Project Lead Engineer - Consumer Industries, Cheonan

About the role

This position is a Project Lead Engineer within ABB's Robotics business, reporting to the Engineering Manager. It covers the Consumer Industries division of the Robotics business in South Korea, serving customers in the pharmaceutical, chemical, laboratory and industrial automation sectors. The role is onsite and involves acting as technical lead for engineering activities in assignments and as design authority for a particular engineering discipline.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure engineering activities across all disciplines in each project are carried out efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Act as design authority for a specific engineering discipline and complete the corresponding engineering assignments.
• Collaborate on project installation, commissioning and site activities, clarifying issues and providing solutions to engineering errors.
• Coach project engineers and designers on turning conceptual designs into engineering documentation, including modelling, prototyping and calculations.
• Lead, supervise and coordinate teams of less than 10 people across engineering disciplines, both in-house and outsourced.
• Apply design thinking or design for excellence concepts, including modelling, prototyping, simulation and calculations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in industrial robotics, including robot system installation, commissioning, operation and project execution.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience.
• Ability to quickly understand and deploy globally developed robotic automation solutions and adapt them to local customer requirements.
• Experience with customers in pharmaceutical, chemical or laboratory industries is preferred.
• Business-level English and fluent written and spoken Korean.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of industrial robotics and automation systems.
• Preferred: experience with ABB RobotStudio, AutoCAD, SolidWorks or CATIA.