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
As an Engineering Specialist / Sr. Engineer, you will work with global, cross-functional teams to develop, deliver, and maintain technology products for surface mining applications including Detect, Terrain, Fleet, Edge and Command products. You will be responsible for ensuring accuracy and integration of deliverables for new product programs, supplying technical support for the sales and delivery of products, providing coordination of product maintenance activities, defining product requirements, aligning deliverable to product strategies, learning and staying abreast of innovative technologies, mentoring and coaching Enterprise team members, and deepening your professional network within technology and mining. This role will require regular interactions and communications with external customers and suppliers. You will serve as the technical interface between delivery team and stakeholders.
Job Duties
Supporting the technical delivery and support of products. Focus areas included, but not limited to: NPI program execution, product safety and compliance, validation, quality, performance definition and verification, supply chain support, continuous product improvement (CPI), and maintenance.
Supporting the technical delivery of projects to meet timelines, budgets, and quality targets while delivering on customer requirements.
Managing Feature cost estimations and value definitions related to product development and research.
Defining and managing product requirements and strategies based on industry, application and machine product knowledge.
Leveraging the cross-functional teams to formulate decisions and develop recommendations.
Collaborating with business partners to define product integrations with external partners and suppliers.
Enhancing the team's creativity and cooperation/collaboration.
Supporting the technical workstream within the New Product Introduction (NPI) team, across multiple levels of management and with the customer.
A strong Senior Engineer will rely on a wide network to obtain the resources and cooperation needed to remove roadblocks and ensure the success of their team. The Engineer will interact with people from diverse technical and cultural backgrounds. The incumbent will take responsibility for their development, continuously learning through experience, professional engagements, and career opportunities. The incumbent will gain an understanding of the customers' needs and application of the product or process, as well as keeping up with technology.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in an Engineering curriculum or equivalent
5+ years of related experience.
10+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
Experience with mining and/or technology products.
Top Candidates will also have
Experience with embedded system, guidance and control products, and/or machine automation.
Experience with large enterprise solutions applications.
Experience with Cloud computing solutions.
Strong communication and organizational skills.
Experience with requirements management in systems design.
Additional Information
The location for this position is East Peoria, IL
Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
This position may require less than 10% travel
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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