Project Engineer

ABB; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Project Engineer with a background in Power Systems to join our team in Houston, TX. The role focuses on power system studies, substation and building integration, and protection/controls design within a hybrid work model.

You will contribute to design, analysis, and commissioning activities, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and customers. A FE-led path with PE licensure interest is encouraged, with travel up to about 25% to sites and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• 2+ years of electrical engineering experience on multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience in power system studies, substation design, or protection and control.
• Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination with interest in pursuing Professional Engineer licensure.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering projects, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Develop, review, and approve electrical deliverables complying with codes and ABB practices.
• Attend customer technical meetings, design reviews, and coordination meetings.
• Manage engineering scope, risks, schedules, and change management with Project Management.
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning, and startup activities as required.
• Coordinate multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors to align with project objectives.

Skills

Power systems

Substation design

Protection & controls

FE/PE readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

SKM

PSCAD

EasyPower

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:

Electrical Engineering Manager

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ABB is seeking a Project Engineer with a background in Power Systems to join our team. Working at ABB offers a unique opportunity to gain hands‑on experience across the full spectrum of power system engineering. Our group actively engages in substation design, protection and controls engineering, power system studies, and the design and implementation of power management systems. Being part of this team allows engineers to collaborate across multiple disciplines, contribute to complex and impactful projects, and develop a well‑rounded understanding of modern power infrastructure up to 69kV.

The work model for the role is: hybrid

This role is contributing to the Automation Energy Industries division in Houston, TX.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Support engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery through effective technical leadership, coordination, and adherence to project scope, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects.
• Develop, review, and approve electrical engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with project requirements, applicable codes, industry standards, and ABB engineering practices.
• Attend customer technical meetings, design reviews, and interdisciplinary engineering coordination meetings.
• Manage assigned engineering scope, technical risks, engineering schedules, and change management activities in collaboration with Project Management.
• Support factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and startup activities as required.
• Coordinate and provide technical oversight of multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors, ensuring alignment with project requirements, engineering standards, schedules, and overall project objectives.

Additional tasks with varying scope depending on experience level:

• Perform power system studies (e.g., short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, load flow) to support protection design and validate system performance.
• Create substation and electrical building integration design packages and follow those projects from the conceptual stage to construction completion.
• Develop protection and control system designs, including relay selection, protection philosophies, settings development, configuration, and coordination.
• Design/implementation of power management systems (PMS).

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• 2+ years of experience in electrical engineering, with demonstrated success supporting multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Experience in one of the following technical areas:
• Power system studies and associated software (ETAP, SKM, PSCAD, EasyPower)
• Substation and electrical building design.
• Protection and control system design, including relay applications, settings, and integration.
• Strong understanding of relevant industry standards and codes (IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, IEC, or equivalent as applicable).
• Demonstrated experience serving as an Electrical Engineer low to medium complexity engineering projects.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical execution across multiple concurrent projects.
• Excellent technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination with an interest in pursuing Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
• You enjoy occasionally working in the field and traveling to customer and manufacturing sites to support project execution (approx. 25% travel).

What's In It For You

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

More About Us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.