Product Specialist
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Xiamen, Fujian, China
In PersonOnsite in Xiamen, China.
ProductProduct Management
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience in indoor and outdoor medium-voltage circuit breakers, contactors, digital solutions, or related fields; more than three years of experience is preferred.
- Deep understanding of medium-voltage circuit breaker technologies, applications, and power distribution.
- Familiarity with medium-voltage circuit breaker ratings, protection devices, relay systems, and digital monitoring solutions.
- Knowledge of smart grid technologies and digital substations.
- Fluent written and verbal English.
- Ability to work independently and in teams.
Responsibilities
- Support the Product Manager in optimizing the offer portfolio and return on investment, translating market requirements into offer specifications and development activities, and supporting offer development, launch, maintenance, pricing, and profitability.
- Lead new product launches across back-end and front-end activities, delivering on time, quality, cost, and new-product sales targets.
- Prepare for mass production, including 0-series processes and reviews; validate full cost status; and complete the local G5 checklist.
- Support sourcing, including initial-sample follow-up with supply chain management and safety-stock suggestions.
- Prepare the technical-support and tendering work environment, including configurators.
- Drive new-product sales targets and support TSA activities.
- Manage costs autonomously by developing cost-monitoring tools, conducting regular monitoring and benchmarking costs across factories, product lines, and competitors, and identifying, initiating, and driving product-saving projects.
- Develop cost-effective offerings for typical applications.
- Support supply chain management with sourcing-risk mitigation plans and support quality control with complex quality cases.
- Develop technical-support tools and proactively share them with technical support and field engineering, including presentations, videos, datasheets, FAQs, fighting guides, and technical training.
- Support marketing communications, including exhibition prototypes, newsletters, and declaration letters.
- Support bidding for large and frame projects through technical influence, future optimization, and cost/profit analysis.
- Influence applicable GB, DL, and NB standards.
- Complete TSA, ORRD, homologation, and factory-certification activities before tendering.
- Support global product managers and research and development with portfolio pruning or product-gap analysis against market needs, feasibility studies for new products, portfolio-optimization ideas, design-for-X concepts, and design validation.
- Support product lifecycle management, including solution switching and end-of-life projects, alternative-solution preparation, pipeline/OBL switching plans, and key-customer influence.
- Manage configurators for new-product onboarding, mature-product upgrades, legacy-product lifecycle management, and price maintenance.
Desired Qualifications
- More than three years of experience in indoor and outdoor medium-voltage circuit breakers, contactors, digital solutions, or related fields is preferred.
About the company
ABB provides electrification and automation technologies for industry and infrastructure, including products for smart buildings, electric vehicle charging, robotics, motors and drives, and factory automation software. Its products combine electrical hardware and control software to manage energy flow, automate tasks, and enable rapid charging and reliable operation. ABB differentiates itself with a long history in power and automation, a broad global footprint, and a concentrated portfolio across electrification, motion, process automation, and robotics, enhanced by digital services. The company aims to help customers use energy more efficiently and work more productively, supporting sustainable and resource-efficient operations and transportation.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Founded
2007
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What believers are saying
- AI data-center power demand drove ABB's September 2026 Infinitus launch and partnerships.
- Q2 2026 orders hit $12.0 billion, with 20.2% operational EBITA margin.
- ABB's 2026 acquisitions, including Advantics and Høglund, expand marine, DC, and automation offerings.
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- ABB Inc. faces Henry's Knob Superfund cleanup obligations in South Carolina since March 2026.
- ABB still carries legacy corruption baggage after the 2022 Eskom bribery resolution.
- Siemens, Vertiv, and NVIDIA-backed ecosystems pressure ABB's DC architecture leadership by 2028.
What makes ABB unique
- ABB's Infinitus targets source-to-rack DC for AI data centers, launched September 2026.
- ABB's July 2026 Advantics deal deepens silicon-carbide DC conversion for industrial power.
- ABB's Q2 2026 record orders prove scale across electrification, motion, and robotics.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan