their fleets at lower fuel and maintenance costs, while improving crew, passenger and cargo safety as well as overall productivity of their operations.

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