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In this role, you will have the opportunity to gain vocational experience through a temporary work placement (6 months). Each day, you will acquire knowledge by performing tasks as directed. You will also showcase your skills by supporting ABB’s operations and enhancing personal education/employment opportunities.

The long term reliability performance of wide band gap semiconductor modules for the Artificial Intelligence application case will be under scientific investigation. Assessing the reliability with experiments for the variable load profile together with analyzing the failure mechanisms after testing has occurred are the main objectives of this internship. The reliability facts and figures will then be extrapolated from the experimental results to serve the application case and possibly write a publication.

The work model for the role is: onsite #LI-Onsite

This role is contributing to the Industrial Automation department in the Power electronics System group in Baden-Daettwil Switzerland.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Support technology development and reliability of power electronics devices research.
• Support accelerated stress testing on selected discrete leadframe components or passive components.
• Characterize the devices before and after aging, supervise the test setups and help with the failure analysis.
• Assist with setup improvements, refinement of testing protocols, and additional tests that may be required for the investigated application.
• Tasks in related reliability topics at package level include: SAM, SEM-EDX cross section and microscopy images.
• Carry out data analysis for the executed tests and additional required datasets.

You will join a motivated and proficient team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role:

• Currently pursuing a degree in electrical engineering, physics or related subject (advanced B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree); official enrollment essential.
• You are engaged in experimental laboratory work, you enjoy working in interdisciplinary fields
• Possess knowledge of programming skills (preferably LabVieW/Matlab/ Python)
• You are captivated by data analysis methods and statistics
• You are a structured collaborator who can work efficiently on your own and with others
• You are proficient in communicating in English
• You hold a current valid VISA/work permit for Switzerland or a confirmation for a mandatory internship from your university

More about us
ABB Corporate Research, in close cooperation with varied ABB business areas, is developing the foundations for the next generation of ABB products. In Switzerland, ABB Corporate Research, located in the proximity of Zurich, employs about 120 scientists from over 30 countries with skills in automation and power technologies for manufacturing, consumer and process industries as well as power utilities.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The recruiting process is being led by Mara Werne, Talent Partner at ABB Switzerland, Ltd.

If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.  

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