Principal Automation & Electrical Architect
Västerås, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Automation engineer, electric power
Work model On location
Application due date 8 February 2026
Are you the one?

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we'll give you what you need to make it happen. It won't always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you'll never run alone. Run what runs the world.


Role and your responsibilities

Do you want to help shape the nuclear solutions of the future and take a key role in a global technical competence cluster? Automation Energy Industries is now strengthening its investment in nuclear power and is looking for a Principal Automation & Electrical Architect who wants to lead the development of advanced systems in automation, electrification, instrumentation and digital applications. The role suits you who thrive in the borderland between technology, strategy and product management - and who want to contribute to a safe and sustainable energy future.


Your main tasks

  • Drive and lead the technical work within AUEN's offering to the nuclear power sector, with a focus on automation, electrification, instrumentation and digital applications.
  • Translate market needs and customer challenges into clear requirement specifications for each discipline. Be overall responsible from the concept that takes us from P& ID to implemented solution.
  • Be a central part of the global Competence Cluster Nuclear and contribute to establishing and developing the cluster to ensure that it has the right competence in Sweden.
  • Interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in an international environment.
  • Report directly to Automation Energy Industries Sweden's Operations Manager and act as technical leader in both product and project context.


Your background

  • Engineering degree and extensive experience in automation and electrification.
  • Proven track record of technical leadership in project or product management.
  • Experience working with many different stakeholders in a global organization.
  • Strategic and systematic thinking with the ability to create holistic solutions without getting bogged down in details.
  • Natural ability to conduct technical dialogues with both customers and internal experts, combined with a curious and technology-driven personality.
  • Experience in nuclear power or other large-scale process industry.


This is what we offer you

We encourage you to take the initiative, dare to challenge ideas and drive your work forward. Here, you'll grow through meaningful work and lifelong learning, with us supporting you along the way.Every idea you share and every step you take contributes to something bigger

Recruiting Manager: Henrik Larsson, +46 76 144 98 94 Union representatives: Sveriges Ingenjörer: Amanda Törn, +46 72 464 40 66Ledarna: Leif Öhrberg, +46 724 64 40 16 Unionen: Hannah Norén, +46 706 34 03 46 Other questions: Talent Partner Sara Vestin, +46 724 64 46 88

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We look forward to reading your application in PDF format. We work with continuous selection, which means that the position may be filled before the deadline. Please note that the hiring process at ABB Sweden includes a reference check, a drug test and in some recruitments also an extended background check.

Become one of us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries change and your work shapes the world. Run what Runs the world.

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.