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About the position 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. This Position reports to: Sales Manager We are seeking a Critical Power Senior Solutions Architect to design, optimize, and implement high-availability electrical infrastructure solutions for mission-critical data centers. This role bridges engineering expertise, solution architecture, and client engagement, ensuring that electrical systems meet stringent requirements for reliability, efficiency, and scalability and promoting ABB solutions and technology. The solutions architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams— agile/product development, applications, commercial, project management, and client design, engineering and procurement teams—to deliver world-class data center power solutions. This position will need to be located near Dallas, TX (priority) or Austin, TX (secondary) to travel and support customers up to 50% of the time (#LI-Hybrid). Responsibilities • Leading the design and development of critical power systems for data centers and other mission critical applications, including medium- and low-voltage distribution, medium and low voltage UPS systems, STSs, PDUs, switchgear, and renewable/backup integration. • Implementing proactive promotional activities, including technical presentations, demonstrations, seminars, educational material, and technical development of projects and solutions for the customer target group. • Creating plans for target audience visits and conducting regular status reviews, including analyzing and deriving the insights and output of the visits. • Establishing and maintaining effective long-term relationships with target group customers to understand their needs and to ensure they are well-informed of the ABB product, systems, services offering, features, and benefits. • Ensuring efficient marketing activities and strong value proposition to customers by using effective promotional techniques. Requirements • Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field. • 10+ years of experience in data center electrical design, solution architecture, or mission-critical infrastructure. • Experience with data center designs and electrical topologies (Uptime Institute or similar). • Deep knowledge of electrical power distribution, UPS systems, diesel/gas generators, switchgear, PDUs, ATS/STS, and grounding/bonding. • Familiarity with energy storage systems (lithium-ion batteries, flywheels) and renewable integration. • Strong understanding of reliability engineering (MTBF, MTTR, availability calculations). • Knowledge of sustainability practices, including PUE optimization and renewable integration. • Strong communication and presentation skills; able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. • Leadership abilities to drive collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. • Problem-solving mindset with a focus on reliability, efficiency, and innovation. • Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. • Candidates must have work authorization to work for ABB in the US. Benefits • Health, Life & Disability Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan. • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus Vision benefit • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay) • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay) • Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums • Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid • Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay. • Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance • Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks • Employee Assistance Program • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption • Employee discount program • Retirement 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP) • ABB provides 11 paid holidays. • Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.