Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World
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.
Goal: Our purpose is to ensure that CAT products meet our end user's quality expectations by promoting validation earlier in the product development cycle. We do this by leveraging our people's application & validation knowledge, world-class evaluation methods, innovation, and best practices across the enterprise. The results of this individual's work will be test benches, labs, or other test rigs capable of executing the tests necessary to validate critical ePowertrain risks as well as a clear understanding of the maturity of the electric powertrain (ePowertrain) system being tested and the results of each test thoroughly documented.
Description
An Electric Powertrain (ePowertrain) includes a power source (ex. battery and/or fuel cell), power electronics, and electric drivetrain components combined via controls into an electric powertrain system. As a Sr. Engineering Technologist in the ePowertrain Systems team, you will be joining an innovative team on the cutting edge of electrification. The ePowertrain Systems team is part of the Electrification & Advanced Power Systems Division and is a full electric powertrain solution partner for CI, RI, and E&T prime product groups.
This role will be responsible for supporting test execution across multiple ePowertrain NPI programs. This role will help coordinate test requests across the L5 ePowertrain validation engineers as well as our partner L3 and L4 component/system technical leads. This role will then create test plans, utilizing the input collected from the L5 ePowertrain and partner L3 and L4 component/system technical leads. When needed, this role may also be responsible for the build and/or commissioning of a new test rig.
The Sr. Engineering Technologist role may include the following:
Coordination and oversight of test rig builds within Caterpillar facilities or at local facilities outside of Caterpillar. In situations when we are working with suppliers outside of Caterpillar, this person will be the liaison between Caterpillar and that supplier as it relates to the specific testing that we are requesting.
Performing tests targeted at verifying the performance, durability, safety, and/or communication and controls of the ePowertrain system for a given application.
Working with Caterpillar test execution facilities to ensure that tests requirements are defined and communicated and ensure that those facilities are meeting those requirements.
Identify test facility needs, request necessary hardware and/or data acquisition. Make capital requests and manage those requests as needed to support the test facility.
Position involves working in a team environment on challenging NTI and NPI programs that involve the integration of electric drive and electric power source technologies into electrification solutions, supporting a team of ePowertrain validation engineers and NPI leads.
Basic Qualifications
Associates Degree and 9+ years of non-academic experience
Previous product development experience (design, validation/test, or analysis)
Top Candidates will also have
Experience with lab component or machine test/validation
Experience with NPI Issue resolution process
Strong communication skills
Self-starter with appropriate attention to detail
Bachelor's degree
Excellent analytical skills
Experience with electric drive systems and/or components
Demonstrated understanding of mechanical & electrical systems with special emphasis on electric drive systems
Additional Information
The location for this position is Mossville, IL
Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position
This position may require 10% travel
Visa sponsorship is not available
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).
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.
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.
