Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Our Caterpillar Medium Tractor Products (MTP) enable our customers to build a better world. If you want to make an impact in the world today, we have an excellent opportunity for you to work at our Peoria Proving Grounds as a Structural Systems Senior Design Engineer . In this role you will have the opportunity to use your engineering knowledge and skills to help ensure that our products continue our tradition of excellence our customer have come to expect.
Position will be located with the MTP product and engineering teams at the Peoria Proving Grounds, the primary development and testing location for Caterpillar Earthmoving machines. This location provides the unique opportunity to easily view and operate machines as well as support on-machine testing activities.
As a Structural Systems Senior Design Engineer, you will:
Hold responsibility for contributing to the concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems, or processes of structural systems on the D6, D7 & D8 track-type tractors and pipelayers with a major focus on technical delivery. Those structural systems defined as those machine structures that carry the working loads of the machine.
Perform complex analysis work, identify design problems, and resolve problems towards meeting goals for cost, reliability, and performance, while managing multiple priorities.
Design welded and machined fabrications which may include steel castings and/or forgings.
Participate in and lead Concurrent Product & Process Development (CPPD) meetings, collaborating with manufacturing facilities, suppliers and supply chains across the world.
Partner with other engineering teams to support current production and new product programs.
Keep up-to-date on changing customer needs as the projects progress, stay current with new technologies, and provide guidance and direction on the project to less experienced engineers, technologists, and technicians.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Agricultural Engineering or a similar engineering degree
5 or more years of design, analysis and/or test experience
3D solid modeling proficiency
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Engineering curriculum
8 or more years of design, analysis and/or test experience.
General understanding of structural analysis methodologies and manufacturing processes of structural fabrications.
Previous experience in structural systems design and/or Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Previous experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
Previous experience in heavy construction, automotive or manufacturing industry
Domestic relocation is available for this position
Sponsorship is not available for this position
ISE is not available for this position
5% international travel may be required (Asia, Europe, South America facilities)
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.
Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with a short-term incentive plan
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
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.
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.
Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with a short-term incentive plan
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Final details
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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
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
