Senior VFD Technician & ABB Drive Specialist

Ambient Enterprises; Canton (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

MIH Systems Group is seeking a senior, customer-facing VFD Technician to serve as the in‑house Product Specialist for drive-related activities, including startup, commissioning, retrofit, service, and maintenance.

This role requires leading drive projects from initial startup through long-term support, with a strong preference for ABB drive platforms, and involves travel to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on experience with industrial Variable Frequency Drives.
• Strong working knowledge of ABB VFD platforms preferred.
• Proven experience with drive startup, commissioning, and field service in industrial environments.
• Solid understanding of three-phase power systems, motor theory, and control fundamentals.
• Experience programming and configuring drive parameters, macros, and I/O.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and control drawings.
• Familiarity with Modbus, Profibus, EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet protocols.
• Active electrical license (journeyman/master) preferred; willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead startup and commissioning of new VFD installations, including parameter configuration and motor tuning.
• Coordinate with engineering, project management, and customer teams for go-live.
• Perform pre-commissioning checks (megger testing, wiring verification, power quality) before energizing drives.
• Evaluate legacy drive systems and recommend retrofit or replacement solutions.
• Lead retrofit projects: drive swaps, panel upgrades, integration with existing systems.
• Provide field service support: troubleshooting, repair, maintenance for VFDs at customer sites.
• Diagnose drive faults, motor control issues, and network integration problems.
• Maintain service documentation and configuration backups.

Skills

VFD Experience

ABB VFD

Drive Startup

Field Service

Electrical License

ABB Certification

PLC Platforms (Allen-Bradley, Siemens)

HMI/SCADA

Modbus/Profibus/IEC Protocols

Power Quality Analysis

Education

Associate degree / technical cert

Tools

Megger Testing

VFD Parameter Config

I/O Configuration

Job description

MIH Systems Group is seeking a senior, customer-facing VFD Technician to serve as the in‑house Product Specialist for drive-related activities, including startup, commissioning, retrofit, service, and maintenance.

This role requires leading drive projects from initial startup through long-term support, with a strong preference for ABB drive platforms, and involves travel to customer sites as needed.