Digital Automation & Control Engineer

Overview

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we'll give you what you need to make it happen. It won't always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you'll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:
Technical Consulting Manager II

As a Digital Automation & Control Engineer, you will have the opportunity to coordinate and facilitate the development, implementation, and successful onboarding of digital solutions. Each day, you will support the adoption of digital platform and solutions into the customer business environment along with their subsequent operations and maintenance. You will also showcase your expertise by participating in the ideation work streams from identifying and validating the needs to defining the development.

In this role you will be responsible for delivering electrical system protection and automation design services, specifically related to software programming in Digital Automation & Control (DAC) projects while working with project managers to ensure all work meets project specifications.

Preference is for candidates located in the Sacramento, CA or Cary, NC areas, however we are also open to candidates working remotely in the US.

• Apply engineering expertise to plan, design, and execute digital protection, control, and automation solutions for utility, industrial, and commercial projects.
• Develop engineering design documentation—including schematics, diagrams, layouts, bills of materials, and reports—with appropriate supervision.
• Perform engineering analyses and calculations to support system design and device application.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, assist with proposals, maintain project status documentation, and support customers, management, and partners as needed.
• Ensure safety, compliance, and adherence to industry standards while maintaining technical competence through ongoing training.

• A Master's degree in Software Engineering (preferred), Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering field, along with 5+ years of experience in electrical systems, or in the engineering industry, working as a software engineer or similar; OR, any special combination of Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
• Sound knowledge of electrical systems and the digital automation market.
• Proficiency with industry software such as ABB tools (AC500, AMC
  34, ACS series, PCM
  600), DIGSI, Power Xpert, Compact Logix/RSLogix, RX3i, PECelite, Micro Station, and AutoCAD.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills with the ability to work professionally across all organizational levels; demonstrated capability to lead and influence customer and peers.
• PE license preferred.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

ABB's Service Division partners with our customers to improve the availability, reliability, predictability and sustainability of electrical products and installations. The Division's extensive service portfolio offers product care, modernization, and advisory services to improve performance, extend equipment lifetime and deliver new levels of operational and sustainable efficiency. We help customers keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of their useful life.

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affidavit 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…