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 Research & Development careers at ABB
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Iconic stories start with groundbreaking breakthroughs. Lucky for you, we have a team of innovative engineers and scientists to help you discover yours. Join our team, and you’ll get to work with tech that revolutionizes the world while creating value for our customers and shareholders.
Explore the opportunities within our Research & Development teams.

>7000 Employees
Corporate Research Centers
~26.000 Patents 

*2023 annual figures 

Career paths

Technical

  • Provides technical expertise based option for career development for those that like to work on technology and becoming the in-depth expert 
  • Provides a structure for talent development in technical domain 
  • Progression along a number of jobs in the ”R&D specialist” job family (ranging from Scientist to Seniors, Principals (...) up to Research Fellows) 

Project Management

  • Allows career development and progress within R&D Project Management 
  • Primary focus on managing projects/programs within R&D, rather than contributing technically/scientifically 
  • Leading/Facilitating the end-to-end execution of R&D projects to achieve project associated milestones, targets, and desired outcomes. 
  • Provides a structure for talent development in area of project management 

People Manager 

  • Team lead, team manager or global unit lead amongst others.
  • Allows career development combining people leadership and development with technical leadership
  • Either by leading a team or leading multiple teams, managerial roles support the organization achieving the agreed R&D targets and manages technologies, platforms, and Intellectual Property (IP) 

Special R&D roles

  • R&D professionals focusing on cyber security, patents, quality assurance or technical writing etc. 
  • For those with specific expertise in a particular domain (e.g. cyber security professionals that define ABB’s cybersecurity strategy aligned with overall business needs or patent officers leading overall intellectual property activities and ensuring development of IP strategies and policies) 
  • Progress along different jobs in this category in sync with talent development

What’s in it for you?
  • Enjoy a stable employment in a company with a long history in innovation and technology
  • Collaborate with experienced experts in an international environment
  • Transform university research into industry-ready technology platforms
  • Work on cutting edge technologies
  • Seize individual development and training opportunities, from job specific to soft skills
  • Benefit from a wide range of individual career development opportunities and supports you in realising your career goals


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