(Senior) Research Scientist (m/f/d) for Digital Services/Solutions

You are an aspiring expert in software engineering with focus on digital twin modeling, information modeling, and software architectures? You would like to apply and extend your knowledge in an interesting, fascinating and agile research environment? You would like to work and collaborate on the border between industrial research, start-ups and academic partners world-wide? Then join our team of highly motivated researchers in our Corporate Research Center in Ladenburg to develop the foundations of future ABB offerings, such as digital services, edge services, and smart control devices.

Your responsibilities
You will be part of our international research eco-system and work together with your research colleagues at the ABB Research Center in Germany:
With your experience, you initiate, manage and participate in interesting applied-research projects and work collaboratively with international ABB Divisions and their product development teams, end customers, partners, and known academic institutes
You join like-minded researchers, in creating new concept for our digital customer-oriented services, especially in the area of digital twin and interoperability
You validate concepts by agile prototyping in collaboration with highly knowledgeable application domain experts and showcase your work inside and outside of ABB
You collaborate with external partners including universities, standardization bodies and committees, startups, and vendors
You disseminate your results in scientific articles and secure intellectual property by patent applications

Your background
For this role, you have a Phd in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
Theoretical and practical knowledge in concepts of digital twin, interoperability, and information modeling
We value cross-cultural communication skills and to bring creativity, initiative, enthusiasm, and result-orientation to bring your innovations towards new products and digital offerings
Hands-on experience in software design and development (e.g., C, C++, C#, Java, Python)
Proven track record in publishing impactful research results at international conferences and journals
Interest and/or knowledge in IIoT protocols like OPC UA, MQTT is a plus but not a prerequisite
Fluency in English (written and oral)