Career Area:
Engineering
Job 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.
Your Work Shapes the World
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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.
Description
To direct and ensure the proper concept, design and development of the more complex, major engineering and manufacturing product or process projects in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). This role is to help build the foundation of our enterprise engineering and manufacturing Generative AI capabilities. You will work on a wide range of initiatives supporting cutting-edge AI research and development. You will work with a team of architects, engineers and SME's to envision the target state of our capabilities while helping to design and implement key solutions.
Job Duties
The Sr. Engineering Specialist - Design is a recognized leader and authority in the company in a broad area of specialization or in a narrow but intensely specialized field. In this role, the focus will be on the design and development of the more complex, major engineering and manufacturing product or process projects in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a major contributor on a multifunctional, worldwide CPPD teams. In addition to demonstrating a mastery of engineering concepts, this position may be expected to lead a project or program to completion. However, major focus is on technical delivery. Direct work with other units, suppliers, customers and teams require the incumbent demonstrate skill in negotiation, building consensus and achieving compromise. Impact of decisions made by this position may be far-reaching, to include the project team or immediate work group, division and/or business unit, suppliers, internal and external customers, and Caterpillar markets. Decisions may significantly impact warranty, patents, products or processes, technology, costs, sales and customer perceptions.
Strong communication, leadership, project management and business management skills are essential. Major challenges facing incumbents are keeping up to date with technology and demonstrating technical expertise in a specialty area. This position must demonstrate the ability to develop and manage a complex project to plan. Technical leadership skills are essential and the incumbent must be able to communicate effectively across the organization.
Key areas of responsibility encountered in this role may include any or all of the following: design and promote new products and processes; contribute to establishing strategies for new process and product programs; develop and manage the project/program to the plan; perform needs analysis and initiate ideas; evaluate new products and/or processes, perform product/process maintenance; keep up to date on new technologies or develop new technologies; communicate technology to customers, team members, suppliers and other units; support and advise other engineers, managers, marketing personnel, customers and suppliers, mentor, coach and develop others, represent company externally.
Engineers must manage their own development, continuously learning through experience and staying abreast of technology. A Sr. Engineering Specialist - Design should develop technical expertise in a specialty area. Individuals in this position will also want to focus on gaining increased knowledge of the business including the financial aspects. Other skills critical to this position are failure analysis and problem-solving skill, spatial and conceptual design skill, product and process definition skill and knowledge of Caterpillar products and those of the competition.
Basic Qualifications
Requires a Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering or Computer Science curriculum plus 9-12 years of experience or a Master's degree in an Engineering or Computer Science, plus 6-8 years of experience or a doctorate degree plus 1-2 years of experience.
Top Candidates will also have:
Proven experience in designing and implementing Machine Learning, AI, and Generative AI models.
Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals, including supervised and unsupervised learning.
Experience with cloud platforms and distributed computing for scalable model training.
Software development experience in support of enterprise-grade solutions.
Ability to iterate rapidly with researchers and engineers to improve product experience.
Incumbents must have demonstrated excellent analytical skills and the ability to perform complex assignments.
Requires a self-starter with strong technical leadership skills.
Must have ability to communicate technical information effectively with team members and others in the work group, as well as employees in other units, customers, and suppliers.
Must have an extensive understanding of complex engineering concepts and applications and have generally developed an area of expertise.
Additional Information
The location for this position is Mossville, IL; Champaign, IL; Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA.
Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
This position will require
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
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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 .
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Posting Dates:
February 22, 2024 - March 7, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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