ABB Schweiz AG
Untersiggenthal
11 hours ago
Mechanical Project Engineer System Drives (80-100%)
- 12 March 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Untersiggenthal
Job summary
Join ABB to support industries in working efficiently and cleanly. This role offers a chance to lead, develop your skills, and make a difference together.
Tasks
- Plan and implement solutions for medium-voltage converters.
- Collaborate with teams on customer orders and technical support.
- Drive product and process improvements in engineering environments.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with CAD expertise.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of German and English for effective customer engagement.
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About the job
Bei ABB unterstützen wir die Industrie dabei, effizienter und sauberer zu arbeiten - und jeder Einzelne trägt hier dazu bei. Sie haben die Möglichkeit, eine Führungsrolle zu übernehmen, wir unterstützen Sie bei Ihrer Entwicklung und Sie werden stolz auf das sein, was wir gemeinsam erreichen. Kommen Sie zu uns und helfen Sie mit, die Welt zu verändern.
Diese Position berichtet an:
Senior Engineering Manager
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Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will: join an interdisciplinary engineering team that delivers medium-voltage converter solutions for global customers, guiding each project from order receipt through to successful customer acceptance. You will also contribute to the planning and interface coordination of the complete medium‑voltage converter system, including transformers, motors, and control technology.
To strengthen our team, we are looking for an experienced Mechanical Project Engineer who ideally brings solid expertise in mechanical design within the medium‑voltage environment, as well as initial experience in project management.
The work model for the role is: hybrid #LI-hybrid
This role is contributing to the Medium Voltage System Drives, Motion High Power Division, in Untersiggenthal, Switzerland.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Planning and implementing customer-specific solutions for air- and water-cooled medium-voltage converters within customer orders, ensuring quality, deadlines, and cost compliance, and preparing the associated technical documentation
- Processing customer orders mechanically in collaboration with project management, electrical engineering, production, and system testing
- Providing technical support to sales, project management, and lead engineering, including attending and supporting customer meetings or technical acceptances and presenting technical content when required (max. 5% travel activity)
- Developing continuous product improvements and driving and collaborating on process improvements within the engineering environment
Qualifications for the role
- You hold a Bachelor's degree (BSc) in Mechanical Engineering and you have strong knowledge of CAD software (Solid Edge / CREO & Windchill PLM) as well as FEM analyses (ANSYS) in the field of mechanics (calculation, validation, documentation).
- You bring prior SAP knowledge in the areas of materials, documents, parts lists, change management, and product configurations (an advantage).
- You are a socially competent, communicative personality with strong customer and results orientation and you work in a systematic and structured manner.
- You have solid knowledge of German and English.
- You have collaboration and communication skills, being known as effective in cross-functional environments.
Benefits
We also offer our employees the following benefits:
- Innovative and future-oriented working environment
- Hybrid work opportunities
- Gym & canteen
- Childcare
- ...and many more.
More about us
ABB High Power is a global supplier of high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial processes and large infrastructure applications. With our industry leading technology and global support, we help our customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day.
We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). The recruiting process is being led by Azra Filan, Talent Partner at ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com
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