(Senior) Research Scientist

**(Senior) Research Scientist (f/m/d) - Research on and Implementation of Energy Management Algorithms and Optimization for Grids in Industrial Applications (80% - 100%)**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
**This position reports to**:
R&D Team Lead

**Your responsibilities**:

- Work on solutions to reduce energy usage and emissions.
- Validate concepts by high-quality software prototypes and demonstrators.
- Gather domain requirements and develop use cases for international, multi-disciplinary research projects.
- Communicate project results and complex solutions to expert and senior management audiences.
- Publish results at scientific conferences, create intellectual property and work in committees.
- Build strategic partnerships with international academia and work in public funded projects.

**Your background**:

- The position requires strong hands-on experience with software development.
- We expect you to have cross-cultural communication skills as well as pronounced networking skills.
- Experience in at least one of the following fields is required: electrical grids, energy distribution, energy management, control design, electrical engineering, or mathematical optimization.
- Hands-on experience in developing efficient and reliable software, with excellent programming skills (e.g. Python, C#, C++, R etc.) and a strong grasp of object-oriented programming is necessary.
- Cross-cultural communication as well as pronounced networking skills are important.
- Proficient English skills (both oral and written) are required.
- Ideally, you should have further domain knowledge in industrial electrification (control systems, electric trucks, hydrogen production, process control and automation engineering).
- Additional experience in the following areas is a plus: Domain knowledge in other ABB business areas, project management as well as handling and execution of public-funded / third-party projects.

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