Grid Components Technical Specialist (Medium Voltage)

About the role

ABB is looking for a Grid Components Technical Specialist focused on Medium Voltage, based in Milton, Central/Eastern Canada. The role is the primary technical bridge between ABB ELDS Grid Components and its OEM, distributor and channel customers, providing hands-on application engineering support, shaping go-to-market strategy and helping customers bring their products to market faster.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day design support and application engineering guidance to OEM, distributor and other channel customers specifying ELDS Grid Components.
• Review customer schematics, layouts and BOMs to ensure correct component selection, application and derating.
• Develop application notes, reference designs and training materials that speed up design cycles and raise design-win rates.
• Manage and resolve technical escalations, coordinating across R&D, Quality and Product Management.
• Track design-in opportunities from initial engagement through production qualification and maintain pipeline visibility in the CRM system.
• Gather market and competitor intelligence and recommend improvements to marketing strategy.
• Deliver product training and workshops to distributor partners and OEM engineering teams.
• Improve Net Promoter Score by acting on customer feedback.

Required profile

• Approximately 10-15 years of experience in Field Application Engineering, Technical Sales or Product Marketing within the electrical distribution components industry.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Current Professional Engineering designation (PEng.).
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time, mostly within Central/Eastern Canada, and to travel to the US, Europe and Asia when required.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of medium voltage switchgear and apparatus (breakers, breaker enclosures, load break switches, instrument transformers, grounding and disconnect switches, sensors, short circuit limiting and arc mitigation devices, protection relays).
• Experience supporting customers through the full design cycle, from component selection to production qualification.
• Knowledge of design tools, electrical simulation software, power and short circuit analysis software and component selection methodologies.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineering and non-engineering audiences.

The role is hybrid. Base salary is expected to be between $103,500 and $130,000 annually plus bonus and benefits.