R&D Senior Engineer

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This position reports to:

R&D Department/Local Unit Lead SBBA China

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What we believe in

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That's our story. Make it your story.

Your role and responsibilities

Responsible for leading the ABB BA product hardware R&D team and driving systematic, structured planning and delivery of building automation systems and products. Core responsibilities include hardware team management, cross-functional organizational coordination, NPI project management, and architecture-level technical decision-making.

The work model for the role is: onsite

This role is contributing to the Smart Building division in China.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead and manage the BA hardware R&D team (including 3 direct reports and cross-functional matrix members); establish clear team goals and individual development plans to build a cohesive, high-performance hardware development team. Drive systematic coaching, task allocation, and performance management to continuously unlock team potential and develop talent pipelines.

• Adopt a system architect's perspective to conduct full-chain technical planning for BA products (thermostats, smart sensors, actuators, HVAC DDC controllers, IoT devices, gateways, etc.); structurally decompose product requirements, define hardware architecture and technical roadmaps. Leverage structured thinking to establish product development frameworks and standards, proactively identify and mitigate architecture-level risks, and provide systematic assurance for parallel multi-product-line execution.

• Serve as the core hardware R&D interface across product management, software, testing, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams; drive resource integration and efficient cross-departmental collaboration. Lead end-to-end NPI project management, including milestone planning, critical path tracking, and delivery risk control to ensure on-time, on-quality, on-budget delivery.

• Lead and review electronic hardware design (schematics, PCB layouts); drive implementation of innovative electronic design solutions. Identify technical bottlenecks, propose and execute improvements to continuously strengthen product technical competitiveness.

• Define verification test schemes per product specs and international standards; collaborate with testing teams on R&D verification. Partner with process engineering on production verification tests, systematically resolve technical issues from production and market, produce standardized technical documentation, and establish a traceable quality control loop.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor degree or above, major in IoT, electronic or automatic technology related professional
• Bachelor's degree or above in power electronics, electrical engineering, automation, or computer science; 5+ years of electronic hardware development experience. Prior experience with ABB BA building control products, smart sensors, or IoT products is preferred.
• Strong expertise in digital and analog circuit design, with rich MCU/embedded system development experience; proficient in EDA tools (Altium Designer, Cadence, PADs) for schematic and PCB design; able to independently perform hardware debugging and testing.
• Familiar with CE, CB, TUV and other international certification standards and rectification processes; experienced in EMC design, safety regulations, and relevant test standards; familiar with electronic product manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience managing hardware R&D teams of 3+, with demonstrated ability to set clear team goals and individual development plans, motivate team members, and build a positive engineering culture. Track record of leading teams to overcome challenges and deliver results under resource-constrained conditions.
• Exceptional ability to think systematically and structurally — capable of decomposing complex product requirements into clear technical architecture and actionable plans. Able to conduct technology roadmap planning and prioritization from a holistic perspective, and effectively manage parallel multi-product-line development risks.
• Strong cross-functional coordination skills, able to efficiently integrate resources across product management, software, testing, process engineering, and supply chain. Solid project management capability with familiarity in NPI processes — experienced in leading project planning, milestone tracking, and risk management to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in both Chinese and English, able to collaborate directly with international teams. Strong learning agility and pragmatic mindset; able to maintain a proactive, positive attitude under pressure and continuously drive technical innovation and business breakthroughs.
• Ability to communicate in English, both written and oral.

• Outstanding cross-functional communication and organizational coordination skills — able to bridge hardware, software, product, manufacturing, and supply chain teams effectively.

  Systematic and structured thinking — ability to translate ambiguous requirements into clear architecture, plans, and measurable outcomes.

  Highly responsible, self-motivated, and autonomous; demonstrates strong ownership and accountability in team management and project delivery.

  Very strong learning ability, pragmatic spirit, and resilience under pressure; embraces challenges and drives continuous improvement.

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. 

Benefits

ABB provides competitive benefits, ask us!

More about us
ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications. The Division’s highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers’ carbon reduction strategies.
 

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