Abb
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R&D Associate Engineer - Electrical

Location
Fort Smith, AR
Listed
3 days ago

Your role and responsibilities

The R&D Associate Electrical Engineer supports a team of electrical engineers in achieving R&D targets. You'll also contributes to the development of electric motor technologies, platforms, and intellectual property.

You will be mainly accountable for

  • Acts as an independent and reliable contributor with limited supervision. Participate in technology development and product development projects and support existing products.
  • Creating electrical designs for industrial motors per internal specifications and industry standards from fractional through integral horsepower range. Maintains a special emphasis on AC induction motor design methodology, modeling techniques and test standards. Analyzes motor test data for performance verification.
  • Stays abreast of the state-of-the-art designs in the electrical engineering area, as well as new and evolving technologies. Leverages expertise in motor design to contribute innovative and creative ideas.
  • Collaborates with Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sales on development of product specifications, application assistance, regulatory or certification requirements and processes. Understands customer value creation and works to increase customer satisfaction.

Qualifications for the role

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
  • Preferred Experience Includes: Experience with electric motor technologies, advanced design methodologies (FEA), computer programming.
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

What's in it for you

  • We want you to bring your full self to work-your ideas, your energy, your ambition.
  • You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter.
  • Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Abb Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

  • [excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]
  • Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to
  • 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. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
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About Abb

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: Director of Research & Development

The work model for the role is: Onsite #LI-Onsite

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.

More about us

ABB's NEMA Motors Division is the global leading electric NEMA motors manufacturer. With more than 4,500 employees across the globe and seven manufacturing locations that produce more than 1.6 million motors every year, the division powers its customers from many industries with safe, reliable energy-efficient and effective solutions. NEMA Motors Division is a trusted leader with the shortest lead time and the broadest modularized product offering.

Read the original posting

From Abb's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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