Product Certification Manager – Smart Buildings (China)

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About the Role

Reports to: Quality & CI Manager

Work Model: Onsite

Division: Smart Building Division in China

This role leads the full lifecycle of domestic and international product certification (CCC, CE, UL, CB, etc.) for ABB low-voltage electrical products, ensuring on-time market access and sustained compliance. You will drive surveillance-inspection responses, standards surveillance, certificate maintenance, and regulatory risk assessments while promoting a zero-defect mindset across ABB.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end certification projects for ABB products: application, sample submission, test monitoring, and certificate acquisition
• Coordinate national and provincial surveillance-inspection campaigns (Guo Chou & Sheng Chou): sample preparation, data analysis, appeal dossier creation, and technical defense
• Liaise with certification bodies and test laboratories to resolve technical issues and accelerate ABB certification timelines
• Maintain and update all ABB product certificates (renewal, modification, extension) and operate an electronic certificate ledger with expiry alerts
• Track evolving global regulations and standards, assess impact on ABB portfolios, and provide design-in compliance guidance
• Support factory audits for ABB; guide cross-functional teams to correct non-conformities and verify closure
• Review R&D outputs (drawings, BOM, manuals, labels) for certification manufacturability to avoid late design changes
• Establish and maintain an ABB internal design-spec library (creepage, CTI, flammability, critical components)
• Issue the master Certification Plan, align milestones with ABB product-launch gates, and integrate into project-management systems
• Freeze certification build versions, seal and photograph reference samples, and ensure full traceability
• Schedule test slots, monitor real-time progress, and trigger rapid corrective loops on any failure
• Organize witness tests; coordinate ABB engineers for on-site evidence collection
• Manage certification change control: evaluate design, supplier, site, or process changes and execute delta testing when required
• Exploit the CB scheme to convert CB reports into multiple certificates (CE, KC, etc.) and shorten ABB time-to-market
• Scan quarterly market-surveillance and customs bulletins, benchmark against ABB shipped products, and initiate risk-mitigation actions
• Conduct conformity audits of marks, nameplates, and packaging to prevent misuse or expired certificates
• Lead certification lesson-learned reviews, update ABB standard design checklists, and feed modules into the reuse pool
• Represent ABB during factory-quality-assurance audits and maintain related evidence
• Develop and maintain certification e-learning packages and conduct annual training for ABB R&D, Product management, and Quality teams
• Monitor carbon footprint, REACH, RoHS, WEEE, EPR, and other green regulations to secure ABB eco-compliance
• Participate in national technical committees; propose standard revisions to embed ABB test methods
• Build an external expert pool (certification bodies, labs), drive cost reduction for certification expense

License to Operate / Core Values

• Demonstrates ABB's core values and group safety and integrity standards and acts accordingly
• Implements and ensures compliance with the ABB code of conduct, global and local standards, tools, policies, and processes in assigned area
• Ensures adherence to all relevant internal and statutory regulations and policies
• Ensures integrity and compliance with ABB values and ethics in all activities
• Demonstrates an understanding of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) terms, concept application, reporting, and risks

Collaboration / Leadership

• Ensures adherence to the collaboration objectives of the team to maximize results for ABB
• Leads own development journey by seeking knowledge and learning opportunities within the team
• Manages relationships with stakeholders in own area of responsibility and ensures alignment

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Automation, or Mechatronics

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in low-voltage electrical industry
• Proven experience in managing "Guo Chou" and "Sheng Chou" inspections
• Hands-on experience in CCC, CE, or other product certifications
• Strong understanding of product standards and testing methods
• Excellent logical thinking and technical writing skills
• Fluent in English for international audits and communication with ABB stakeholders

Job Skills:

• Product Certification & Regulatory Compliance for ABB Products
• Low-Voltage Electrical Product Knowledge
• Standard Interpretation (GB, IEC, EN, UL, etc.)
• Technical Writing & Appeal Documentation
• Cross-functional Communication & Coordination
• Risk Assessment & Problem Solving
• Project Management & Timeline Control
• Factory Audit Support & Corrective and Preventive Action
• Leadership
• English Fluency (for international certification audits on behalf of ABB)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with TÜV, SGS, CQC, or other recognized certification bodies serving ABB
• Background in product safety design, testing, or quality assurance within ABB or similar organizations

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.

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About Smart Buildings Division

ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications.

The Division's highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers' carbon reduction strategies.

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.

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.