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This Position reports to:
General Product Group Manager
**Your role and responsibilities**
In this role you will be part of the NAM Construction & Infrastructure Agile Unit and report directly to the Agile Unit Leader. Besides your role as Chapter Leader, you will also, based on your expertise, be part of a specific Agile Team.
Chapter mission:
Share best practices & know-how and develop standards & guidelines on how to advance National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) solution engineering for customized Switchboard offerings.
This role is contributing to the Switchboard Product line for EL/ ELSP/ NAM Agile Unit.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Ensure the chapter mission is being delivered and lead the Switchboard Engineering Chapter by driving knowledge sharing, defining best practices, and continuously developing technical standard.
- Act as a coach with deep expertise related to the chapter and ensure that chapter members have appropriate competencies and skills and get regularly updates on new developments during alignment meetings on chapter specific topics, both on technical and R&D; processes-related topics




- Lead the recruitment process of new chapter members and support appropriate staffing across agile units in accordance with relevant stakeholders
- Conduct performance review of chapter members collecting input from relevant stakeholders
- Developing the following skills inside the team: 3D design, modeling and simulation, tolerance analysis, design of plastic and metal parts
- Build competences inside the team on managing R&D; activities for the following solutions: Cable Distribution Cabinets (CDC), Fuses
- Secure competences inside the team on the following R&D; processes: design for reliability and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), product optimization, Quality Wins and any other relevant ABB process for R&D; development and maintenance
**Qualifications for the role**
- Preferred more than 10 years of experience in R&D; electromechanical development
- Knowledge of 3D design, modeling, and simulation such as CREO or SolidWorks.
- Proven experience in leading R&D; development and R&D; management for solutions such as **Cable Distribution Cabinets (CDC)** and **fuses**.
- Knowledge of Underwriters Laboratories/ National Electrical Code design standards as well as electrical equipment design and certification
- Strong consultancy, analytical and communication skills demonstrated in a good servant leadership practice
- Proven stakeholder management ability preferably in a multicultural environment
- Fluency in English

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