22 hours ago
Minden, GermanyStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and strategic evolution of the ABB Melody Controller platform, including its technology roadmap and modernization strategy.
- Manage the software lifecycle, technical debt, component modernization, cybersecurity, compliance, and long-term maintainability.
- Lead complex software features and enablers from requirements definition through implementation and product release.
- Integrate and diagnose industrial communication and fieldbus solutions, including interoperability and system integration.
- Support critical customer and field issue resolution in collaboration with Service, Product Management, and Business teams.
- Continuously improve software quality, configuration management, cybersecurity, and compliance across the product lifecycle.
- Coach and mentor development engineers and facilitate technical decisions across teams and organizational boundaries.
- Contribute to PI Planning, Backlog Refinement, Release Planning, and prioritization of architecture and lifecycle initiatives.
Requirements
- University degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable field.
- At least 10 years of experience in embedded software and firmware development for industrial automation, control, or process control systems.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills and experience with real-time operating systems, particularly VxWorks.
- Experience developing complex embedded systems and long-lifecycle controller firmware, including architecture, implementation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.
- Practical experience integrating, implementing, and diagnosing industrial communication and fieldbus technologies such as PROFIBUS, PROFINET, HART, Modbus TCP, IEC 61850, or OPC UA.
- Experience with software quality, configuration management, compliance, and cybersecurity for industrial software products.
- Hands-on experience with SonarQube, Black Duck, and DSAC.
- Experience specifying, estimating, and implementing complex software features and enablers, and working with user stories and agile development processes, ideally in a SAFe environment.
- Strong analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills, including experience coaching and mentoring development engineers.
- Experience collaborating with global, cross-functional teams.
- Fluent written and spoken English and business-fluent German.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model.
- Canteen.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Flexible work practices.
- Employee Share Acquisition Plan.
About ABB
ABB builds electrification, robotics, motion, and process automation hardware and software for industrial, utility, transportation, and infrastructure customers. Its portfolio spans motors and drives, robots, PLCs, switchgear, and EV charging, sold as equipment, systems, and services under the ABB Ability platform. Formed in 1988 and headquartered in Zurich, it is a public company traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange and NYSE.