Career Area:EngineeringJob Description:Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.The Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream from procurement to design and manufacturing to distribution. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution of Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics, segment Procurement and the design and manufacture of Wear Components (Undercarriage and GET) and Maintenance Components (Seals, Tubes & Hardware, Hose & Couplings, Fluids and Filters).We’re committed to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services and solutions. We understand and show the value of why they should always choose us. We’re exploring new ideas and opportunities – innovating to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow’s growth. Through it all, we are one team (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYIDne7Q5ek&list=PLwAXbfivFg0jmiNqqgFLeQJpRBi-UVln&index=39) – creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition. Learn more about the Caterpillar Experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCYWtWARlk&list=PLwAXbfivFg0jmiNqqgFLeQJpRBi-UVln&index=25) .What You Will Do:As a Design Engineering Specialist, you will design, develop, build, and implement new products, components, or technologies.Job duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Develop design parameters, performance characteristics, and technical specifications of products and components that satisfy customer needs and advance safety, quality, velocity, and cost.
Guide the evolution of the technical design, technical project planning, detail design, and development testing. Participating in supplier selection and capabilities assessment.
Monitoring, exploring, and testing new technologies, materials, and components to understand product or process improvement opportunities.
Constructing and fabricating prototype equipment; overseeing materials selection, process optimization, and process yield, as well as reliability testing and failure analysis.
Other duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time-to-time.
What You Have:
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances. Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation. Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research. Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts. Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks. Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process. Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact. Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives. Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus. Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Reviews others’ writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching. Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position. Communicates well downward, upward, and outward. Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement. Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate, and test product design drafts. Coaches’ others on orthographic, isometric, and axonometric projections. Presents complex products and systems graphically. Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers. Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space. Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design. Compares and contrasts uses of bird’s-eye views and worm’s-eye views.
Product Development Life Cycle - MFG: Knowledge of the methodology and associated phases, activities and deliverables of product development life cycle in manufacturing organizations; ability to bring new or enhanced products to the marketplace. Presents coordinated marketing and product development plans. Advises others on using industry trends in a road map for product development. Consults on similarities and differences of life cycle for development vs. enhancement activities. Coaches’ on how to use multiple, vendor-provided, or in-house structured methodologies. Manages a significant piece of a successful product roadmap. Oversees all phases, activities, and deliverables of the product development methodology.
Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques, and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing. Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes, and tools. Collaborates with design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design. Recommends tools and techniques for automating, simplifying, and enhancing product testing. Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools. Matches testing methodology and tools to product besting tested; develops test scenarios and scripts. Estimates tim, effort, and resources required for thorough testing.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment. Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution. Resolves difficult of high-impact equipment and systems problems. Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs. Coaches’ others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment. Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach. Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.
What Will Set You Apart:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
New Product Introduction (NPI) Experience.
6 Sigma Black Belt Certification.
Knowledge of mining operations or bucket/ground engaging tools (GET).
Additional Information:
Primary Position Location: Peoria, IL (USA)
Additional Position Locations: Aurora, IL (USA) or Tucson, AZ (USA)
Travel Requirement: 10% (Domestic/International)
This position does offer relocation assistance.
Our team embraces flexibility through a hybrid work model. In addition to working onsite at our facilities in Peoria, IL, Aurora, IL, or Tucson, AZ our hybrid work model allows employees flexibility to work from home based on business need.
#LI#BIRelocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.Posting Dates:February 26, 2024 - March 10, 2024Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.