Abb
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Senior Project Engineer - Mechanical Design Automation

Location
Mebane, NC
Listed
3 days ago

Your role and responsibilities

  • In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as a design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity.
  • Each day, you will complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects in a cost-effective manner.
  • You will also showcase your skills by applying basic design thinking/design for excellence concepts in projects.

The work model for the role is: onsite

This role is contributing to the Electrification Distribution Solutions in North America. Main stakeholders are Engineering, R&D, and Manufacturing.

You will be mainly accountable for

  • Plan, organize, lead, and execute multiple small and large projects simultaneously while meeting target delivery dates.
  • Develop user requirements, specifications, and structure for improving various applications, including, but not limited to Empower, Rulestream, ePLAN, GPLM, and SAP.
  • Design, code, test and implement new programs using various languages such as Visual Basic (VBA and VB.NET) and C#, using structured programming techniques.
  • Interact with Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, and SAP team members to identify and resolve system related issues.
  • Enhance mechanical configurator code and tables for various product lines.
  • Enhance electrical CAD tools for various product lines.
  • Setup, maintain, and train users on engineering systems.
  • Some evenings and weekends may be required as part of production problem resolution, programming and inventory support.
  • Perform other duties within Engineering Systems as directed.

Qualifications for the role

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or Mathematics.
  • 3 years of experience with Project Engineering and Rules based Systems.
  • Skills in MS Office, Empower, HIRES, ePLAN, GPLM, and SAP.
  • Skills in MS Office, Empower, HIRES, ePLAN, GPLM, or SAP.
  • Enhanced knowledge of Low/Medium Voltage Motor Control Centers.
  • You have a working knowledge of SQL and general programming.
  • You are organized with the ability to manage your own tasks and as part of a team.
  • Candidates already have work authorization to work 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
  • Parental Leave - up to 6 weeks
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ready to make an impact?

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: Engineering Tools Manager

More about us

ABB is an innovative technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation, robotics and motion, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization with two clear value propositions: bringing electricity from any power plant to any plug and automating industries from natural resources to finished products. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees.

The Electrification Products business connects equipment, software, and services to protect, control, and optimize assets within electrical infrastructures. The business provides customers with end-to-end product and service solutions that help ensure the reliability and protection of their electrical infrastructure.

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

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