# R&D Engineer - Hardware

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: Chapter Lead__ Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory) In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to ABB’s success with technology, software, product, and system development. Each day, you will identify and implement innovative solutions to relevant problems. You will also showcase your expertise by providing ideas and by being able to work both independently and as a part of a Research & Development (R&D) team. The work model for the role is: onsite This role is contributing to the ELSP in Jiangmen / Xiamen. You will be mainly accountable for: Take part in project evaluations and technical feasibility studies for residual current protection products. Propose sound hardware solutions. Design residual current detection circuits for Type A, B and other types. This includes signal conditioning for zero-sequence current transformers and fluxgate-based DC detection. Select and match magnetic cores and current transformers.

- **Id**: 4051217
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/abb-rd-engineer-hardware>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Xiamen, China, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T01:48:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T01:48:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4931
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Grid, Industrial Automation, Industrial Robotics

## Company

- **Id**: 44977
- **Name**: ABB
- **Domain**: abb.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/abb>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 328
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.402
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **FMEA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T01:48:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T04:09:25Z

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