Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best-in-class solutions, or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce, Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.
Job Description
For Caterpillar, digital means using technology to extract data from our machines and engines and transform it into valuable recommendations or -insights,- to help customers make better, more informed decisions and help Caterpillar make robust products with the lowest total ownership cost. Our products generate and process large amounts of data from sensors, onboard models, and control algorithms in real-time creating real-world machine usage information.
The Technology Team Lead position leads the development, testing, and troubleshooting of technology software systems used for staffed, semi-autonomous, and autonomous machines. This generally includes onboard system validation work that integrates with current machine systems and includes the areas of Perception and Positioning technologies, machine health, machine reporting, and other operator assist features, as well as infrastructure areas supporting the development of these sub-systems (calibration, simulation, analytics, machine learning development pipelines). The position uses a combination of deep technical knowledge and very strong machine development/validation skills to develop high-quality validation plans and ensure the execution of those plans. This position will work closely with the Software Developers and Strategist roles to translate complex program or system requirements into actionable development efforts and support the evaluation and development of internal and external technologies validation.
Job Duties:
This position is responsible for leading a small team of engineers and technicians to deliver on program commitments. Strong quality focus through thorough test planning and execution; documentation and communication of issues.
Troubleshoot complex issues from test or customer sites, and examine the information from test sites to improve overall systems performance.
Provide technical leadership and training to new staff members. Good communication is expected for technical status updates, test plan reviews, and when working closely with other validation engineers, support teams, and product support.
Keeping up with industry trends and new technology breakthroughs is essential and require continuous learning through self/internet study, as well as interaction with other autonomous engineers through conferences and papers.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering or Computer Science curriculum.
10 years of experience with the development, test, or validation of machines, engines, or control systems.
Top Candidate will also have:
Advanced degree (i.e. Masters, PhD) in an Engineering or Computer Science related field.
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to perform complex assignments.
Strong technical leadership skills.
Strong problem-solving skills, troubleshooting skills, and the ability to communicate technical information effectively.
CAT MineStar experience including Health, Fleet, Detect, Terrain, TOPE, or CMD
Experience with on machine validation of complex control systems
Additional information:
The location for this position is Green Valley, AZ (Tucson Proving Grounds).
Domestic relocation assistance is available.
This position may require 10% travel.
Sponsorship is not available.
Closing date: 6/12/2022.
Employee benefit details
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Final details
Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.
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 .
For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa sponsorship available for eligible applicants.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
