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Senior Engineer -- Design

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Design
Peoria, IL, USA
Posted on Nov 15, 2023

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 at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you’re joining a global team who care not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers and future work 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.

The Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream from procurement to design and manufacturing to distribution. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution of Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics, segment Procurement and the design and manufacture of Wear Components (Undercarriage and GET) and Maintenance Components (Seals, Tubes & Hardware, Hose & Couplings, Fluids and Filters).


We’re committed to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services and solutions. We understand and show the value of why they should always choose us. We’re exploring new ideas and opportunities – innovating to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow’s growth.

Through it all, we are one team – creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition. Learn more about the Caterpillar Experience.


What You Will Do:

As a Senior Design Engineer you will work within the Large Dozer Undercarriage design team of the Undercarriage Product Group, part of the Wear Components organization within PSLD. This position supports large dozer undercarriage, with a product scope covering components within the moving for D9-D11 dozers and other projects as assigned. You will be accountable for contributing to the concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems, or processes. This position performs complex analysis work, identifies design problems, and resolves problems. Although this position may be the transition from individual contributor to team leadership, the major focus of the role is on technical delivery.

Job duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

  • Incumbents may work directly with different units, suppliers, customers, and/or other teams, which requires the ability to communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner

  • Decisions may significantly impact negotiations with suppliers, leveraging new technologies, warranty, costs, sales, and customer perception

  • Requires excellent analytical skills and a mastery of engineering concepts

  • Incumbent must balance cost, reliability, and performance, while prioritizing multiple projects

  • This position must keep up to date on changing customer needs as the project progresses, stay current with new technology, and providence guidance and direction on the project to less experienced engineers, technologists, and technicians

  • Incumbents may be expected to bear significant responsibility for completion of a project with major focus on delivery

  • Key skills to be developed at this level are failure prediction and management, technology time/cost analysis, spatial design, conceptual design, practical application of theory, knowledge of the New Product Introduction (NPI) process, and communication skills

  • Travels worldwide to suppliers, production plans, dealerships, customer job sites, and field test locations related to the development of engineering projects and problem resolution

  • Other duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time-to-time


What You Have (Basic Qualifications):

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Materials Science

  • 5 (plus) years of engineering experience

  • The ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Ability to demonstrate mastery of complex engineering and manufacturability concepts

  • Good mechanical aptitude with ability to develop product concepts


Additional Information:

  • This position does offer domestic relocation assistance

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