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.
Description
This position is part of the validation team for Command for Hauling which has over 550 autonomous trucks in the field that safely move over 1 billion tons of material every 9 months. Since production in 2013 the trucks have travelled over 200 million km, twice that of any automotive manufacturer. The primary responsibility of this role is to develop test plans and perform and automate testing on a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test bench. The validation is focused on the on-board autonomy systems for Large Mining Trucks and Water Trucks.
Job Duties
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, on-board models, and control algorithms in real-time creating real-world machine usage information. As part of the overall digital strategy Caterpillar has developed an integrated family of Autonomous and semi-autonomous machines. This family of products is branded Command. The Command product range links with other mining and business information systems and is an integral part of the Mining Technology Enabled Solutions vision.
The Autonomy Engineer position applies base level autonomy technology knowledge to develop, improve or troubleshoot autonomy software systems used for autonomous machines. This may include basic autonomy onboard system design work, subsystem testing or system integration. It often requires specific knowledge of machine systems or automation technologies such as Path Planning, Perception and Positioning. The position uses technical automation knowledge that often must be combined with application/software development skills to develop high quality automation software.
A good knowledge of existing external automation solutions and algorithms is necessary. Knowledge of existing internal automation applications and libraries will need to be developed or expanded. Both new application development and modifications to existing systems will be done, so a good systems focus and the ability to learn how subsystems interact is important.
The position responsibilities include a strong quality focus through unit testing of the developed code and significant interaction with downstream integration points including: Software in the Loop (SIL), Hardware in the Loop (HIL), Simulation, Substitute machine testing and actual machine testing.
Significant data analysis and systems analysis efforts and skills are needed to help troubleshoot complex issues from test or customer sites, and to examine information from test sites to improve overall systems performance.
Good communication is expected for technical status updates and when working closely with other system developers, support teams and testing staff in multiple geographic locations and organizations.
Keeping up with industry trends and new technology breakthroughs is important.
Basic Qualifications
Requires a bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering or Computer Science curriculum and at least one year of experience with electronic system validation.
Top Candidates will also have
Incumbents must have demonstrated excellent analytical skills and the ability to perform complex assignments.
Must have strong problem solving skills, analytical skills and the ability to communicate technical information effectively. This is the second level automation engineering assignment, and it is expected that incumbents will have the ability to begin working independently and have demonstrated the ability to apply theory and concept.
Additional Information
The location for this position is Mossville, IL
Domestic Relocation assistance is available for this position
This position may require 10% travel
Sponsorship is available for this position
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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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.
