Testing & FAT Engineer

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This position reports to:

Testing & Quality Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of Medium Voltage Switchgear products through testing, commissioning, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) activities. You will support manufacturing operations by performing electrical testing, configuring protection and automation systems, and driving continuous improvement initiatives in a safe and efficient working environment.

The work model for the role is: #LI-On-site

You will be mainly accountable for:

• You will be mainly accountable for Lead Testing and Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) operations for Medium Voltage Switchgear in compliance with IEC 62271 standards, including routine testing, protection relay programming, functional verification, and preparation of test documentation and procedures.
• Conduct Low, Medium, and High Voltage testing using relay test sets, HV, CT, VT, contact resistance, and insulation resistance equipment.
• Perform commissioning, troubleshooting, and validation of protection systems in accordance with IEC and ANSI standards.
• Analyze electrical systems and interpret schematic, single-line, and logic diagrams.
• Manage and support SCADA systems by configuring HMI interfaces, system communications, alarm management, data acquisition, and troubleshooting using protocols such as Modbus, IEC 60870, DNP3, and IEC 61850. Configure, commission, and maintain RTU systems for remote monitoring and control applications, including I/O mapping, signal validation, communication network integration, protocol management, and SCADA connectivity.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in MV switchgear testing, FAT, and commissioning. Knowledge of LV, MV, and HV testing, including protection relay testing and troubleshooting.
• Ability to read and interpret schematic, single-line, and logic diagrams. Experience with protection relay programming and IEC/ANSI standards.
• Familiarity with SCADA and RTU systems, including communication protocols such as IEC 61850 and Modbus.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and English communication skills.

What’s in it for you?

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger. 

More about us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability™ enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

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