Supplier Quality Engineer

• Magnetics & Transformers

About ABB

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.

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.

Role Overview

Reports to: Global Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager

Work Model: Hybrid

Locations: Richmond, VA; Bergamo, Italy; Heidelberg, Germany; Chassieu, France

Your Responsibilities

You will take the lead in executing supplier assessments within the magnetics and transformers category, driving effective corrective and preventive actions aligned with supplier maturity and performance. You will oversee operational supplier quality activities both on-site and remotely, ensuring robust qualification and continuous development of global suppliers.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Driving approval process for supplier parts, materials, and project subcontractor services, as applicable, involving collaboration with other functions/experts, encompassing activities like Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and product surveillance at supplier manufacturing sites
• Leading in promptly addressing supply issues related to quality, deliveries, non-compliant products, or project services
• Working together with buyers to engage suppliers and prepare claims cases when necessary
• Ensuring required supplier development processes are thoroughly executed to drive continuous improvement of the supplier base
• Leading and taking active participation in resolution of customer cases, following robust root cause analysis and corrective actions implementation (supplier + customers)

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in supplier quality or manufacturing quality of transformers and magnetics (preferred)
• Knowledge in quality management, analysis/improving tools
• Experience in Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Bachelor degree in engineering (electrical engineering preferred); Masters degree, a plus
• Ability to travel domestic and international up to 20%
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

Our Commitment

We care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.