At **ABB**, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world. **This position reports to**:
Center of Excellence Leader - LCA & Ecodesign
- _ **Your role and responsibilities** Join the Global R&D; Sustainability team in ABB's Smart Power Division, within the Center of Excellence (CoE) for LCA & Eco-design. As an intern, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary group of engineers and sustainability experts, gaining hands-on exposure to product sustainability, eco-design, and circular economy practices applied to real hardware products. This is an opportunity to put your academic background into practice, contributing to meaningful projects while being mentored by senior specialists in the field. The work model for the role is**:#LI-Hybrid**
- In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact, as you will be accountable for: - **Support Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) activities** by assisting the team in data collection, modelling, and interpretation of results — learning how environmental hotspots are identified and addressed in real product development contexts.
- **Contribute to Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)** projects, supporting the team across the full process: from organizing and collecting input data, through documentation preparation, up to supporting third-party verification activities.
- **Support primary data collection from suppliers**, reaching out to the supply chain to gather material, energy,



and process data needed for LCA and EPD studies — gaining direct exposure to supply chain sustainability challenges.
- **Conduct regulatory and scientific landscaping** on product End-of-Life (EoL) scenarios — reviewing legislation, industry standards, and academic literature on EoL modelling approaches (recycling, reuse, recovery) and summarizing findings for the team.
- **Monitor emerging trends in product sustainability**, circularity, and eco-design, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and team discussions. **Qualifications for the role**
- You have a Bachelor's or Master's student in environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering, chemistry, materials engineering, or related sciences — or recent graduate.
- You have an academic background or coursework exposure to LCA, sustainability, or eco-design topics.
- Familiarity with LCA concepts; experience with LCA tools (e.g. SimaPro) is a plus.
- You're at ease communicating in English
- You are curious, proactive, and eager to learn in a technical R&D; environment, working in a global context with stakeholders from multiple countries.
- Team-oriented with good communication and organizational skills.
- You are passionate about sustainability, circularity, and innovation. **More about us**
- Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World. ABBCareers #RunwithABB Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences. Ready to make an impact?

📌 R&d Sustainability Specialist Intern (Bergamo)
🏢 ABB
📍 Bergamo