ABB Discovery Trainee @ High Power Rectifier
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This is a position with grade
15
This position reports to
BL HR Business Partner,Mining
Your role and responsibilities
Are you ready for new adventures and motivated to experience real projects enhancing performance to new levels and supporting a more productive and sustainable future? Are you looking for an exciting entry opportunity with an interesting role and a highly motivated team supported by open communication structures? Then our ABB Discovery Trainee Program is an ideal choice for you!
Based on a personal, practice-oriented introduction program, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the confidence needed to manage your tasks effectively as well as to be a constructive member of inclusive teams within your assigned area. With the aim to assist you in attaining your career goals, ABB provides a wealth of personalized development opportunities, with targeted training measures empowering you to enhance your skills on a continuous basis. Constant exposure to various parts of ABB and the diverse teams within the company provides the foundation for an accelerated career path.
Start date of the program is October 1, 2025. The selection process is taking place in April/May 2025.
As a trainee, you will be embedded in our High Power Rectifier teams. Aim is to allow the trainee to gain understanding on our technology going along with first customer project execution and gain experience on practical jobs. An assignment abroad shall complement the experience of a global collaboration, empowering the trainee to transfer into a permanent position:
• Assignment in Switzerland: Engineering, system studies or testing of High Power Rectifier systems. Understanding product portfolio & design criteria through learning on the job in global customer projects.
Assignment abroad: Work in one of the Local Execution Centers (LEC), supporting a customer project or R&D task in an ABB unit or in a factory abroad
Assignment in Switzerland: assignment to be jointly shaped by the business and trainee. Possible fields of exposure: system or control engineering, R&D, sales, product management, project management etc.
* Discover your interests and different functions/roles through motivating and impactful assignments where you are fully integrated into the team as well as develop your skills with the help of regular feedback on your performance and clearly established performance targets.
* Profit from individually targeted possibilities for training and development, professional mentoring, exposure to executives, and support from the Discovery Program team.
* Contribute to diverse social events and team activities, use the chance to establish a broad (global) network within ABB and be part of the ABB Discovery trainee community!
Qualifications for the role
* Completed master’s degree in electrical engineering (focus on power electronics, converter technologies or power system engineering) and maximum three years of professional work experience before the start date Oct 1, 2025 (Additionally: authorization to work in Switzerland is required)
* Proficient knowledge of English; German is a plus
* Be curious – sometimes, a question can be more powerful than an answer.
* Be respectful and receptive – we believe we can learn from each other because we are all different.
* Be creative – approach things with a fresh perspective!
* Be ready for variety – this step is just the beginning of a journey that will empower you to explore your own path in our company.
* Be innovative – Technology is the differentiator. However, a good business case is required to fuel technology.
More about us
The Business Unit “High Power Rectifier (HPR)” is situated in the Division Process Industries. The unit is operating on a global scale and carrying out large projects throughout the whole project lifecycle. This means from pre-feasibility studies, engineering, commissioning and life-cycle management.
With the help of our technologies, we want to make our world a better place, contributing to the decarbonization of industrial plants.
We look forward to receiving your application. The recruiting process is being led by Ceren Oezen, Talent Partner at ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.
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