R&D Senior Engineer – Digital

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This position reports to

R&D Department Lead

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to successful project results in technology, software, product, and/or solution development, as well as associated Intellectual Property (IP). Each day, you will act as the first point of contact in Research and Development for specific product-related issues and maintenance. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying, proposing, and implementing innovative solutions. The work model for the role is: #LI-Onsite This role is contributing to the Electrification business Smart Buildings division in Hyderabad, India. You will be mainly accountable for: • Maintaining recognized expertise in a specific area by integrating the latest developments in technologies, tools, and methodologies into your work. • Finding new ways of solving problems by following your ideas, creating hypotheses, and defining ways to validate them. • Documenting work results (like findings, designs, or software), allowing others to maintain and improve them. • Understanding and initiating IP generation in your area of specialization and participating in the project IP strategy development. • The ideal candidate needs to work in tandem with our Product management, R&D team and external firms on connected solutions in IoT, Microservices, Mobility, Cloud platforms and Edge devices in the ELSB NEMA domain with scalability, security, multi-tenancy, service-oriented architecture – AWS/Azure/Google • Must have good understanding of: • Device connection – device registration; connecting smart devices over MQTT and HTTPS protocols, with high availability and auto-scaling clusters. • Device control and management - manage the life cycle of connected devices and standard instruction models for device control • Comprehensive IoT-enabled basic capabilities: Develop API-based IoT SaaS applications backed by capabilities like interconnection, registration, authorization, etc.

Qualifications for the role

• B. Tech/M. Tech in CSE/ECE/EE from reputed institutes with 6+ years of hands-on experience in the development of IoT/Digital Solutions and Industrial protocols
• Certifications – Microsoft Azure/AWS and Experience in the Electrical protection/controls Firmware domain preferred
• Awareness to Cloud development - understand fundamental services for smart solutions with experience in the strategy, design, development, and implementation of projects in the cloud, preferably Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Basic understanding of Cloud Technologies, Microservices, AWS/Azure and Cloud development and Basic knowledge of WPF & MVVM
• Exposure to Mobile (iOS & Android) development framework will be an added advantage
• The candidate must have hands-on development of IoT services using Python SDK, Java SDK, Node.js SDK etc. Good understanding of AWS/Azure and Industrial protocols will be an added advantage.
• Hands-on experience in SQL, PL/SQL for writing Database queries, stored procedures, trigger packages.
• Good Knowledge on Multithreading, SDLC, Agile practices & Iterative development process and Familiarity with frontend frameworks, cyber security and secure coding practices

More about us

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. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory It has come to our attention that the name of ABB is being used for asking candidates to make payments for job opportunities (interviews, offers). Please be advised that ABB makes no such requests. All our open positions are made available on our career portal for all fitting the criteria to apply. ABB does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection to recruitment with ABB, even if is claimed that the money is refundable. ABB is not liable for such transactions. For current open positions you can visit our career website https://global.abb/group/en/careers and apply. Please refer to detailed recruitment fraud caution notice using the link https://global.abb/group/en/careers/how-to-apply/fraud-warning