R&D Senior Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 20, 2026. ABB scores A on the Alion truth index.
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This Position reports to:
R&D Department/Local Unit LeadYour role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to successful project results in technology, software, product, and/or solution development, as well as associated Intellectual Property (IP). Each day, you will act as the first point of contact in Research and Development for specific product-related issues and maintenance. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying, proposing, and implementing innovative solutions.
The work model for the role is: #LI-Onsite
This role is contributing to the Electrification business in Distribution Solution at Nashik, India.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Maintaining recognized expertise in a specific area by integrating the latest developments in technologies, tools, and methodologies into your work.
- Finding new ways of solving problems by following your ideas, creating hypotheses, and defining ways to validate them.
- Documenting work results (like findings, designs, or software), allowing others to maintain and improve them.
- Understanding and initiating IP generation in your area of specialization and participating in the project IP strategy development.
Qualifications for the role
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering (should be full-time
- Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience in Design and Development of Vacuum Interrupters
- You have hands on experience in Circuit breaker kinematic chain and mechanism concept development, Preparation of designs, drawings, Bill or material and associated procedures
- Possess an enhanced knowledge of CAD (Pro-E or Creo or Solidworks) & PLM (Windchill)
- Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
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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