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This Position reports to: Senior Engineering Manager

Your role and responsibilities As the Sr. Project Engineer - Protection & Control, you will be responsible for designing and executing the protection and control engineering components of projects and ensure that all related activities are performed in accordance with ABB policy, contractual agreements, quality standards, HSE requirements, financial targets, and schedule commitments. You will also be responsible for engineering analysis and troubleshooting for automation, control, and protection in power systems. You will approach customers with integrity and respect for long lasting relationships, using your experience to solve problems and develop objectives per business metrics. This role may be performed remote or from Houston, TX or Lake Mary, FL offices. This role is contributing to the Electrification Distribution Solutions group in the United States.

Key accountabilities

Engineering & Technical Execution: Lead protection and control engineering design for MV/LV systems, including relay selection, logic implementation, IEC61850 configuration, documentation, and testing support (FAT/SAT).

Customer & Sales Engagement: Provide presales technical support, develop proof-of-concept demos, and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure customer requirements are met.

Process Improvement & Risk Management: Drive continuous improvement initiatives, manage change processes, and assess project risks to ensure timely and quality delivery of engineering solutions.

Communication & Collaboration: Effectively communicate technical concepts across teams and levels, coordinate engineering tasks, and contribute to planning and control of protection and control architectures.

Qualifications

Bachelors Degree with 12 years of relevant experience strongly preferred; Masters Degree preferred. Candidates with no degree and commensurate experience will be considered.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in power systems design / testing / commissioning regarding protection and control.

Strong technical background and knowledge of protection and control systems for LV / MV and HV power systems.

Familiar with power system architectures, troubleshooting tools for protection systems and power systems analysis.

Proven experience with IEC 61850 based substation automation schemes.

Experience with other protective relay communication protocols including DNP & Modbus is highly desirable.

Customer focused with strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Ability to travel up to 40%.

More about us ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

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ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

ABB provides comprehensive health, retirement and other benefits. See MyBenefitsABB.com for details.

While base salary is determined by qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $98,700 and $157,920 annually.

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