Component Engineer – Mechanical and Engineering Parts

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This position reports to:

Engineering Manager

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The work model for the role is: Onsite, Richmond, VA

Your role and responsibilities:

In this role as Component Engineer – Mechanical and Engineering Parts, you will play a key part in supporting the performance and reliability of our active product portfolio, primarily focused on UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), PDU (Power Distribution Units), and STS (Static Transfer Switches) within the Data Center segment. You will serve as the responsible design authority for the Mechanical and engineering discipline, ensuring the quality, cost-effectiveness, and production readiness of components used across these products. Your responsibilities will include component maintenance, technical evaluations, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams including R&D, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Quality and Production. In addition to your technical leadership, you will demonstrate your expertise by ensuring that all assignments are completed in alignment with contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and applicable regulatory policies and standards.

 

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Assessing the quality, reliability, and compatibility of different components through testing, analysis, and collaboration with engineering and suppliers. 

• Perform feasibility study and internal estimation cost for the manufacturing parts; Perform supplier capability and capacity analysis to make sourcing decisions and recommendations.

• Develop guidelines/procedures on component selection. Evaluate supplier change or EOL notification as needed; Maintain component data management systems including qualification records/results/documentation. 

• Collaborate with P&L and quality to ensure suppliers meet quality and delivery

requirements, resolving any issues related to component manufacturing, and

identifying potential alternative suppliers; Lead Make vs. Buy decision analyses and support outside processing management when outsourcing is desired. 

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor degree in manufacturing/mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline PLUS minimum of 3 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering and/or tool development.

• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes and techniques for mechanical components, including sheet metal, copper, plastic, and aluminum.

• Experience with evaluation and qualification of mechanical and engineering

component manufacturers.

• Ability to discuss designs with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacture and assessing supplier capabilities.

• Ability to analyze material cost breakdowns and accuracy based on market values through strong analytical skills.

• Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to work with

engineering, SMC and suppliers to ensure technical requirements are met.

• Experience with SAP and or Windchill PLM systems preferred.

• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

More about us

ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division’s technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division’s portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world’s largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division’s ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

Why ABB?

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.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age,  race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan. 

• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus

• Vision benefit

• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)

• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)

• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums

• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid

• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid.  Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.

• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption

• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions 

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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